The Relationship between Preferred Leadership Style and Personality Predisposition

Teachers’ and Principals’ Perceptions of Factors That Contribute to the Success of Blue-Ribbon Schools

“…Defour and Marzano (2011) explain that no generation of educators in the United States history has been asked to do so much for so many. The momentum for school improvement initiatives in this country is not a consequence of aspiration, but rather a response to transforming persistently low-performing campuses to high-achieving campuses (Aly et al, 2019). Over two decades, underperforming schools have not been successful in response to federal and state initiatives (2019).…”

“…Day et al (2016) describe transformational leadership as a style that highlights vision and inspiration, establishes structures and cultures that improve teaching and learning, directs, and develops team members to reconstruct the campus. Additionally, transformational leaders set goals to achieve success as well as motivate their team to modify expectations and perceptions, encouraging engagement to achieve common objectives for student success (Aly et al, 2019). In contrast, a study by Shatzer, Caldarella, Hallam, and Brown compared instructional leadership and transformational leadership.…”