Transformative Leadership
Transformative Leadership

Author: Shana Burnett Ed.D

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2024-04-08

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 166326189X

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Embark on a journey creating a thriving school culture combined with the power of exceptional leadership! In this captivating and eye-opening exploration, discover the profound impact that different leadership styles can have on the overall atmosphere of a school. From creating a nurturing environment and fostering growth to sparking transformation that boosts student achievement, the influence of school leaders should not be underestimated. Aspiring and experienced educational leaders will discover their power in shaping a positive and vibrant school culture. Through personal stories and extensive research, author Shana Burnett guides readers through proven methods for training staff and parents to promote academic growth and cultivate a thriving school environment. Explore the thought-provoking findings of Dr. Burnett’s study, demonstrating the positive influence of structural and analytical leadership styles on school culture and student achievement. Enlightening and empowering, this book is a must-read. It invites you to unlock strategies leading to remarkable transformations in your school community. Whether you’re a school administrator, teacher, or educational policymaker, Transformative Leadership is a compass for unlocking the potential within every school. Join the conversation on redefining the role of leadership in education and learn how to create and sustain a school culture that not only meets today’s challenges but prepares students and educators for tomorrow’s opportunities.

The Relative Impact of Principal Instructional and Transformational Leadership on School Culture
The Relative Impact of Principal Instructional and Transformational Leadership on School Culture

Author: Mark Todd Miles

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13:

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Purpose of the study . The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the relative impact of principal instructional leadership and principal transformational leadership on school culture. The method of analysis was quantitative with survey data being used to determine (a) if any correlational relationships exist between the subscales and factors of instructional leadership, transformational leadership, and school culture; (b) if any linear relationships exist between the subscales and factors of principal instructional leadership and school culture; (c) if any linear relationships exist between the factors of principal transformational leadership and school culture; and (d) which subscales and factors of transformational and instructional leadership have the greatest impact on each of the factors of school culture. Research procedures . Three survey instruments, the Staff Assessment Questionnaire, the Principal Leadership Questionnaire, and the School Culture Survey were used to collect quantitative data for analysis. A total of 1,236 teachers in 98 middle schools participating in Phase II of the National Study of Leadership in Middle Level Schools comprised the population of this study. Data from the three surveys were aggregated and analyzed using Pearson product-moment correlations and multiple regression equations to determine the relative impact of principal instructional and transformational leadership on school culture. Findings . The results of this study explicate the relative impact of principal instructional and transformational leadership on school culture. The results suggest that a combination of principal instructional and transformational leadership behaviors impact the school culture factors of collaborative leadership, teacher collaboration, professional development, and unity of purpose. The principal instructional leadership behaviors included resource provider, instructional resource, communicator, and visible presence. The principal transformational leadership behaviors included identifying and articulating a vision, fostering the acceptance of group goals, providing individualized support, and establishing high performance expectations. Only principal transformational leadership behaviors of fostering the acceptance of group goals, providing individualized support, and establishing high expectations impact the school culture factor of collegial support. In addition, only principal transformational leadership behaviors of identifying and articulating a vision, fostering the acceptance of group goals, and maintaining high performance expectations impact the school culture factor of learning partnership. This study's findings also revealed some unexpected predictive relationships between the factors of principal instructional and transformational leadership and school culture. According to the results of this study, the principal's visible presence as well as modeling behavior on the part of the principal are negatively related to some factors of school culture when considered in concert with other factors of principal instructional and transformational leadership.

A Study of the Relationships Among the Transformational Leadership Practices of the Michigan High School Principal, School Culture, and Student Achievement
A Study of the Relationships Among the Transformational Leadership Practices of the Michigan High School Principal, School Culture, and Student Achievement

Author: Delores Michelle Starks

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13:

