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Assistant Principals And The Phenomenon Of Leadership Coaching, Thomas Flugum
Assistant Principals And The Phenomenon Of Leadership Coaching, Thomas Flugum
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Dissertations
This study sought to define and explore executive leadership coaching as a form of professional learning for educational leaders. This was a qualitative phenomenological inquiry into the ways, if any, that leadership coaching impacts the skills and abilities of first-year assistant principals. Research was conducted with a cohort of newly appointed assistant principals from a suburban school district outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Participants were part of a district leadership academy which provided professional learning and support for new administrators. The participants received leadership coaching from coaches endorsed by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (PSC) as one form of professional learning.
The Effect Of Leadership Coaching On The Self-Efficacy Of New Assistant Principals, Michael Manzella
The Effect Of Leadership Coaching On The Self-Efficacy Of New Assistant Principals, Michael Manzella
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Dissertations
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine the effect of leadership coaching on new assistant principals’ perceptions of self-efficacy. Participants involved in the study included newly appointed assistant principals enrolled in a suburban public school district leadership academy that included multiple coaching sessions. Data were collected via a pre and post-test instrument designed to measure perceptions of self-efficacy. Analysis of covariance was used to determine whether the null hypothesis of two research questions would be accepted or rejected.
Findings showed that participants who experienced leadership coaching had statistically significant gains on post-test scores over pretest scores in all …