An Exploration of the Relationship Between Leadership Styles and School Culture in a Small Rural Southeast Missouri School District
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Leadership Styles and School Culture in a Small Rural Southeast Missouri School District

Author: Kimberley Blissett

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 82

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Principals who understand and nurture positive school culture often experience academic and career success. This dissertation focuses on leadership styles and their relationship to school culture in a small rural school district in Southeast Missouri. The study answers the following questions : 1. What are the critical functions of effective leaders as perceived by both teachers and leaders? 2. As perceived by leaders and teachers, what impact does the leader have on the culture of the school? There is a great deal of literature regarding leaders and school culture in large school districts. This study fills in the gaps in literature regarding leadership and culture in small, rural school districts. This study focused on a small rural school district in Southeast Missouri. The district has a K-12 enrollment of 330 students. There are 18 teachers and one building principal in the elementary school. The junior high and high school share 19 teachers. Data for this qualitative case study was collected using semi-structured interviews. Four teachers from each building were interviewed. The building principals from both buildings were also interviewed. The results of this study show that there is a significant relationship between the leadership style of the principals and the culture of each building. The findings indicate that the elementary principal is primarily an authentic leader. According to the data, her authenticity has led to a positive school culture. The staff also stated that the personal relationships sometimes interfere with student discipline. The junior high/high school principal is primarily a transactional leader. His focus was managing the school as a business. His staff attributed his business mentality to positive changes within the school and culture and success in achieving goals. While they appreciated his attention to professionalism, they would like to get to know their administrator on a personal level.

The Impact of Leadership Style on Student Achievement
The Impact of Leadership Style on Student Achievement

Author: Sherry H. Dorathy

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 143

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The purpose of this qualitative case study research was to investigate the existing degree of relationship between leadership styles and student achievement for principals in small, rural, southeast districts in Arizona. Student achievement was measured by fifth grade AIMS Mathematic scores over a two year period. Leadership style of the principals was measured by the MLQ-5X survey completed by eight participants (principals) and 102 raters (teachers). Interviews were conducted with a subset of the principals to gather more information in relation to their leadership style. Each leadership attribute was examined in relation to the student achievement on AIMS mathematics test for quantitative data analysis. The qualitative data analysis was performed with a word and phrase frequency counter to identify specific themes across the leadership style. Based on the findings of this study it is recommended that principals use the MLQ survey each school year to modify or enhance their leadership style by focusing professional development on strengthening leadership styles to establish commonality within district leadership to enhance student achievement. To expand on the results of this study, future research is recommended to include student SES, compare school districts to identify trends in school test scores to determine if district leadership impacts building leadership that has an indirect impact on student achievement, and include stakeholders in the MLQ survey to gain feedback.

Understanding the Relationship Between School Culture and Teacher Leadership
Understanding the Relationship Between School Culture and Teacher Leadership

Author: April Lynn Kabler

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 137

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The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the correlational relationship between school culture factors and the appearance of teacher leadership within the organization. Schien's Organizational Culture Theory and Danielson's Teacher Leadership Theory serve as the framework for this study. Data for the study were collected using the School Culture Triage Survey and the Leadership Practices Inventory. The population consisted of middle school teachers from a school district in Southeast Tennessee. The study found a significant correlation between the school culture characteristics of collaboration, collegiality, and efficacy and the presence of teacher leadership among middle school teachers in the school district.

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and School Culture
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and School Culture

