Leadership of vocational high school principals in curriculum reform: A case study in Taiwan

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 669-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsi-Chi Hsiao ◽  
Mu-Nen Chen ◽  
Hao-Sen Yang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Vocational High School

scholarly journals THE MODERATION EFFECT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DECISION-MAKING MODEL

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Didi Supriadi ◽  
Husaini Usman ◽  
Cepi Safruddin Abdul Jabar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Moderation Effect

A decision-making process in an organization is more effective if it is supported by reliable and valid information systems. Management Information System (MIS) and Decision Support System (DSS) are two systems commonly used by organizational leaders to collect information for making the Quality of Decision (QD). This study aimed to empirically investigate MIS influences on vocational high school principals’ QD. Besides, this study examined the moderation effect of the DSS on the decision-making processes. This quantitative research employed the survey method and purposive sampling technique. As many as 60 vocational high school principals and vice-principals in Yogyakarta, Indonesia were the participants of this study. They filled in questionnaires consisting of 19 items that were developed using the Likert scale. The quantitative data obtained were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. The research findings show that MIS has a significant effect on the quality of the decision-making process by vocational high school principals. However, for improving the decision quality, the model must be assisted by DSS as the moderator variable. MIS carries information required for principals while DSS provides data, model, and analysis instruments used for special cases in vocational high schools.

scholarly journals Developing Leadership Capacity in Others: An Examination of High School Principals' Personal Capacities for Fostering Leadership

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Shawn Huggins
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Professional Networks ◽  
Informal Leaders

In this multisite case study, we examine the personal capacities of six high school principals who have developed the leadership capacities of other leaders in their respective schools. Participants were purposefully selected by two teams of researchers in two states of the United States, one on the east coast and one on the west coast, who engaged their professional networks of current and former educational leaders to obtain recommendations of high school principals known to develop the leadership capacities of formal and informal leaders in their schools. The findings indicate that the principals possessed a strong commitment to developing leadership capacity, understood leadership development as a process and tolerated risk. This study adds to the rapidly growing corpus of literature focused on distributed leaders by illustrating the complexities of developing leadership capacity in an attempt to increase organizational leadership capacity, and by highlighting the relevant characteristics of principals who have intentionally sought to do so.

scholarly journals INTERPLAY BETWEEN DEFICIT IDEOLOGIES AND LEADERS’ SELF-EFFICACY IN DROPOUT PREVENTION: A CASE STUDY OF U.S. URBAN HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toron Wooldridge
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Urban School District ◽  
Deficit Thinking ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Southwest Region ◽  
Principals Perceptions

Researchers examined principals’ perceptions of their abilities and efforts to prevent dropouts in their diverse high schools. Two concepts, self-efficacy and deficit thinking, were used to frame principals’ beliefs. A large urban school district in the southwest region of the country served as the backdrop. The student population was exceptionally diverse. Three high school principals having diverse backgrounds participated. However, in general, the principals interpreted the problem through the lens of their personal background. A sense of empathy was noted throughout their commentaries. A sense of empathy emerged throughout their commentary. Implications for school leaders are discussed

scholarly journals Two Women High School Principals: The Influence of Gender on Entry into Education and their Professional Lives

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 663-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaetlyn Lad
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Time Demands

This study explores the influences of being female on the lives of two women high school principals. The study focuses on how being female influenced their career choices and subsequent professional lives. The data presented are a subset of a larger set of data collected during a case study. The data indicate that career choices, behavior expectations and treatment, career advancement, and time demands are ways in which being female influenced them in their professional lives. Recommendations are made as to how the principalship might be restructured to attract more women (and men) to aspire to be high school principals.

scholarly journals School Principal Entrepreneurial Competency Development Model to Optimize Generating Production Unit Income

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Sitti Roskina Mas ◽  
Abd. Kadim Masaong ◽  
Arifin Suking
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
School Principals ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Production Unit ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Competency Development ◽  
Service Unit ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Teachers And Students

Vocational High School principals have vital competencies in developing their infrastructure, teachers, and students to ensure the graduates have sufficient ability in entrepreneurship and provide products/services in a production unit. To achieve these aims and generate profit, the entrepreneurial instinct of the principal is essential. The purposes of this study were (1) mapping the entrepreneurial potential of school principals, (2) mapping school resource and area resource that can be developed as an income-generating, and (3) designing a model for developing the entrepreneurial competence of school principals to optimize the income-generating production/service units of public vocational high schools in Tomini Bay area. This study has conducted three stages to create an appropriate developing model for an income-generating production/service unit optimization, namely, planning, implementation, and monitoring-evaluation. The result was that the entrepreneurial potential of vocational high school principals in Tomini Gulf area is in good category. This indicates that the principals demonstrated good entrepreneurial competencies in terms of creativity, innovation, motivation, diligence, and finding solutions.   Received: 8 March 2021 / Accepted: 22 June 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021

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