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Supervisors as Definers of a New Middle-Level Managers' Leadership Model: Typology of Four Middle-Level Leadership Prototypes in Early Childhood Education
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Moshel, Smadar; Berkovich, Izhak – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2023
Much research is concerned with the contribution of middle-level management in the education system. Yet, little research has been devoted to investigating supervisors' considerations in outlining job definitions of middle-level managers, and how these elements shape diverse middle-level managers' leadership models. This study draws on role theory…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Middle Management, Occupational Information, Administrator Role
Intern Teachers' and Mentor Teachers' Perceptions Regarding Learning from Success during the Internship Year
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Schechter, Chen; Orly, Michael – Educational Practice and Theory, 2014
The objective of this study is to explore the perceptions of intern teachers and mentor teachers regarding the determinants of learning from success during the internship year. The study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 37 teachers: 17 mentor teachers and 20 interns. Data analysis brought up the following themes: communication…
Descriptors: Mentors, Internship Programs, Success, Semi Structured Interviews
Principals' Performance Assessment: Empirical Evidence from an Israeli Case Study
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Gaziel, Haim – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2008
Despite the current interest in many countries in assessing the principal's performance, stemming from the greater attention to educational reform and accountability, the empirical study of principal's appraisal has been slow to develop. This article was designed to fill partially this gap. Data was collected by semi-structured interviews of eight…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Foreign Countries
The Perceived Significance of the Supervisor, the Assistant, and Parents for Career Development of Beginning Kindergarten Teachers
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Oplatka, Izhar; Eizenberg, Mervar – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
Whereas much research attention has been given to the induction stage of beginning schoolteachers worldwide, there is a limited knowledge base on the experiences of new kindergarten teachers at this stage, despite the different work tasks and contexts of both groups of teachers. Based on semi-structured interviews with 15 Israeli kindergarten…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Career Development, Teacher Attitudes, Kindergarten
Managing "Challenging" Teachers
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Yariv, Eliezer; Coleman, Marianne – International Journal of Educational Management, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ways in which elementary school principals in Israel deal with teachers who are "challenging" in their behaviour, that is those who are perceived as under-performing. This is an important and under-researched area of educational management. Design/methodology/approach: Interviews…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Empathy, Principals
Knowledge Construction in a Teachers' Community of Enquiry: A Possible Road Map
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Zellermayer, Michal; Tabak, Edith – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
This action research is targeted at academic researchers who facilitate the construction of communities of enquiry in school-university partnerships and are interested in understanding the process of such an enterprise as well as the knowledge constructed within such communities. Our action research study provides a possible road map for such a…
Descriptors: Action Research, Collegiality, Teacher Researchers, Communities of Practice