scholarly journals The Application Degree of Participative School Leaderships at Al-Ihsa Governorate and Its Correlation with Teachers’ Professional Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Fathi Mohammed Abu Nasser
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Participative Leadership ◽  
Arithmetic Means ◽  
School Year ◽  
Education Leaders ◽  
Total Process ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

Participative leadership is one of the most important human trends of school leadership and institutions of education. The study aimed to identify the degree of application of participative leadership by school leaders at Ihsa governorate, Saudi Arabia, and its correlation to teacher’s professional development in the light of some variables. The study sample comprised (241) education leaders from both sexes throughout the school year 2018/2019. To collect data, an important three-part instrument developed incorporating participative leadership and its correlation to teacher’s professional development. Cronbach coefficient of instrument validation was (0.97). In analyzing data, arithmetic means, standard deviations, one way ANOVA, and correlation coefficient were calculated. Results of the study showed that the degree of application of the total process was high. They also showed that there was a relation with statistical significance at the level (0.01) between participative leadership with its dimension and professional development. The results also showed that there were no differences with statistical significance in answers of sample members which might be attributed to study variables at the level (α=0.01). The study recommended intensifying training courses for school leaders with regard to participative leadership, in addition to, supporting and widening teachers’ participation in school leadership.

Refusing Relevance: School Administrator Resistance to Offering Professional Development Addressing LGBTQ Issues in Schools

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabethe C. Payne ◽  
Melissa J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Development Program ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
School Administrator ◽  
School Contexts ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Field Notes

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide insight to the multiple ways that school leaders resist, avoid, or block LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, queer, and questioning) professional development for their staff and, thus, resist the conversations around school responsibility to these students and families. Research Method: The data presented in this article include interviews and field notes drawn from evaluation studies of the Reduction of Stigma in Schools© professional development program and are related to a single emergent theme. Findings: School leaders who resisted LGBTQ professional development claimed such training was not relevant to their school contexts, the training would attract community backlash, the school board would not approve the training, or school personnel would not be interested in learning about LGBTQ students. Implications: The authors conclude that increasing LGBTQ content in educational leadership training is a necessary step for convincing school leadership that LGBTQ-competence is necessary for creating a positive school climate for all.

scholarly journals PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A PREMISE FOR TEACHER’S LEADERSHIP

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Remigijus Bubnys ◽  
Natalija Kauneckienė
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
School Improvement ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Flexible Structures ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

<p>Strategic documents on education emphasize learning leadership, discuss teachers’ activities related to continuous personal improvement in professional activities: by involvement in improvement of school activities, conducting research, participating in specialized group activities, projects, collaboration with colleagues, etc. Innovative trends of teachers’ professional development are the basis for the development of efficient leadership: a challenge promoting to introduce changes in teachers’ improvement by creating new conditions and possibilities for both teachers and school leaders. It is important for school leaders to ensure coherence between personal and institutional development needs, to create flexible structures while organizing support for teachers and promoting fostering of continuous learning culture in the organization. The research aim is to analyze experiences of heads of departments with regard to teachers’ personal professional development possibilities in their professional activities. The results disclose that teachers ambiguously assess the activity of the head of the department: concrete, individual support, attention, encouragement are emphasised but teachers are against observation and assessment of their activities. This is related to several reasons: teachers’ attitude towards change processes, innovations in teachers’ professional development, competencies of heads of education departments, and general school culture. It is important to create conditions for manifestation of teacher leadership in schools, creating conditions for every teacher to continuously improve the educational process, develop personal competencies, actively and responsibly participate in group activities, get involved in school improvement processes. Middle level leaders, heads of departments, acting as mediators while implementing individual, group and organizational level tasks, promote the development of teachers’ competencies.</p>

scholarly journals School Leader Relationships

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Kara Lasater
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
School Leader ◽  
Relationship Development ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Explicit Training ◽  
Meaningful Relationships ◽  
Difficult Situations

An important aspect of school leadership is relationship development, but developing meaningful relationships as a school leader is challenging. School leader relationships are challenged by diverse stakeholder groups, varied contexts, and difficult situations. The complex nature of school leader relationships necessitates explicit training for leaders on relational skills. The purpose of this paper is to provide professional development recommendations for school leaders regarding three aspects of relationships: rapport, trust, and communication. Specific ideas for school leaders regarding how to establish rapport, trust, and effective communication are discussed. Finally, the use of structured role-play is discussed as the recommended approach to professional development for school leader relationships.

scholarly journals Supporting Teachers on Their STEAM Journey: A Collaborative STEAM Teacher Training Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Katherine L. Boice ◽  
Justina R. Jackson ◽  
Meltem Alemdar ◽  
Analía E. Rao ◽  
Sabrina Grossman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Teacher Training Program ◽  
School Year ◽  
Mixed Methods Evaluation ◽  
Steam Education ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Supporting Teachers

