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Analyzing the Leadership Behavior of School Principals

By Clete Bulach, Diane Boothe, Winston Pickett. - The authors describe various methods of measuring a principal's leadership behavior. They have developed a new survey instrument that can be used to analyze the leadership behavior/style of a principal. The instrument consists of 49 positive and negative behaviors that measure how a principal interacts with staff in the following five leadership domains: human relations, trust/decision making, instructional leadership, control, and conflict. A correlation coefficient of +.95, as measured by the Cronbach alpha, was obtained indicating the instrument has excellent reliability. Reliability on each of the five factors ranges from a high of +.86 to a low of +.81. The instrument has adequate construct validity in terms of those behaviors principals practice that teachers like or find offensive (as reported by 375 teachers). The behaviors measured by the survey are listed along with the average response of the teachers who responded to the survey. The authors also describe some results with the first use of the survey in a Louisana study where a +.95 correlation was found between scores on the leadership behavior survey and scores on a culture and climate survey. ^new (Added: 19-Oct-2011 Hits: 112 )

Educational Leadership:Beyond Instructional Leadership:The Learning-Centered Principal

By Richard DuFour - Educators are gradually redefining the role of the principal from instructional leader with a focus on teaching to leader of a professional community with a focus on learning. One of the National Association of Elementary School Principals' six standards for what principals should know and be able to do calls on principals to put student and adult learning at the center of their leadership and to serve as the lead learner ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2011 Hits: 132 )

Educational Leadership:Coaching: The New Leadership Skill:The Coach and the Evaluator

By Bob Tschannen-Moran and Megan Tschannen-Moran - When school officials play both a coaching role and an evaluative role, a common occurrence, things get complicated, so principals and school leaders need to understand the differences. ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2011 Hits: 178 )

Educational Leadership:Coaching: The New Leadership Skill:The Professor as Coach

By Philip E. Poekert - Having worked as a teacher educator and faculty of ed. prof. the topic of coaching within the context of leadership is close to my heart. Excellent article on professors operating as coaches within education. ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2011 Hits: 174 )