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Christopher Gentilezza – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental, causal-comparative study with a self-reported survey design was to investigate how the leadership styles of secondary-school leaders influence school culture. Participants involved secondary-school administrators across four intermediate units in Eastern Pennsylvania: LIU 18, NEIU 19, CIU 20, and…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Secondary Schools, Administrator Role, School Culture
Audrey J. Bowser – ProQuest LLC, 2024
School crisis situations are increasingly prevalent, yet many educational leaders lack adequate preparation for crisis prevention and intervention upon assuming administrative roles. This gap poses severe implications for the well-being of school communities. To address this issue, a study was conducted within a university educational leadership…
Descriptors: Administrators, Instructional Leadership, Educational Administration, School Safety
Freedman, Jill A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Safety and security are of the utmost importance for public school districts. The COVID-19 pandemic made school district crisis management and communication personally relevant to families with school-aged children. The purpose of this study was to learn how school administrators described their communication with families during the COVID-19…
Descriptors: School Safety, Public Schools, COVID-19, Pandemics
Chad R. Vinansky – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) enacted a new law called Act 44, which provided new form of funding for school safety in school districts across the State of Pennsylvania. The study focused on how school superintendents and high school principals prioritized each category in Pennsylvania Act 44 from highest to the lowest…
Descriptors: State Legislation, School Safety, Superintendents, Principals
Curtis, Jeremy W. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Were those gunshots I just heard? Between 1990 and 2014 school shootings more than tripled when compared the prior 30-year span of 1960 to 1990. FBI data from 2000-2013 shows active violent incidents were resolved or ended due to citizen engagement of the perpetrator in 16.2% of the total incidents. Common police response times to an active…
Descriptors: School Violence, School Safety, Public School Teachers, High School Teachers
Henderson, Joyce Herod – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Our schools are considered a place of safety for learning, however, the unfortunate reality is that schools may face crises and violence. Leadership styles vary among school leaders and provide the framework for handling daily challenges. This mixed-methods research design was used to investigate the individual leadership styles of public school…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Mixed Methods Research, Statistical Analysis, Questionnaires