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(In)effective leadership? Exploring the interplay of challenges, goals and measures in the context of school improvement
Journal of Educational Administration ( IF 2.152 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 , DOI: 10.1108/jea-07-2020-0162
Susanne Böse , Stefan Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz

Purpose

This study aims to explore the extent to which schools principals serving disadvantaged communities in Germany are able to set appropriate goals and choose suitable measures for improving their schools according to the specific challenges they face. The authors determine whether principals are able to identify their schools' challenges or whether they merely follow “universal recipes” of the school effectiveness research paradigm regardless of their particular school context. This effectiveness-driven accountability approach requires an in-depth evaluation of the school and its stakeholders and might lead to a new attitude toward failure that sees it as an essential part of developing effective school improvement plans.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors conducted descriptive and correlative analyses as well as exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses using longitudinal data of 164 school principals. Through cross-sectional analyses, the authors investigated the connection among challenges, goals and measures and how they correlated with (self-reported) improvements.

Findings

From a leadership perspective, priorities for school improvement should be aligned with the school-specific challenges they identify and the goals they set to address them.

Research limitations/implications

The extent to which legislation concerning individual school quality development programs can translate into feasible and effective actions is unclear. Caution should be taken when interpreting the findings of this study, as they reflect school principals' self-selected evaluation measures and therefore might be biased.

Practical implications

In future research, emphasis should be placed on school management processes, in particular, the development of strategic decision-making, structuring of target perspectives and derivation of steps in school improvement and instructional development. The authors recommend the government offer school principals appropriate and adequate training and support services to prevent them from overburdening their staff.

Originality/value

This paper contributes to a deeper understanding of processes concerning strategic leadership, as opposed to operative management, of schools by revealing context-sensitive considerations.



中文翻译:

(在)有效领导?在学校改进的背景下探索挑战、目标和措施的相互作用

目的

本研究旨在探讨为德国弱势社区服务的学校校长在多大程度上能够根据他们面临的具体挑战设定适当的目标并选择适当的措施来改善学校。作者确定校长是否能够识别他们学校的挑战,或者他们是否仅仅遵循学校有效性研究范式的“通用方法”,而不管其特定的学校环境如何。这种以有效性为导向的问责方法需要对学校及其利益相关者进行深入评估,并可能导致对失败的新态度,将其视为制定有效学校改进计划的重要组成部分。

设计/方法/方法

作者使用 164 名校长的纵向数据进行了描述性和相关性分析以及探索性和验证性因素分析。通过横断面分析,作者调查了挑战、目标和措施之间的联系,以及它们与(自我报告的)改进的相关性。

发现

从领导的角度来看,学校改进的优先事项应与他们确定的学校特定挑战以及为解决这些挑战而设定的目标保持一致。

研究限制/影响

关于个别学校质量发展计划的立法在多大程度上可以转化为可行和有效的行动尚不清楚。在解释本研究的结果时应谨慎,因为它们反映了校长自行选择的评估措施,因此可能存在偏见。

实际影响

在未来的研究中,重点应放在学校管理过程上,特别是战略决策的制定、目标观点的构建以及学校改进和教学发展步骤的推导。作者建议政府为学校校长提供适当和充分的培训和支持服务,以防止他们给员工造成过重的负担。

原创性/价值

本文通过揭示与情境相关的考虑因素,有助于更深入地了解有关学校战略领导的过程,而不是运营管理。

更新日期:2021-04-05
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