Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 53 Issue 2

Creating communities of professionalism: addressing cultural and structural barriers

Joseph Murphy

The goal of this narrative synthesis is twofold. The purpose of this paper is to understand the barriers and constraints that hinder or prevent the growth of professional…

The convergent and divergent validity of the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED): Instructional leadership and emotional intelligence

Ellen Goldring, Xiu Cravens, Andrew Porter, Joseph Murphy, Steve Elliott

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the ongoing dialog of whether and how instructional leadership is distinguished conceptually from general leadership notions, such as…

The centrality of ethical leadership

Lisa C. Ehrich, Jessica Harris, Val Klenowski, Judy Smeed, Nerida Spina

The central argument in this paper is that ethical school leadership is imperative in a context of increasing performance-driven accountability. The purpose of this paper is to…

Trust, behavior, and high school outcomes

Lisa S. Romero

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on student trust and to examine the relationship between student trust, behavior, and academic outcomes in high…

Inequalities in school climate in California

Sonia Jain, Alison K. Cohen, Kevin Huang, Thomas L. Hanson, Gregory Austin

– School climate, or the physical and social conditions of the learning environment, has implications for academic achievement. The paper aims to discuss this issue.

School performance trajectories and the challenges for principal succession

Linda C. Lee

The purpose of this paper is to use empirical data on new principals to clarify the connection between different succession situations and the challenges their successor…

School principals’ role in the interplay between the superintendents and local education authorities: The case of Israel

Audrey Addi-Raccah

The purpose of this paper is to probe the extent to which principals, as boundary spanners, manage with the influence of the local educational authority (LEA) and the…