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Oplatka, Izhar – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2010
Purpose: To fill the gap in theoretical and empirical knowledge on late career in principalship, the aim of this study was to explore the career experiences, needs, and behaviors of principals at this stage. Research method: Life history and semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 late-career principals, 20 schoolteachers, and 10…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Leadership Styles, Principals, Administrator Behavior
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Oplatka, Izhar; Tako, Eitan – School Leadership & Management, 2009
The current study aimed at exploring desirable constructions of educational leadership among Israeli schoolteachers at three different career stages, as well as tracing the origins of these constructions. Based on semi-structured interviews with 10 teachers at early-career stage, 10 at mid-career stage and 10 at late-career stage, the study first…
Descriptors: Interviews, Instructional Leadership, Career Development, Foreign Countries
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Oplatka, Izhar – International Journal of Educational Management, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to describe the aims, rationale and design of a principal preparation programme that draws, partially, on career stage perspectives, and to provide an assessment report of it gleaned from two cohort groups of participants. Design/methodology/approach: The programme was evaluated using two modes of inquiry:…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, Administrator Education, Program Evaluation
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Oplatka, Izhar – Planning and Changing, 2007
The literature on educational marketing to date has been concerned with the ways by which schools market and promote themselves in the community, their strategies to maintain and enhance their image, and the factors affecting parents and children and the processes they undergo when choosing their junior high and high school. Yet, there remains a…
Descriptors: Principals, Role, Student Recruitment, Public Relations
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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
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Oplatka, Izhar – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
Teachers' career transitions and their positive as well as negative outcomes were left relatively untouched in the literature and research on education. In an effort to fill in gaps in knowledge, this paper reports the findings of a life story study that explored inter-school transitions during the career cycle of mid-career women teachers in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Females, Career Development