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The continuing demand for greater accountability and improved student performance are critical concerns facing education in the 21st century. Federal and state mandates have been issued to ensure that all students achieve mastery of curriculum objectives. This quantitative study examined the relationships among student achievement as measured by the overall student proficiency in science on the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) Test and teacher perceptions of transformational leadership practices of Michigan high school principals and school culture. A correlational research design was used for this study. A total of 157 teachers, representing 147 unique high schools completed an online survey measuring perceptions of their principal’s transformational leadership practices and school culture. The items on the Transformational Leadership Practices survey and the School Culture Survey were used in a principal components factor analysis with a varimax rotation. Four factors, transformational leadership, collaborative school culture, professional learning, and ethical leadership, emerged from the factor analysis. Multiple linear regression analysis using a backward variable entry method was used to determine which school demographics were related to the four subscales measuring transformational leadership practices and school culture. A multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine which of the transformational leadership practices, school culture, and school demographics could be used to predict science outcomes on the M-STEP science test. Seven major conclusions include (a) transformational leaders are more likely to support professional learning, (b) transformational leaders are more likely to have a collaborative school culture, (c) transformational leadership practices have both an vi indirect and direct effect on professional learning and collaborative culture, (d) transformational leadership practices are more likely to be used by female principals, (e) transformational leadership practices are less likely to be used in schools with a large population of special needs students, and (f) transformational leadership practices and school culture are not related to student achievement; however, transformational leadership practices could have indirect and direct effects on alternative measurements of student achievement. Future research, such as a qualitative study involving teacher interviews could investigate which transformational leadership practices resulted in a collaborative school culture and supported professional learning.

Reframing Transformational Leadership
Reframing Transformational Leadership

Author: Issa M. Saleh

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-05-05

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 9462096384

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One of the more common causes of school system failure is the absence of effective leadership. Ideally, school leaders are supposed to be the change agents and facilitators whose primary mission is to improve school culture and bring about the effective transformation that leads to a model Professional Learning Community (PLC). School leaders must focus on developing human capital by working collaboratively with teachers, students, and all who are involved within the system. Effective school leadership has been examined from a variety of perspectives, with the focus ranging from the principles of servant leadership to moral imperatives and distributed perspectives. The debate on what constitutes effective school leadership continues to be wide-ranging and complex. Today’s research scholarship will be the groundwork for how tomorrow’s schools develop a new breed of leadership. Upcoming leaders will face new, unforeseen challenges, so they must re-evaluate strategies and re-work standard processes, in order to promote sustainable development within their respective school systems. Tomorrow’s leaders will be expected to lead a diverse collective of students and teachers, to foster an enduring and empowering culture among students, teachers and other stakeholders committed to build a successful learning community.

The Relationship Among Principal Leadership, School Culture, and Student Achievement in Missouri Middle Schools
The Relationship Among Principal Leadership, School Culture, and Student Achievement in Missouri Middle Schools

Author: Gregory W. Mees

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the relative impact of transformational leadership and school culture on student achievement. The population of this study consisted of 79 middle schools, defined in this study as schools with a grade configuration of 6 through 8, within the state of Missouri. Quantitative data were collected from two instruments, the Principal Leadership Questionnaire (Jantzi & Leithwood, 1996) and the School Culture Survey (Gruenert, 1998), and analyzed to determine if (a) any zero-order or partial correlations existed among the factors of transformational leadership, school culture, and student achievement; (b) if any predictive linear relationships existed between transformational leadership and school culture; (c) if any predictive linear relationships existed between school culture and student achievement; and, (d) if any predictive linear relationships existed between transformational leadership and school culture in combination and student achievement. The study found, when controlling for socioeconomic status using the percent of students eligible for free and reduced lunch as the proxy measure, transformational leadership and school culture correlated to student achievement. Using regression analysis, the transformational leadership factors of "Modeling," "Goal Acceptance," and "Individualized Support" were identified as predictors of the school culture factor of "Collaborative Leadership." The transformational leadership factor "Goal Acceptance" and school enrollment were predictors of the school culture factor of "Teacher Collaboration." The transformational leadership factors "Modeling," "Goal Acceptance," and "Intellectual Stimulation" were predictors of the school culture factor of "Professional Development." The transformational leadership factor "Intellectual Stimulation" and school enrollment were predictors of the school culture factor of "Unity of Purpose." The transformational leadership factor "Goal Acceptance" was a predictor of the school culture factor of "Collegial Support." The transformational leadership factor "Intellectual Stimulation" and the percent of students eligible for free and reduced lunch were predictors of the school culture factor of "Learning Partnership." The school culture factor of "Learning Partnership" and the percent of students eligible for free and reduced lunch were predictors of communication arts achievement.

