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Brokering, buffering, and the rationalities of principal work
Kimberly LeChasseur, Morgaen Donaldson, Erica Fernandez, Michele Femc-BagwellBrokering and buffering represent two ways in which principals may respond to hyperrational elements of policy demands in the current era of accountability. The purpose of this…
Principal influence in teacher hiring: documenting decentralization over time
Mimi Engel, Marisa Cannata, F. Chris CurranOver the past decade, policy researchers and advocates have called for the decentralization of teacher hiring decisions from district offices to school principals. The purpose of…
The complexity and contradictions of Finnish superintendents’ work
Ian Hardy, Petri SaloThe purpose of this paper is to explore the governance of educational reform, as an interpretive process – “interpretive governance” – through a case study of five superintendents…
The impact of job isolation on new principals’ sense of efficacy, job satisfaction, burnout and persistence
Scott C. Bauer, Lori SilverThe purpose of this paper is to test the model first presented by Federici and Skaalvik (2012) involving the relationships among four attributes of principals’ work…
Investigating teachers’ and school principals’ enactments of national testing policies: A Norwegian study
Ann Elisabeth Gunnulfsen, Astrid RoeThe purpose of this paper is to examine teachers’ reported experiences, practices, and attitudes on the use of national test results in a low-stakes accountability context…
Academic culture: a promising mediator of school leaders’ influence on student learning
Kenneth Leithwood, Jingping SunThis study is a quantitative exploration of a new construct the authors label as “academic culture (AC).” Treating it as generalized latent variable composed of academic press…
Examining the architecture of leadership coaching: Considering developmental affordances from multifarious structuring
Shelby Cosner, Lisa Walker, Jason Swanson, Martha Hebert, Samuel P. WhalenThe purpose of this paper is to identify the coaching structures that aspiring principals associate with developmentally consequential coaching interactions; identify structural…
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- Professor Chen Schechter
- Professor Jayson W. Richardson