Exploring the Transformational Nature of Instructional Leadership.

Sheppard, Bruce

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ERIC Number: EJ536482

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Exploring the Transformational Nature of Instructional Leadership.

Sheppard, Bruce

Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v42 n4 p325-44 Dec 1996

A survey of 638 teachers in 58 schools in Newfoundland and Labrador found that the instructional leadership behaviors of school principals were significantly related to teachers' commitment, professional involvement, and innovativeness. Best-fitting models of instructional leadership that account for variance of the three characteristics differed between elementary and secondary schools. Contains 117 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Innovation, Instructional Leadership, Models, Principals, School Effectiveness, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Participation, Transformational Leadership

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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