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The Role Of Department Chairs As Instructional Leader In New Jersey Secondary Schools That Practice Distributed Leadership, Carlaina Bell

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Today, there is a greater emphasis on school improvement, and school leaders are increasingly being held accountable. The research states that successfully managing a school’s instructional program is essential for student academic success. This study explored department chairs working with the support of their principals to manage the school’s instructional program employing a distributed leadership organizational structure.

This study was designed to engage department chairs in conversation about instructional leadership in hopes to gain clarity about their understanding, practice, and the factors within their schools that support them as instructional leaders. The results confirmed the existing research that department chairs …

The Effectiveness Of Pre-Service Principal Preparation Programs On Instructional School Leadership In High Stakes Testing Grades, Glen T. Pinder

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

In today’s world of accountability, the preparation of school leaders has never been more critical. Many states are now developing policies and processes that seek to enhance school leadership preparation programs. Enhancing school leadership preparation programs is particularly important in the area of instructional leadership because research suggests that instructional leaders have a significant direct effect on student outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore principals’ perceptions of relationships between training in their pre-service principal preparation programs and their effectiveness as in-service instructional leaders in New Jersey schools. The study is significant because the preparation of school leaders …