Digital badges promise greater transparency and granularity in documenting the professional learning and knowledge base of teachers compared to traditional credentials like certificates of attendance, resumes, and transcripts. Yet before they gain widespread acceptance, educational leaders must understand what they are, how to use them, and how to…

Teacher grief is on the rise and can have devastating effects on the physiological and psychological health of the nation's teachers (Gewertz, 2020). This doctoral study explored the preparedness of school site administrators in supporting grieving faculty and staff. The research study was written using a qualitative dissertation format which…

This article shares the findings of a qualitative case study examining the experiences of teacher leaders as they engaged as teacher evaluators alongside school principals. Data collection included observations and interviews with four teacher leaders and three school principals to answer these research questions: (1) What TDEM structures have…

Purpose: Principals are critical to school improvement and play a vital role in creating inclusive and high-performing schools. Yet, approximately one in five principals leave their school each year, and turnover is higher in schools that serve low-income students of color. Relatedly, high rates of teacher turnover exacerbate challenges associated…

This article asks the following questions: What pressures do teachers face from parents and senior administrators? How do the pressures teachers face from parents and senior administrators affect how they teach students? Specifically, how does this affect the methods they engage in to generate 'good' student outcomes? It answers these questions by…

Special Education administrators face an increasing challenge of retaining their Special Education teachers. 33% of Special Education teachers leave their roles within the first three years and 22.85% quit annually (Dillon, 2007; Boe, Cook, & Sunderland, 2008; Conley & You, 2017). Teachers have cited a shifting legal landscape, paperwork,…

STEM education awareness, advocacy and literacy are paramount to the nation's global competitiveness, innovation, and security. Technology will be the vanguard of the 21st century and the effectiveness of STEM education will determine if we can solve real-world problems such as maintaining national defense, protecting the environment, medicine,…

Focusing on servant leadership and its outcomes are considered fairly essential in terms of its contribution to the literature. This study seeks to determine the relationships between the servant leadership of school principals and the loyalty of teachers to their principals and the constructs of loyalty to supervisors. Secondary school teachers…

The influence of the principal's transformational and transactional leadership style on teachers' job satisfaction and teachers' performance has been a widely researched topic in many countries. However, there is a dearth of research on this topic in Vietnam. This exploratory study has been conducted in public high schools in the southern region…

The current study aimed to explore the way teacher leadership for professional learning was manifested during the disruption to education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were recruited from three public and three private schools in Qatar, and included a total of 12 primary teachers and six school principals. A phenomenological…

This study investigates the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between school principals' instructional leadership behaviors and teachers' positive instructional emotions (enjoyment, pride, and hope). The study sample consisted of 380 teachers (from primary to high school) working in Batman, Turkey, during the 2020-2021 academic…

Limited research exists about leadership styles and influences of elementary private school principals in Dubai, who identify as transformational leaders. Insights from this study can inform further research into school leadership in the Arab world, as well as how best to share leadership experiences among elementary private school principals…

I have previously spent four and a half years as a part-time faculty member. I now have almost eight years as a full-time faculty member and program director in graduate programs at the University of Kansas (KU), serving working professional students. During my time at KU, I have seen considerable variation in the engagement of part-time faculty…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the lived experiences of urban Nebraska teachers to understand why they have remained in the classroom. This study, conducted through the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, parallels a study of rural educators. Using narrative inquiry, six teachers were selected from urban Nebraska school…

This study focused on leadership effectiveness of high school principals within the New York City Department of Education. The purpose of this study was to explore the views and perspectives of teachers concerning the impact of principals' leadership style on teachers' and students' performance and to determine teachers' perceptions of the…