Author: Michael Lee Schooley

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 148

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Purpose of the study . The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze the relationships among factors of principal transformational leadership and factors of school culture at the elementary school level. The primary method of analysis was quantitative; survey data were used to determine (a) if any correlational relationships exist between principal transformational leadership factors and school culture factors; and (b) if any predictive linear relationships exist between transformational leadership factors and school culture factors. Research procedures . Two survey instruments, the Principal Leadership Questionnaire and the School Culture Survey, were used to collect quantitative data for analysis. A total of 469 certificated staff from eighteen elementary schools in a mid-western school district with more than 16,000 students comprised the population of the study. Data from the two surveys were aggregated and analyzed using the Pearson product-moment correlations and Step-wise regression with forward inclusion to determine the relative impact of principal transformational leadership on school culture at the elementary school level. Findings . The results of this study explicate the relative influence of principal transformational leadership on school culture. The results suggest that principal transformational leadership behaviors have a significant impact on the factors of school culture. The six factors of principal transformational leadership included: identifying and articulating a vision, providing an appropriate model, fostering the acceptance of group goals, providing individualized support, providing intellectual stimulation, and holding high expectations. The six factors of school culture included: collaborative leadership, teacher collaboration, unity of purpose, professional development, collegial support, and learning partnership. While all factors of transformational leadership had same impact on school culture, "identifying and articulating a vision" and "providing intellectual stimulation" had the greatest impact across all factors of school culture. An explanatory model was designed from the findings to depict the relationship between transformational leadership and school culture.

Leadership, Myth, & Metaphor
Leadership, Myth, & Metaphor

Author: Daniel Cherry

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2006-01-06

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1412927080

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Use the creative energy of metaphor to clarify and make your leadership vision a reality! How do you see yourself as an educator? How would you describe yourself as a leader? Have you ever considered using metaphors to reframe your leadership practice, vision, and mission? Often, leaders stumble when asked to articulate their values, ethics, and purpose. This book illustrates the significance of leadership archetypes and metaphoric reframing in understanding and facilitating organizational change. Leadership, Myth, & Metaphor reports on the findings of a professional development study-funded by the Gates Foundation-of more than 250 superintendents and principals, celebrating educatorsa? unique individual core values while acknowledging their shared intrinsic beliefs, including: A commitment to a cause beyond oneself A devotion to an ethic of care A desire to improve the condition of society A wish to make a significant impression on student and adult lives A conviction to inspire others to seek their full potential Awareness of yourself on a personal and professional level leads to a deeper consideration of your mission as a leader and of your purpose in life.

School Culture Rewired
School Culture Rewired

Author: Steve Gruenert

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2015-01-16

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1416619909

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Your school is a lot more than a center of student learning--it also represents a self-contained culture, with traditions and expectations that reflect its unique mission and demographics. In this groundbreaking book, education experts Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker offer tools, strategies, and advice for defining, assessing, and ultimately transforming your school's culture into one that is positive, forward-looking, and actively working to enrich students’ lives. Drawing from decades of research on organizational cultures and school leadership, the authors provide everything you need to optimize both the culture and climate of your school, including * "Culture-busting" strategies to help teachers adopt positive attitudes, outlooks, and behaviors; * A framework for pinpointing the type of culture you have, the type that you want, and the actions you need to take to bridge the two; * Tips for hiring, training, and retaining teachers who will actively work to improve your school's culture; and * Instructions on how to create and implement a successful School Culture Rewiring Team. Though often invisible to the naked eye, a school's culture influences everything that takes place under its roof. Whether your school is urban or rural, prosperous or struggling, School Culture Rewired is the ultimate guide to making sure that the culture in your school is guided first and foremost by what's best for your students.

School, Family, and Community Partnerships
School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Author: Joyce L. Epstein

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2018-07-19

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 1483320014

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Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Leadership Styles and School Performance
Leadership Styles and School Performance

Author: Erasto Kano

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2012-03-27

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 3656159866

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Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Pedagogy - The Teacher, Educational Leadership, University of Dodoma (College of Education), course: Educational Management and School Administration, language: English, abstract: Abstract This paper endeavors to explain head teachers’ leadership styles and students’ academic achievement by looking into the role of the head teachers in promoting academic performance. The paper discusses the meaning of leadership, the importance of leadership, characteristics of leaders, characteristics of high-performing schools and leadership theories .Furthermore, the paper gives details about traits and skills associated with effective leadership, dimensions of leadership practices and activities linked to student outcome, leadership styles, the relationship between leadership styles and academic achievement and recommendations.