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Kayleen Ann Baskin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
School leaders work tirelessly to ensure a high-quality education for all, and many have implemented a social emotional learning (SEL) structure to support both the academic growth and emotional needs of students. While recent studies show the evidence-based practice of SEL positively impacts students' academic growth, developmental relationships,…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Leadership Qualities, Program Implementation, Leadership Responsibility
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Hansen, Cindy – Rural Educator, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the factors that influenced a principal's decision to leave his or her rural school. Six principals who left their rural Minnesota schools within the previous year were interviewed to determine the perceived factors that led to their departure decisions. Factors were grouped into personal,…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Labor Turnover
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Levin, Stephanie; Scott, Caitlin; Yang, Man; Leung, Melanie; Bradley, Kathryn – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
Strong and stable school leadership is critical for success in schools across the nation. The duties of the principal are many and varied. Principals, for example, can oversee instruction, purchase curricular materials and supplies, and provide professional learning and supports for teachers. Carrying out these duties effectively makes a…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Attitudes, Persistence
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
This article reports on a national study examining the characteristics of effective school principals which reveals that high student achievement is directly linked to "collective leadership"--the shared influence of educators, parents, stakeholders, and community members. The five-year study, commissioned by the Wallace Foundation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Assistant Principals
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Kimpston, Richard D; Anderson, Douglas H. – Educational Leadership, 1982
A survey of 57 Minnesota school districts about participants in district curriculum decisionmaking reveals a heavy involvement by principals in both curriculum coordination and development. Teachers are less involved in coordination than in the development process. Community members are almost totally excluded, and students are excluded.…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1984
This packet is designed to assist educational leaders in presenting current research-based information on the characteristics of effective schools to their school staff. The packet is divided into five sections, each including a sample presentation script, transparency models, and worksheets for promoting group discussion. The first section is an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Discipline, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement