Mechanisms of control and resistance in the devolved work of public school principals in New South Wales

Dabaja, Isabella

doi:10.1080/10301763.2022.2137542

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“…The FGD-P1 is upheld by Dabaja (2023), there are three essential things in the role of the principal as a manager. First, planning means that the principal must be able to prepare things that will be done in the future to achieve the goals that have been set.…”

Section: Optimizing Workflows Impact Educators' Daily Experiences And...mentioning

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Exploring Empowerment in Education: Enhancing Efficiency Through Workflow Optimization, Employee Selection, and Training Practice

F. Atillo, MAEd,

. Cayogyog, PhD,

Gloria M. Tampus, MAEd

et al. 2024

IJRP

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This phenomenological study was conducted to explore the critical role of school administrators in creating empowerment and efficiency in educational settings by implementing tactics such as workflow optimization, employee selection, and training practices. It aimed to articulate the lived experiences and characteristics of school principals in fostering empowerment and productivity in educational environments. The participants for this study were the ten school principals, five for focus group discussions (FGD) and the remaining five for in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face within the division of Davao City, who already had five years or more of experience handling schools. The participants were chosen by purposive sampling. The methods utilized in this study include direct observation, interviews, and document analysis. Also important in this study was the utilization of triangulation. Mertler (2006) describes triangulation as an invaluable aspect of qualitative research, allowing the researcher to connect various sources of data and establish trustworthy findings with as little bias as possible. This study was guided by three research questions. The first research question, which had three sub-questions, divulged how optimizing workflows impacts educators' daily experiences and contributes to their sense of empowerment and efficiency in the educational setting. The second research question revealed the lived experiences of teachers regarding the influence of employee selection processes on their empowerment and efficiency within the educational environment. The last research question was able to expose the emerging themes that can be drawn from the ongoing training practices that shape educators' professional identity and confidence. The predominant themes were clarity, driving educator empowerment, improving accountability, clear guidance, and fostering a culture of growth. The findings of this study imply that school principals could benefit from incorporating the themes that have emerged here into their administrations. These themes are regarded as significant and dependable, having been recommended as efficacious by seasoned school principal participants. Moreover, this study could be repeated in the future to evaluate the generalizability of the results in various demographic settings. Doing comparable studies in areas with larger sample sizes would be very fascinating since it would allow future researchers to collect more comprehensive and diverse data on effective school principals.

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Section: Optimizing Workflows Impact Educators' Daily Experiences And...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Empowerment in Education: Enhancing Efficiency Through Workflow Optimization, Employee Selection, and Training Practice

F. Atillo, MAEd,

. Cayogyog, PhD,

Gloria M. Tampus, MAEd

et al. 2024

IJRP

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“…Second, Organizing means grouping the necessary activities. Third, controlling is often also called controlling a management role [11]. The role of the principal as an administrator is that the principal, as an administrator, plays a role in managing the school administrative system so that it is effective and efficient [12].…”

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Exploring the roles of special schools' principals in teacher quality improvement: A case study of special schools

Sahuddin,

Jinkuan,

Verawati

2023

IJELE

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Concern about the role of school principals in improving the quality of special schools remains one of the challenges in realizing better quality education in Indonesia. However, some obstacles to the role of the principal in improving the quality of special schools still exist. Principals of special schools are still faced with obstacles to improving school quality, such as the quality of teachers. Therefore, this qualitative study aims to explore the role of the principal of the Southwest Aceh public special school in improving teacher quality. In particular, it discusses the main challenges faced by the Southwest Aceh public special school principals and the roles and strategies they use to improve teacher quality. This qualitative research is to investigate the role of the head of the Southwest Aceh public special school in Indonesia, asking the main research question, what is the role of the principal in improving teacher quality? This research was conducted using a case study design. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with school principals, observation, and secondary data, including official documents and existing literature on the role of school principals. Data analysis was used using data analysis techniques according to Miles and Huberman: data collection, data presentation, data reduction, and conclusions. The interconnected theoretical framework built through the role of the principal and the theory of quality improvement is the most suitable because it helps to understand the experience, working conditions, and challenges of exploring the role of the principal in improving school quality critically. The research findings reveal the role of the school principal in improving the quality of teachers; that is, the principal conducts guidance, coaching, and supervision, grants study permits for schools to a higher level, and conducts training to increase teacher competence. Besides that, the principal explores new ideas from teachers according to the times in the world of education and creates harmonious relationships, openness, adjustments to the curriculum, division of teaching tasks or additional assignments, and differential learning, and provides rewards and punishments to teachers who break the rules. In giving the workload of main tasks and additional assignments to teachers, the average is high, and the school program is not related to each other.

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‘Work not as usual’: work and industrial relations in a post-COVID world

Dabaja

Dinale

Gulesserian

et al. 2023

Labour and Industry

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Mechanisms of control and resistance in the devolved work of public school principals in New South Wales

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Exploring Empowerment in Education: Enhancing Efficiency Through Workflow Optimization, Employee Selection, and Training Practice

Exploring Empowerment in Education: Enhancing Efficiency Through Workflow Optimization, Employee Selection, and Training Practice

Exploring the roles of special schools' principals in teacher quality improvement: A case study of special schools

‘Work not as usual’: work and industrial relations in a post-COVID world

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