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Stolp, Sean; Wilkins, Emma; Raine, Kim D. – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background: Comprehensive School Health (CSH) approaches to developing a healthy school community can be effective in supporting chronic disease prevention while positively impacting on student behaviour and academic performance. Although a CSH framework provides principles for action, there is a lack of evidence regarding the processes that best…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups
Andreou, Theresa E.; McIntosh, Kent; Ross, Scott W.; Kahn, Joshua D. – Grantee Submission, 2015
The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify, categorize, and describe practitioners' perspectives regarding factors that help and hinder sustainability of Tier I (universal) systems within School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). Seventeen participants involved in sustaining Tier I SWPBIS over several years…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Sustainability, Qualitative Research, Critical Incidents Method
Stewart, Vivien – Educational Leadership, 2013
"Great teachers and school leaders hold the key to America's children getting a first-rate education, but we do a spotty job of preparing them." Citing these words of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Vivien Stewart plunges into a fascinating account of how top-performing countries are developing strong school leaders. While…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Education
Hauserman, Cal P.; Ivankova, Nataliya V.; Stick, Sheldon L. – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
This mixed methods sequential explanatory study utilized the Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire, responses to open-ended questions, and in-depth interviews to identify transformational leadership qualities that were present among principals in Alberta, Canada. The first quantitative phase consisted of a random sample of 135 schools (with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Questionnaires, Interviews
Westerman, Marni; Huey, Laura – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2012
Nancy Fraser's propositions regarding the nature of "boundary" work carried out by experts within organizations suggests that individuals who work within bureaucratic structures are so constrained by the institutional context that they become detached, depoliticizing arbitrators of politicized claims. The purpose of the research reported…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Administrative Organization, Bullying
LeBlanc, Sheila; London, Chad; Huisman, Jeroen – Tertiary Education and Management, 2013
This article provides a detailed description and analysis of how one Canadian institution used groups of department heads as change agents to address their most acute department head role tensions. It is demonstrated that this institution's change initiative aligned very closely to the recommendations proposed, in both the literature pertaining to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Organizational Development, Foreign Countries, Change Agents
Andreou, Theresa E.; McIntosh, Kent; Ross, Scott W.; Kahn, Joshua D. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify, categorize, and describe practitioners' perspectives regarding factors that help and hinder sustainability of Tier I (universal) systems within School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). Seventeen participants involved in sustaining Tier I SWPBIS over several years within a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Student Behavior
Martimianakis, Maria Athina; Muzzin, Linda – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Generational differences in the way knowledge-makers negotiate shifts in relation to interdisciplinary knowledge-making at one Canadian university are studied. Semi-structured interviews with 20 participants in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines were conducted. Using a Foucauldian approach, transcripts were read to…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Semi Structured Interviews, Interdisciplinary Approach, Age Differences
Soehner, David; Ryan, Thomas – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2011
This review illuminated principal school leadership as a variable that impacted achievement. The principal as school leader and manager was explored because these roles were thought to impact student achievement both directly and indirectly. Specific principal leadership behaviors and principal effectiveness were explored as variables potentially…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Hauserman, Cal P.; Stick, Sheldon L. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2013
The data shared in this paper is part a preliminary study. A more detailed and robust analysis of data will be conducted later. From a randomly generated sample of 135 public schools in the Province of Alberta, Canada 77 agreed to participate in a study on leadership attributes of principals. Ten randomly selected teachers from each participating…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Leadership Styles, Teacher Attitudes, Principals
Ciampa, Katia; Gallagher, Tiffany
L. – Professional Development in Education, 2013
This single case study reports on the programme of professional learning that a Canadian staff of elementary teachers (Junior Kindergarten to Grade Eight) and their school principal engaged in to learn to use a mobile multimedia device as an instructional resource. The professional learning was facilitated by two university researchers who used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Educational Resources, Teacher Attitudes
Beairsto, Bruce; Kelly, Chris – Education Canada, 2010
In all its complexity, the superintendent's role is an essential one--to the school district as an organization and social institution, to the greater system of which the school district is a part, and to the profession and field of education. Most directly, the role and person within it are essential to the overall welfare of the school…
Descriptors: School Districts, Superintendents, Administrator Role, Administrator Effectiveness
Maas, Bruce; Paige, Brian; Ridley, Michael; Rowe, Theresa; Wandschneider, Bo; Woo, Melissa – EDUCAUSE Review, 2012
The role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in higher education is continuously changing, and the career path to becoming a CIO is not always well defined. As campuses consider succession planning, and as CIOs and those who hope to become CIOs think about filling the IT leadership "pipeline," the transformation both of information…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Leadership, Labor Supply, Higher Education
Maharaj, Sachin – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2014
This study examines the views of administrators (i.e., principals and vice-principals) in Ontario, Canada, with regard to the province's Teacher Performance Appraisal process. A total of 178 responses were collected from a survey that examined five areas: 1) preparation and training; 2) classroom observations; 3) preparing the formal evaluation;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Education
Climie, Emma; Altomare, Alyssa A. – International Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2013
There are a growing number of children who begin to develop mental concerns during the school-age years. As such, it is important that schools recognize and understand mental health issues and are actively engaged in supporting these students. This article provides a review of mental health in schools, highlighting the importance of school-health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Educational Environment, Partnerships in Education