Green School Leadership

2019 ◽  
pp. 328-341
Author(s):  
Cornelia Ndahambelela Shimwooshili Shaimemanya ◽  
Sadrag Panduleni Shihomeka
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
School Principals ◽  
School Management ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
School Project ◽  
Green School

The purpose of the chapter was to examine the leadership practices of school principals whose agenda is to green the schools in an effort to achieve sustainability in Namibia and build environmental knowledge of the Namibian secondary school learners. The study was qualitative and used a purposive sampling of eight teachers and environmental clubs at three selected schools in the Khomas education region. The results revealed that these teachers hold a non-remunerative position of coordinating for the Environmental Club as an extra-mural responsibility and they were doing it because of their natural love for the environment and interest in educating the young and future generations about sustainability/sustainable living. The chapter recommends that the school management should provide maximum support to the practicing and responsible green school project coordinators at various schools to motivate and guide them when necessary.

School leadership through COVID-19: A tale of two Auckland secondary school principals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Murdoch ◽  
Kate Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Secondary School Principals ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Community Connections ◽  
System Changes

This article tells the contrasting stories of two Auckland secondary school principals who faced different challenges in leading their schools through a number of COVID-19-related lockdowns. It explores the extent to which leadership practices have been shaped by school closures. The focus is on community priorities, system changes, strengthening community connections and communication, and distribution of leadership. Connections with existing research and implications for leadership practice are also discussed.

scholarly journals The Power Sources and Influences of Secondary School Principals in Eastern Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 115-133
Author(s):  
Birhanu Sintayehu
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Eastern Ethiopia ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Secondary School Leadership ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study aimed to critically examine the power sources and influences of school principals in secondary schools of Eastern Ethiopia. A descriptive survey research design was employed to carry out the study. The participants of the study were 145 teachers, 78 principals, and 41 supervisors who were selected by using stratified and random sampling techniques. The researcher adopted descriptive and inferential statistics to make sound interpretations of data. The results revealed that school principals were mostly used expert, legitimate, and reward sources of power. Likewise, school principals have predominantly exercised a positional basis of power rather than personal power. There was a significant statistical difference in power sources of school principals regarding positions, gender, and service years. The findings also showed that school principals dominantly practiced proactive influencing tactics. Moreover, findings indicated that subordinates carried out school principals' compliance to obtain a prize or avoid punishment by applied reactive influence tactics. The study further discovered that subordinates were inclined to resist school principals' influence. This study suggests secondary principals should rethink how power is managed and deployed to make sound influence over subordinates to assure quality education. Hence, the results of the study may serve as a springboard to improve secondary school leadership and equip novice teachers to bring them a principalship position. Plus, this study may provide a clear picture for policymakers, scholars, and government officials to support and retain principals for long-term school improvement, and it may also a theoretical benefit for future research on the area of study.

scholarly journals Successful Leadership Practice in School

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Kamal Prasad Koirala
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Successful Leadership ◽  
Positive Work Environment ◽  
Successful School ◽  
Positive Work

This paper mainly focuses on successful leadership practices in secondary school. It aims to identify the recent models and theories of successful leadership practice in schools, and explore the experience of school principal regarding successful school leadership in the Nepalese context. A qualitative study was carried out in Gorkha district for the collection of data. A successful head teacher was selected for in-depth interview to explore the perception and experience about successful practice of school leadership. The findings of the study reveal that strong interpersonal skills, people-centered leadership, clear communication of vision and goal, focus on academic achievement, co-curricular activities, transparency, creating a positive work environment, knowledge of pedagogical contents, and cooperation and collaboration with various stakeholders are the vital constituents of successful leadership practices.

School leadership in disadvantaged contexts in Spain: Obstacles and improvements

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Llorent-Bedmar ◽  
Verónica Cobano-Delgado ◽  
María Navarro-Granados
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
School Management ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Students At Risk ◽  
Educational Leadership Practices

The increase in child poverty in Spain highlights the importance of equality and inclusion of students at risk of social exclusion in the Spanish educational system. Recent research emphasises the importance of educational leadership, particularly from school principals, as a tool to improve the learning of these students. The main aim of this study is to establish the characteristics of school management in disadvantaged contexts in western Andalusia (Spain), placing special emphasis on the factors considered to hinder or aid effective leadership from principals. A mixed methodology was used in this process, surveying 282 teachers and interviewing 14 principals, and employing descriptive and contrastive statistics techniques. According to the teachers surveyed, principals tend to follow good educational leadership practices. However, the disadvantaged contexts present obstacles to their effective execution. While improvements are observed in the continuity of teaching staff, there is an urgent need to improve the qualifications of teachers working with students at risk of exclusion. In conclusion, principals need greater autonomy in relation to teachers and teaching practice.

scholarly journals The relevance of Sathya Sai Baba's philosophy to the educational leadership of secondary school principals in the central Stanger area

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Teddy Kommal
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Secondary School Principals ◽  
School Management ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Positive Effect

The ultimate goal of this research is to demonstrate the positive effect that can be achieved in the educational management arena by following the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba. This work attempts to add the voice of Sathya Sai Baba in classroom and school management and to demonstrate how his teachings could be used to the benefit of school principals, fellow educators and learners. In this research, focus is placed on secondary schools in the central Stanger area as the researcher is a principal in this area

scholarly journals Leadership Practices of Secondary School Principals: A Cross-national Comparison of Thailand U.S. Principals

2014 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 847-852
Author(s):  
Srisaen Karuna ◽  
Somprach Kanokorn ◽  
Sombatteera Sujanya ◽  
Srisomjak Somjed ◽  
Thana Aduldej
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Secondary School Principals ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals The Influence of Transformational School Leadership on Teacher Efficacy in Malaysian Secondary School Teachers

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teh Pei Ling ◽  
Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie ◽  
Soaib Asimirin ◽  
Foo Say Fooi
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Leadership Practices ◽  
The Relationship

This study provides an insight of the relationship between principals’ transformational school leadership practices and teacher efficacy among Malaysian secondary school teachers. Data was gathered from teachers of secondary schools in the central region of Peninsular Malaysia. The self-administered questionnaires, totalling 160 copies were distributed to the respondents. Valid samples stood at 137 teachers, resulting in a response rate of 85.6 percent. The data was analysed using descriptive, correlation and multiple regression analyses to evaluate the relationship between transformational leadership practices and teacher efficacy. The analysis revealed a significant relationship between the dimensions in transformational school leadership and teacher efficacy. The findings concur with the studies done by Leithwood (1994) that there is a significant relationship between the dimensions of transformational school leadership practices and teacher efficacy. These findings are also in line with past research (Kristine & Hipp, 1997; Peagler, 2004; Ross, J. A, Gray, 2006) that the said transformational leadership contributes toward teachers’ self-efficacy. Therefore, this study strengthens the findings by engaging in similar relationship.

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