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Download full textShereen Oca Beilstein; Tom Withee; Meg Bates – Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative, Discovery Partners Institute, 2025
The prevalence of educator shortages has long been a topic of research and policy discussions in Illinois. Across multiple years, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools (IARSS) have collected data and reported on the magnitude, severity, and impact of shortages statewide. Prior…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Recruitment
Peer reviewedVilches, Gina; Maxwell, Gerri M.; Cervantes, Bernadine; Elliff, D. Scott – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2023
Concerns about a strong positive correlation between leadership and student success (Wood et al., 2013) coupled with community input around hiring from outside an organization, as opposed to hiring from within, contributes to the complexity of filling superintendent vacancies The limited research available on this issue is amplified due to the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Gender Bias, Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes
Cunningham, Denise D.; Mowrey, Sascha; Baker, Sarah Jean – Critical Questions in Education, 2023
Elementary principals are increasingly responsible for the supervision, support, and evaluation of early childhood teachers and young children. Previous research demonstrated that principals may prefer to hire elementary-certified rather than early childhood-certified teachers and that principals without early childhood preparation may not…
Descriptors: Principals, Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Administrator Attitudes
Direct linkArnold, Danielle L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine whether district funding influences the leadership work of school principals. This study explored the role of the elementary principal in four school districts. Two districts were located in communities with an affluent population and the schools had an abundance of fiscal resources; the other two districts…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Standards
Gilbert, Nina; Gran, Jackie; Lewis, Andrea; Teodorescu, Daniel – New Leaders, 2022
This paper aims to draw lessons from existing research on school leader diversity, and to supplement that evidence with new insights from the lived experiences of teachers, aspiring and practicing school leaders of color, and local and state administrators who oversee school leader recruitment and support. These perspectives are elevated to bring…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, Leadership Role, Disproportionate Representation, School Districts
Zepeda, Sally J.; Bengtson, Ed; Parylo, Oksana – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine principal succession planning and management by analyzing current practices of handling school leader succession in four Georgia school systems. Design/methodology/approach: Looking through the lens of organizational leadership succession theory, the practices of school systems as they experienced…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Mentors
