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Leanne McIver; Michael Bettencourt – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
The 'virtual school' is an approach to supporting care-experienced children and young people in education. The Virtual School Head (VSH) has been a statutory role within the education landscape in England since 2014. In Scotland, where the education, social care and legal systems are distinct from those in England, there has been a recent increase…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Virtual Schools, Principals
Michael A. Wahlgren – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research focuses on identifying successful approaches used by university ombuds offices to enact change regarding dispute resolution options within their academic institute. The field of Ombuds has grown steadily in North America since the 1970s and is widely used by private industry, academia, and government organizations to deploy…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Ombudsmen, Higher Education, Administrator Role
Brienna Gass – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explored the motivators and inhibitors experienced by women pursuing high school administration positions. Additionally, it sought to identify the reasons behind the gender discrepancies to support improved hiring practices and job requirements and inform districts and states about areas for improvement to attract and retain qualified…
Descriptors: Females, Women Administrators, Gender Differences, Motivation
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Babak Dadvand – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
In this paper, I examine the tensions that a school principal experienced in reconciling performative priorities with equitable practices in a government secondary school in a low Socio-Economic Status suburb in Victoria, Australia. I use the notion of paradox to explore how the principal navigated contradictions and tensions. I aim to provide a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Secondary Schools, Disadvantaged Schools
Colin F. Hunt; Jordan G. Lauer; Reba E. Clarke-Wedderburn – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative phenomenological study focused on the lived experiences of novice superintendents in Tennessee. Novice superintendents were operationally defined as superintendents within their first 3 years of performing the responsibilities and duties of the role. The researchers also examined the role the Tennessee Organization of School…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Novices, Experience, Administrator Role
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Rebecca A. London; Gabriella Alvarez; William V. Massey; Anna Farello; Betania Santos – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: When well implemented, recess is a critical part of the school day for children's healthy development. We explored the implementation of a recess improvement process in 5 elementary schools across 3 states. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods implementation study in which we visited each school 3 times over 1 school year, collecting…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Improvement, Elementary Schools, School Personnel
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Noa Harduf; Izhak Berkovich – International Journal of Educational Management, 2025
Purpose: The study aimed to explore the authority and power of kindergarten superintendents in public education to elucidate their leadership dynamics. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 Israeli kindergarten teachers about the authority and power of their superintendents. Thematic analysis was used to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Superintendents
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Emre Çaliskan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2023
In this study, the aim is to reflect the perspectives of education stakeholders regarding the leader's duties in creating an effective school within the context of organizational culture. In this regard, existing studies in the literature on the interaction between corporate or school culture and leadership have been compiled. As a result, it was…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, School Effectiveness, School Culture, Administrator Role
Annalee Ashley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Governing board professionals, described in The Chronicle of Higher Education as "a pocket of power advising both the board and the administration," (Jesse, 2023, para. 3) are charged with ensuring governing boards meet their fiduciary obligations and operate effectively. Despite the role's growing recognition as a "linchpin…
Descriptors: Governance, Governing Boards, College Administration, Administrator Role
Jeffrey J. Cavallo – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Independent schools face a head of school problem, as sitting heads of schools approach retirement at a high rate. The head of school role is complex, all-encompassing, and the newly appointed head of school is likely ill equipped to manage the role without mentorship. There is a gap in the literature regarding what challenges a newly appointed…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Administrators, Leadership, Administrator Role
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Furman, Patton; Gurley, D. Keith – Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership, 2023
This article describes findings from a qualitative phenomenological study that explored the perceptions of assistant principals of curriculum and instruction (APCIs) regarding the effectiveness of their role. The APCI is an emerging role in school administration. Such nascent change in the role of an AP aptly represents the theme of this journal…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Assistant Principals, Administrator Role, Curriculum
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Chris Zirkle; Caleb Thompson – Career and Technical Education Research, 2023
In this study, we examined the requirements for career and technical education administrators across all 50 states. The decline in the number of states that require a specific career-technical administration certification/licensure to oversee secondary career and technical education (CTE) programs has continued for decades. Most states have moved…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Administrator Role, Vocational Education
Joel Andrew Bacalia – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive study is to explore how assistant principals describe their choices regarding survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun regarding whether to seek promotion to principal in southern Arizona. A principal shortage exists in the United States in part because assistant principals qualified to be…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Career Choice, Decision Making, Professional Autonomy
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Fatemeh Abbaspour; Rezvan Hosseingholizadeh; Mehmet Sükrü Bellibas – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: Current school leadership research has primarily utilized quantitative methods to explore the relationship between leadership and teacher learning. However, there is a notable gap in understanding how principals facilitate professional learning, especially in centralized educational settings. This study aims to address this gap by…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Principals, Teacher Education, Professional Development
Xavier M. Hickman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an irreversible impact on the higher education sector. The disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic created challenges for university leaders and their stakeholders who needed to reinvent themselves to operate their campuses during the pandemic (Garcia-Morales et al., 2021). The purpose of this study was to conduct…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Leadership Responsibility
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