Leadership Tenacity and Public-School Superintendents

Getting personal! Twitter communication between school districts, superintendents, and the public

The purpose of this study is to examine the Twitter communica­ tion between school districts, superintendents, and the public. Content analysis of the tweets posted by the 100 largest U.S. school districts and those district superintendents was performed to investigate how the districts and the super­ intendents communicated with the public on Twitter. Next, paired sample f-tests were performed...

Improving Public School Performance through Vision-based Leadership

ness, challenge, future orientation, stability, and desirability or ability to inspire are directly associated with enhanced student and teacher satisfaction, student achievement, and school efficiency, taking into account Vision-Based Leadership in Schools

A paper commissioned by the College of Alberta School Superintendents

Principal Leadership and School Renewal

Introduction The study upon which this paper is based solicited information on school renewal from a purposive sample of principals initially identified using quantitative profiling techniques (Silcox, Cavanagh and Dellar, 2003). Principals were presented with a series of questions that enabled an investigation of their leadership behaviours with respect to school renewal. The principals' respo...

Leadership development and school improvement: contemporary issues in leadership development

There is great interest in educational leadership in the early part of the twenty-first century. This is because of the widespread belief that the quality of leadership makes a significant difference to school and student outcomes. In many parts of the world, including both developed and developing countries, there is increasing recognition that schools require effective leaders and managers if...