Purpose: To investigate school principals' perceptions and applications of professional learning communities (PLCs) and how they interpret the roles of physical educators within these structures. Method: This study was conceptualized as an exploratory interview study. Eight elementary and two secondary school principals across four districts…

According to the Swedish Education Act, schools should support both students' knowledge development and personal development. Students' levels of knowledge are measured and compared through their examination results and formal grades as well as through international comparative studies and other tools. However, students' personal development is…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitudes of teachers who are authorized as principals about the concept of "principal authorized teacher." The snowball sampling method was used to enroll 40 principal authorized teachers for the study. They were requested to create metaphors for the concept of "principal authorized…

This study focuses on how professionals in primary education contribute to children's upbringing, and engage in upbringing-related collaboration with parents. Eleven Dutch principals are interviewed about views, practices, and leadership. All of them recognise upbringing in education, and describe interwovenness of care, teaching and upbringing.…

Innovative staffing models are promising, but challenging to scale up. What does the work of leading strategic staffing involve, and what could make scaling up easier? This report digs deep into the many challenges system leaders face when scaling up innovative staffing solutions. These leaders are trying to address longstanding teacher shortages…

The purpose of this article is to investigate the perception of teachers on tolerance and the way in which tolerance can be taught in education institutions. It is based on interviews with 152 teachers from 28 high schools in four cities (Batu, Jember, Lamongan, and Nganjuk) in East Java, Indonesia, as well as Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with…

This dissertation examines teachers' job satisfaction and discusses teachers' prediction of their longevity in Jewish day schools. These attitudes are researched through the lens of the teachers' perceptions of their principals' leadership style. The hypothesis of this study is that the greater the role principals allow teachers to play in the…

Building on the research about assessing teachers' leader identity, we were curious to understand how K-12 school principals perceive teachers as leaders. We used a survey research design to gather quantitative and qualitative data from K-12 school principals. We could not find any extant surveys aligned with our research focus; thus, we designed…

This qualitative dissertation study examined the complex dynamics and structures (i.e., people and/or explicit/implicit classroom-, school-, and district-wide behaviors and practices and school-wide structures) that influence collaboration between teachers of students with disabilities (TOSD) and teaching assistants (TAs). Specifically, I wanted…

Since the beginning of 21st century, Vietnam has achieved significant educational achievements, especially in the improvement of general education network and teaching quality. The reality has showed that working effectiveness of a school totally depend on the competence of its principal and of the entire teaching staff. Once these two entities…

Literature has examined teacher leadership (TL) roles, definitions, applications in schools, and, most recently, its presence in high-performing public schools, like the US National Blue Ribbon Schools (NBRS). This study featured principal and teacher leader interviews (n = 20) from NBRS recognized during the pandemic (2020 and 2021), alongside…

This doctoral dissertation explores how site principals can best support their teachers in implementing trauma-informed practices at the universal level of support. Trauma affects an astounding number of school-aged children, indicating the need for increased support within the classroom environment utilized throughout the school day and…

The current study sought to characterize three partnership models in Israeli academic institutions--the traditional, the academia-classroom, and the clinical field-focused models. 42 interviews were conducted with educators (teacher educators; mentor teachers; program heads) at 14 Israeli colleges and universities where the programs take place.…

It is acknowledged that principal leadership, particularly principals as instructional leaders, is critical to student achievement and the success of a school, yet the roles principals are expected to take on in schools are varied. Principal time use is divided among an array of tasks and responsibilities that often do not leave adequate time or…

This article studies the dialogues, agreements, and actions in defence of a fairer and more inclusive school, carried out during ethnographic research in a Spanish rural school between 2019 and 2021, the period in which an ethnographer accompanied the professional work of the school principal, also the tutor of a class group. The research is…