Leadership development programs: investing in school principals

Tingle, Eric; Corrales, Antonio; Peters, Michelle

doi:10.1080/03055698.2017.1382332

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“…The level and way of the leadership of the principal could influence student learning outcomes but still depends on all elements in the school, such as school principals, teachers, students, and the community [12]. The role of the principal is very important in transforming the educational process, performance, and student learning outcomes because the quality of school leaders is related to the academic success of students; therefore, a school must invest in training to upgrade the principal's leadership [13], [20]. In short, the principal plays a key role in this domain by shaping the school environment, motivating, and supporting in school [15].…”

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The Principal’s Leadership in Shaping the Character of Indonesia’s Golden Generation: A Literature Review

Jayanti¹,

Hariri²,

Karwan³

2021

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Progressive Education, ICOPE 2020, 16-17 October 2020, Universitas Lampung,

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Character education takes an important part in preparing for Indonesia's golden generation. To realize a good character education, school needs an effective leader who is able to prepare a golden generation to help Indonesia to be a better nation and be ready to compete in global competition. The importance of the principal's leadership to design the character golden generation of Indonesia is very interesting to study, and this article aims to review how the principal's leadership in shaping the character of Indonesia's golden generation. There are a number of articles found about the principal's leadership review and their effect on the character of Indonesia's golden generation that was made not only by researchers in Indonesia but also written by foreign researchers. The purpose of this literature review is to find out the role of the principal's leadership in shaping the character of the golden generation of Indonesia. Based on the results of literature reviews from various countries in the world, we found the scope of the article was still limited, so, we wanted to know more deeply and was interested in following up on the discussion about the role of the principal's leadership in shaping the character of Indonesia's golden generation towards demographic bonus 2045.

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The Principal’s Leadership in Shaping the Character of Indonesia’s Golden Generation: A Literature Review

Jayanti¹,

Hariri²,

Karwan³

2021

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Progressive Education, ICOPE 2020, 16-17 October 2020, Universitas Lampung,

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“…Professional development programs can be provided to the school principals by a variety of sources such as school districts, universities, governmental agencies, professional associations, and other organizations [31,32]. Tingle et al [33] emphasize that training activities about human capital, school culture, executive leadership, strategic operations, building relationships with peers, and also supervisor support have high influence for continued success of the leaders. There are outstanding examples of professional development programs for school leaders in different countries.…”

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Professional Development of Educational Leaders

Şenol¹

2020

Educational Leadership

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The role of educational leaders has been undergoing many changes in the era of globalization due to diverse needs and expectations of the stakeholders of education. This increases the need for professional development of educational leaders to fulfill their roles. Educational leaders have high impact on shaping school culture, school improvement, student learning, and achievement, so that their professional development is critical to their continued success as leaders. Educational leaders who participate in professional development programs update and extend their knowledge and improve their performance on the job by applying new knowledge and skills to implement the best educational practices in schools. This book chapter intends to provide reader with a comprehensive overview of expected responsibilities and features of school leaders in the context of the different models of educational leadership and also presents a review of the articles about the need for professional development of educational leaders and finally gives professional development ideas which will help school leaders continue to strengthen their practices throughout their career.

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“…Finally, most education researchers believe that principals are responsible for setting the quality of the school, by providing effective instructional leadership and ensuring the professional management of schools. These are however, fundamentally numerous professions requiring different headship practices, skills, and functions (Booth et al, 2010;Tingle et al, 2019). The objectives of this study was to examine the role of principal in improvement of school performance and also identify the major challenges faced by them while improving the school performance.…”

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2021

RJE

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This study aims to explore the role of the principal's leadership in the improvement of school performance in community schools and to identify the major challenges faced by principals of community schools while improving school performance. A qualitative approach and phenomenology research design was used in this study. Interview and Focus Group Discussions schedule were used to collect data from the field, 5 principals were the respondents for interview and 20 principals of different community schools were involved in focused group. The data were analyzed using qualitative data management software Atlas ti. The determination and taking self-initiative is a crucial role for community school principals to maintain school enrollments, education quality, and collecting funds for school performance. Principals have adopted several noticeable strategies to increase education quality. Some of the ways and means adopted by the successful schools are maintaining constant discipline in school encouraging students and teachers by rewards and appreciation, consistent observing and supervision of class conduction, student attendance and teacher"s consistency, coaching classes for feeble and interested students, parent-teacher communication, contests and competitions between the cluster and individual. Every principal faces some of the biggest frustrations to control student behavior, recruiting teachers and cooperation between staff, promote personalized learning, improve the teaching and learning environment, student retention, and parents' support in the improvement of the school. The study further recommended that principals and teachers should be given sufficient training to improve the school's performance.

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Leadership development programs: investing in school principals

Cited by 42 publications

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The Principal’s Leadership in Shaping the Character of Indonesia’s Golden Generation: A Literature Review

The Principal’s Leadership in Shaping the Character of Indonesia’s Golden Generation: A Literature Review

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