School Leadership That Works
School Leadership That Works

Author: Robert J. Marzano

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 141660314X

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This guide to the 21 leadership responsibilities that influence student achievement will help school leaders focus on changes that really make a difference.

An Analysis of the Relationship of Perceived Assistant Principal Instructional Leadership Behaviors and Student Academic Achievement at the High School Level
An Analysis of the Relationship of Perceived Assistant Principal Instructional Leadership Behaviors and Student Academic Achievement at the High School Level

Author: Michael Todd Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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The primary purpose of the study was to determine what correlational and descriptive relationships could be found between self-perceived leadership behaviors of assistant principals and campus student achievement at the high school level. The study was based on the research by Marzano, Waters, and McNulty (2003) that identified 21 leadership behaviors. A total of 200 assistant principals at the high school level in Texas were surveyed. Respondents were selected from the 20 Educational Service Center regions of the state. A random sample of high schools with four population levels were selected for the study. Of the potential 200 participants, 23 respondents completed the survey. The study used a stratified random sampling procedure to identify assistant principals across the state. A Pearson correlation was used to determine any statistical significance or correlation to campus student achievement in relationships to assistant principal self-perceived behaviors. Population of the study was N = 23. Results of the study suggest that there were some positive relationships between self-perceived leadership behaviors and student achievement. Some behaviors indicated positive relationship to leadership behaviors. STAAR campus achievement scores from 2014-2015 were used to identify potential relationships to these behaviors. Three content areas were covered which included content areas of All Subjects, Math, and Reading at the high school level. In All Subjects, small positive correlations were found between leadership behaviors and campus student achievement. In Math, there were positive correlations and some statistical significance found. For Reading, positive correlations and some statistical significance was found. Future recommendations would be to explore specific leadership behavior traits with a larger population to determine if any relationships exists between leadership behavior and campus student achievement.

School Leadership Effects Revisited
School Leadership Effects Revisited

Author: Jaap Scheerens

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9400727674

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This highly detailed study maps four decades of evolution of the concept of what constitutes effective school leadership. It analyses the theoretical background to these developments and advocates the utility of thinking of a ‘lean’ form of school leadership that is comparable to the concept of ‘meta-control’. A wide-ranging survey of the empirical research literature on leadership effects includes the presentation of results from earlier meta-analyses as well as a new meta-analysis on some 25 studies carried out between 2005 and 2010. This survey demonstrates that older reviews and meta-analyses were predominantly based on so-called ‘direct effect’ studies, while more recent studies have tried to quantify the indirect effects of leadership, mediated by other school variables. While acknowledging the relatively small total effect of leadership on student outcomes, the study does identify promising intermediary factors which, stimulated by specific leadership behaviours, impact on student performance. The book ends by drawing out wider implications for educational practice and policy, presented under headings such as ‘schools need leadership’, ‘the toolkit of the school leader as a meta-controller’, ‘the special case of turning around failing schools’ and ‘efficiency of school leadership’. In passing, the authors make several suggestions about potentially fruitful next steps in researching the effects of school leadership.

Exploring the Relationship Between the Perceived Leadership Style of Secondary Principals and the Professional Development Practices of Their Teachers
Exploring the Relationship Between the Perceived Leadership Style of Secondary Principals and the Professional Development Practices of Their Teachers

Author: Mary Persico

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13:

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Correlations from a survey of 125 Catholic secondary school principals and 1001 of their teachers indicated that both principals and teachers share the same perceptions about the leadership style of the principals on six of nine leadership constructs. Both principals and teachers believe that the principals inspire their teachers to high standards, hold up a vision for the school, instill a sense of mission in their teachers, and support them as individuals. Teachers do not perceive that their principals are charismatic or that they motivate them intellectually. Forty-six percent of the teachers perceived their principals as highly transformational in their leadership style; only two percent saw them as transactional; while 18.5% viewed their principals as having a strong combined style. A second survey of the 1001 teachers measured five models of professional staff development. These include individually guided personal development, observation and assessment of teaching, involvement in the academic development and improvement processes, on-going training, and inquiry. Tests of multiple regression demonstrated a positive relationship between perceptions of leadership as transformational and certain professional development practices. There was no relationship between teachers with perceptions of leadership as transactional and any staff development practices. Raw scores for those teachers who viewed their principals as having a strong combined style indicated a more rigorous development of individual and overall professional practices than their counterparts who viewed their principals as either transformational or transactional. Further analysis illustrated that teachers who rate their principals as highly transformational are most likely to demonstrate strong professional development practices if they have been with their current principals between one and five years or if they are between the ages of 40 and 49. Also, an analysis of the 88 high scorers on the development practices survey revealed that viewing one's principal as transformational, transactional, or as having a strong combined style does not necessarily predict specific effective professional development behaviors. The raw data do suggest that demonstrating meaningful professional development practices may be a predictor of one's perceptions of leadership as either transformational or as having a strong combined style.