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Download full textHalttunen, Leena; Waniganayake, Manjula – Education Sciences, 2021
This study explored the perceptions of deputy directors about their leadership in Early Childhood Education (ECE) centres in Finland. Our aim was to look beyond task distribution and understand how deputy directors enacted leadership with their colleagues. Six deputy directors employed in one municipality in Finland participated in this study.…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Administrator Role, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Richardson, M. D.; And Others – 1991
Research concerning the changing roles of the school principal is summarized in this paper, with a focus on the historical conflict between the instructional leadership and administrative roles. Efforts in educational reform are reviewed, which have brought about school restructuring, role conflict, and changes in communication. A review of reform…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership
McGeown, V. – Educational Administration, 1979
Of the significant differences observed between role conception, behaviors, perceptions, and expectations, the most striking finding was the magnitude of the discrepancies between principals' reported actual behavior and the expectations expressed by teachers. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCascadden, Dean S. T. – Journal of School Leadership, 1998
A qualitative study explored eight elementary principals' conceptions about leadership and management constructs; beliefs about the role of their personal philosophies; and language used to describe themselves, their work, and their schools. Principals identified four issues: conflicting roles, being there, evolving as leaders, and balancing…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Democratic Values, Elementary Education
Hooge, Edith – 1995
Since 1988, education deregulation policies in the Netherlands have granted more autonomy to schools. This paper presents findings of a study that analyzed the changing role of school managers that has resulted from such policies. The study identified underlying values in the attitudes of school leaders toward their changing roles as managers of…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Biott, Colin; Rauch, Franz – 1997
Headteachers in the United Kingdom face the challenge of acting as both the main strategic planner for the whole school and as the leading professional practitioner within it. This paper describes how general changes in the occupational characteristics of school headteachers have been contingently interpreted in a large urban primary school in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
Barraclough, Terry – 1973
The contemporary school principal performs an ever increasing number of complex, largely undefined roles. These roles, to be performed effectively, should be clearly defined; and the principal should be willing to move from the traditional administrative arena toward an acceptance of those new responsibilities designed to help him keep pace with…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Attitude Change