International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration
International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration

Author: Kenneth A. Leithwood

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 1188

ISBN-13: 940091573X

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EDITORS This introduction to the International Handbook of Educational Lead ership and Administration describes some of the motivation for devel oping the book and several assumptions on which is based much of the work represented in its 31 chapters. A synopsis of the contents of those chapters is also provided. SOME KEY ASSUMPTIONS It is sometimes suggested that the search for an adequate understanding of leadership is doomed to fail. After all, there is little evidence of agreement about the concept in spite of prodigious efforts dating back hundreds if not thousands of years. Such a view is captured, for exam ple, in Bennis' observation that: Of all the hazy and confounding areas in social psychology, leadership theory undoubtedly contends for top nomination. Probably more has been written and less is known about lead ership than any other topic in the behavioural sciences. (1959, page 259) We do not find this state of affairs discouraging (nor entirely accurate) and, of course, it did not prevent Bennis from proceeding either. One reason for our desire to continue in the face of such discouraging words is that a great deal of leadership research aspires to develop a general theory, a theory which applies to all or most domains of organized human activity. This aspiration inevitably produces decontextualized and, therefore, abstract categories of practice. Howard Gardner's (1995) depiction of leadership as story telling is a case in point.

Shaping School Culture
Shaping School Culture

Author: Terrence E. Deal

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-08-29

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1119210194

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The most trusted guide to school culture, updated with current challenges and new solutions Shaping School Culture is the classic guide to exceptional school leadership, featuring concrete guidance on influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools that provide meaning, belief, and faith. Written by renowned experts in the area of school culture, this book tackles the increasing challenges facing public schools and provides clear, candid suggestions for more effective symbolic leadership. This new third edition has been revised to reflect the reality of schools today, including the increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, federal reforms such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), state sponsored improvement programs, and other major issues that impact organizational culture and the role of school leaders. Each chapter features new examples and cases that illustrate persistent problems, spelling out key cultural implications and offering concrete examples of overcoming the challenges while maintaining a meaningful learning environment. The chapter on toxic schools continues to provide the field's most trusted advice on navigating this rocky terrain, and the discussion's focus on how to manage negativity remains especially integral to besieged school administrators across the U.S. Recent years have jolted the nation's school system with a number of new developments that spell problems for the cultural tapestry of schools. This book provides expert perspective and sage, doable advice for administrators tending to external pressures while sustainingor evolvinga more positive school culture. Navigate new challenges including Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and waning confidence and faith Turn around a toxic school culture with confidence and success Foster a culture of passion, purpose, and meaning Adopt a more active form of symbolic leadership to support students, faculty, staff, parents, and community Test scores as the primary metric, relentless reforms, waning public support, and timid initiatives wrapped in bureaucratic packaging: while among the most prominent issues administrators face are only the tip of the iceberg. Shaping School Culture charts a route through competing pressures to help educational leaders hew a positive learning environment for schools.

Transformational and Distributed Leadership : Research and Evidence
Transformational and Distributed Leadership : Research and Evidence

Author: Donnie Adams

Publisher: University of Malaya Press

Published: 2020-08-23

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 967488145X

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This book, which is part of the Institute of Educational Leadership (IEL), University of Malaya book publication series, is written to help students better understand their research in Transformational and Distributed Leadership. The first objective is to provide access and visibility on past Transformational and Distributed Leadership Dissertations and Thesis at IEL to the public and other Higher Education Institutions, local and international. The second objective is to provide quick facts and information to postgraduate students in their quest for past dissertations and thesis. Thus, this will save time spent searching for each dissertation and thesis separately. The structure of the book is based on the students’ interest and need. The original full text of these dissertations and thesis can be accessed through the QR code provided at the end of each chapter. Future postgraduate students interested in Transformational and Distributed Leadership will also find this book useful. The book highlights what sort of research was done before, what kind of research is expected on Transformational and Distributed Leadership and finally how can they write a research proposal with a clear goal in mind.