There is growing enthusiasm for STEAM education in preparing students for an increasingly complex world. However, implementing STEAM in the classroom can be challenging for educators, as it may require collaboration across disciplines, increased workload, and understanding the nature of STEAM integration. This paper details a mixed-methods evaluation of a year-long STEAM teacher training program, in which a STEM teacher and an arts teacher collaborated to design and implement integrated STEAM lessons at each of the nine participating schools (n = 17). The training program consisted of a 5-week summer professional development experience, followed by ongoing financial, material, and pedagogical support during the school year, made possible by the partnership of the schools, a university, and community organizations. Findings from surveys, focus groups, and written reflections suggest that, despite certain challenges, aspects of the training program supported teacher implementation of STEAM. Participation in the program impacted teachers’ collaboration, pedagogy, self-efficacy, and arts integration practices. The findings offer insight into the forms of support that teachers deem important in STEAM teacher training programs and the benefits of such a program for teachers’ professional development.

scholarly journals Factors Contributing to EFL Teachers' Professional Development in Indonesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1&2) ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Muhammad Amin ◽  
Ali Saukah
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Facilities ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Supervisory System ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

This study was aimed at investigating factors contributing to English as a Foreign Language teachers’ professional development and how these factors have shaped their professionalism. The subjects of the study included six English teachers at senior high schools under the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Religious Affairs in three different regions in Indonesia. Findings of the study reveal that there are both personal and environmental factors identified as having contributed to an EFL teacher’s professionalism, both prior to and after their induction into EFL teaching. Prior to the induction, two of the personal factors were identified: an early interest in English and a high aptitude, although early exposure to English may also be considered an environmental factor. After induction, their professional development is affected by: the level of job satisfaction, commitment to their own learning and student learning, communication skills, and resilience as personal factors, and students, school facilities, teacher colleagues, curriculum change, school leadership, and the supervisory system as environmental factors.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Motivational Practices in Public and Private Secondary Schools in Pakistan: A Case Study of Two Administrators

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Asif Khan
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Private School ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Administrator ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Different Dimensions

This empirical study investigated the efforts of two Pakistani school administrators in dealing with the issues related to teachers’ motivation. This study exclusively examined how the two administrators embedded in their practices different ways of increasing the productivity of their staff. The researcher used the following three lenses to examine the motivational behavior adopted by the school leaders: 1) degree of teachers’ empowerment; 2) nature of rewards and recognition to honor teachers; and 3) pattern of communication between administrators and school staff. The study maintained that the private school administrator, unlike his public school counterpart, had a more updated knowledge in the field of education due to his exposure to professional development programs. This knowledge, which gave him a better understanding of the link between the motivational level of the teachers and the teachers’ productivity, led him to initiate certain measures. Unfortunately, only a limited quantity of research explores different dimensions of school leadership in the educational context of Pakistan. Therefore, this study attempted to address related issues, such as the recruitment of school leaders and the availability of professional development opportunities.

scholarly journals The Effective of Training Program for the Development of Knowledge about the National Professional Standards among the Teachers of Secondary Vocational Education in Jordan

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Mufadi Al-Momani
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Arithmetic Means ◽  
Secondary Vocational Education ◽  
School Year ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Significant Difference

This study aimed to investigate the effective of training program for the development of knowledge about the national professional standards among the teachers of secondary vocational education in Jordan. The researcher prepared an accumulated test about the knowledge of national professional standards, include (42) questions spread over seven areas (education philosophy, teaching planning, teaching implementation, students’ learning assessment, teacher self-growth, profession values and ethics, and academic and technological knowledge) and for each area six paragraphs. Study members consist of (67) vocational schools’ teachers at the directorate of education of Irbid first area, at the first term of the 2015/2016 school year, who were selected at the available way, where the single group design was used by implementing the accumulated test backwards (pilot study) on the study members to identify their weaknesses, build the proposed training program according to the results, and then implement this program on the study members for two weeks, and finally implement the accumulated test forward by using the T-test for single group. The study results showed a statistically significant difference at the level (α = 0.05) between the backward and forward arithmetic means of study members performance on the national professional development standards knowledge improvement test as a whole, and for each area due to the proposed training program, which means the existence of effectiveness for the proposed training program in knowledge development about the national professional development standards at the vocational educational teachers, where this effectiveness ranged between (medium) and (very strong).

Principals’ views on continuing professional development programmes: Evidence from Malaysia

2021 ◽  
pp. 174114322198895
Author(s):  
Lokman Mohd Tahir ◽  
Mohammed Berhandden Musah ◽  
Mohd Fadzli Ali ◽  
Abdul Halim Abdullah ◽  
Mohd Hilmi Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
School Principals ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Effective School ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

This study reports on the professional development and school leadership programmes requested by principals in Malaysian schools. A total of 557 principals provided feedback on their preferred school leadership and professional development programmes which they believed as essential to be effective school leaders. Based on their feedback, mentoring was named the most needed leadership development programme as it allowed access to the guidance, knowledge and skills of senior principals. As for school leadership courses mentioned by school principals, financial management was considered as most useful. The study concludes by recommending suggestions to improve principals’ professional development programmes in Malaysia.

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