ERIC Number: EJ1095567
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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How School Leaders Might Promote Higher Levels of Collective Teacher Efficacy at the Level of School and Team
Prelli, Gail E.
English Language Teaching, v9 n3 p174-180 2016
Leaders search for effective leadership practices to ensure success. A quantitative study was conducted to determine what behaviors a leader could use to improve collective teacher efficacy at the level of the entire faculty and at the level of grade level teams. This article focuses on using the inverse relationship between transformational leadership and collective teacher efficacy to strengthen efficacy of teachers of English Language Learners. The Collective Efficacy Scale (Goddard, 2001) was modified to measure the perceptions of teachers at both levels; entire faculty's collective efficacy and the collective efficacy of their team. Thus, this article also provides leaders with important information regarding teaming within schools. The significant difference found between collective teacher efficacy at the level of school and team, provides important information for leaders to consider as they support professional learning teams. Success for all would be promoted as leaders increase efficacy within teams by employing the concepts of developing leadership teams and purposeful learning communities (Hill & Lundquist, 2008).
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Teacher Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis, Administrator Behavior, Teamwork, Correlation, Transformational Leadership, English Language Learners, Self Efficacy, Teacher Collaboration, Likert Scales, Elementary Schools, Teacher Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Connecticut
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