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Armstrong, Denise E. – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2015
This qualitative study explored the transition from teaching to administration through the voices of four novice vice-principals. An integrative approach was used to capture the interaction between new vice-principals, their external contexts, and the resulting leadership outcomes. The data revealed that in spite of these new administrators'…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Assistant Principals, Teacher Promotion, Intention
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Gray, Rebecca – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2013
Staff development is most effective when undertaken in a supportive and respectful environment that promotes self-evaluation. These same principles are the basis of the Restitution model, which was created to provide specific direction for school staff in working effectively with students to address behaviour concerns. This model can be adapted to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Behavior Modification, Administrator Role
Corrigan, Laurie; Robertson, Lorayne – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
This study examines the roles of Canadian school leaders in response to the rising phenomenon of student use of social media which impacts school climate and safety. The use of social media has resulted in more online text and image-based communication to multiple users and less face-to-face communication with single users. Adolescent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Assistant Principals, Administrator Role
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Lambert, Monique; Bouchamma, Yamina – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2019
The school principal is responsible for transmitting mission, vision, and values in and out the school, with a stronger, clearer emphasis for the success and well-being of students. Competency standard is defined as a guide that names the behaviours expected for the directions to do an effective job in their schools. This article presents the…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Leadership Responsibility, Administrator Qualifications
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Christou, Theodore Michael – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2013
This paper concentrates on a seminal figure in the history of Canadian education who has never previously been the subject of historical examination: Duncan McArthur. As Deputy Minister, then Minister of Education, in Ontario between 1934 and 1942, he guided the province's public schools during a period of dramatic reorganisation within a context…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Change
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Kutsyuruba, Benjamin; Tregunna, Leigha – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2014
Over the past two decades, the phenomenon of teachers abandoning the profession has been noted internationally, and has increasingly caught the attention of policy makers and educational leaders. Despite this awareness, no pan-Canadian statistics or comprehensive reviews are available. This paper reports on the exploratory, pan-Canadian document…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors, Content Analysis
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O'Neill, Michael A. – Teaching Public Administration, 2015
This article surveys state-owned enterprise director training programmes in Canada at both the national and provincial levels. In Canada director training programmes have emerged to enable good private-sector corporate governance. This trend has been embraced by governments seeking to improve corporate governance among their state-owned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Public Sector, Administrator Education
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Cranston, Jerome – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2012
Hiring preferences can often determine the amount and kind of consideration shown to candidates for teaching positions, and therefore can have a profound impact on school culture, but have been largely unexplored. This paper describes how one group of principals in Manitoba approach hiring decisions when assessing prospective teachers for…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Personnel Selection, Foreign Countries, Principals
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Northfield, Shawn – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2013
Rachel Wilson is a novice principal and new school leader of a large English junior-senior high school located in a rural township of a maritime province in Canada. Upon her appointment, she was challenged with having to establish herself as a credible leadership choice for the venue in addition to having to engage in new role learning as a…
Descriptors: Novices, Principals, Educational Improvement, Administrator Role
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Prytula, Michelle; Noonan, Brian; Hellsten, Laurie – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2013
This paper describes a study of the perceptions that Saskatchewan school principals have regarding large-scale assessment reform and their perceptions of how assessment reform has affected their roles as principals. The findings revealed that large-scale assessments, especially provincial assessments, have affected the principal in Saskatchewan…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Goal Orientation, Teaching Methods, Measures (Individuals)
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Winton, Sue; Pollock, Katina – Journal of Educational Administration, 2013
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to argue that principal preparation programs should help candidates: recognize the political role of the school principal; develop political skills (including the ability to strategically appropriate policy); and understand that the political approach of the principal influences teaching, learning, relationships,…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Guidelines, Foreign Countries, Principals
Slater, Liz – CfBT Education Trust, 2013
Many of the policy documents and much of the recent literature talk about "leadership" when discussing the role of headteachers and principals of schools. The word is also used when writing about other senior and middle managers. It is a way of showing the difference between what used to be expected of headteachers and what is expected…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Educational Improvement, Expectation
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Preston, Jane P.; Jakubiec, Brittany A. E.; Kooymans, Robin – Rural Educator, 2013
Within this article, we thematically present common challenges associated with the role of the rural principal. In this literature review, we delimit our search to work published from 2003-2013. A limitation of this study is that it represents data predominantly from American, Canadian, and Australian rural settings, restricting a global…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Principals, School Administration, Rural Schools
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Armstrong, Denise E. – Journal of School Leadership, 2012
This article reports on the changes that 15 vice principals experienced in their transition from teaching to administration. In-depth interviews were used to explore the personal change process that occurred, and data were analyzed for recurring themes to create a composite picture of this transition process. The findings illustrate that the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Assistant Principals, Principals, Novices
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Abbott, Marilyn L.; Rossiter, Marian J.; Hatami, Sarvenaz – TESL Canada Journal, 2015
Engagement with current research is essential for the implementation of evidence-informed instructional practices in adult English as a second language classrooms. We explored Canadian administrators' and instructors' engagement with peer-reviewed research articles, perceptions of their impact, and ways in which stakeholders could enhance…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, English (Second Language), Journal Articles, Peer Evaluation
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