Download or read book A Study of the Perceived Relationships Between Communication Styles of Elementary School Principals and Elementary School Climate written by Elizabeth Ann Huysman Halden and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Through the Eyes of Teachers written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this quantitative study was to see if a statistically significant relationship existed between principal communication style and school climate as perceived by elementary teachers in high achieving Title 1 elementary schools in a Midwest state. Teacher perceptions of principal communication style were assessed using the Communication Style Inventory (CSI). The six communication styles assessed were Expressiveness, Preciseness, Verbal Aggressiveness, Questioningness, Emotionality, and Impression Manipulativeness. Teacher perceptions of school climate were assessed using the Organization Climate Description Questionnaire - Revised Elementary (OCDQ-RE). School climate scores were calculated regarding a degree of principal openness and a degree of teacher openness perceived by the teacher. Statistically significant negative relationships were found between Verbal Aggressiveness and principal openness, Verbal Aggressiveness and teacher openness, and between Emotionality and teacher openness. Although difficult to generalize due to a small sample size, the findings are worthwhile to consider for practicing and aspiring principals as well as principal preparation programs."--Leaf 3.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Leadership Skills of Elementary School Principals and School Climate written by Jeanette Diane Gerault and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerault, Jeanette D. "The Relationship Between Leadership Skills of Elementary School Principals and School Climate." Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, University of Houston, May, 2013. Abstract As state and federal accountability standards demand that schools show adequate progress for school improvement, principals have found it more difficult to find the time and resources needed to adequately focus on school culture and climate. The purpose of this descriptive statistics study was to determine the relationship between elementary school principals' leadership skills and school climate. Perceptions of school leadership and school climate were measured by an employee perception survey developed within a large, diverse, suburban district in the state of Texas. The data were collected from elementary school campuses with varying demographics, located within the same school district. The design of the research involved descriptive statistics and frequencies to investigate the possible relationship between perceived school climate and perceived principal leadership skills. The intent of this descriptive statistics study was to clarify educators' understanding of important phenomena by identifying relationships among variables, school climate, and leadership skills. As previous researchers have related school climate to principal leadership and behaviors (Bulach, Booth, & Pickett, 1998; Peterson, 1990), this research concurred that there is, indeed, a relationship between the leadership skills of the principal and the school's climate. This study was significant because the behaviors of the building principal have been linked to the school climate, thus telling practitioners that effective leadership is critical. In order to develop a climate of autonomy, cohesiveness, adequate communication, and focused goals, principals must develop leadership skills focused on respect, instructional leadership, effective communication, shared decision making, and valuing the contributions of others.
Download or read book A Study of the Perceived Relationships Between the Leadership Style of Elementary Administrators and School Climate written by Stephanie A. Ferree and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of the Relationship Between Elementary School Teachers Perceptions of Principal Leadership and School Climate written by Sandra Yuvett LaRoche and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the relationship between principal leadership style and climate as perceived by teachers. Eleven elementary schools and 275 teachers participated in this study. The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) assessed teachers' perceptions of principals' leadership styles. The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire - Revised Elementary (OCDQ-RE) obtained climate data, measured as Open, Closed, Disengaged, and Engaged. Demographic data consisted of five categories: (a) Gender, (b) Years teaching, (c) Years with current principal, (d) Level of Education, and (e) SES and Star rating of each school. An analysis, utilizing Pearson's r correlations, indicated relationships existed between the five LPI and the six OCDQ-RE subscales for principal and teacher behavior. When teachers perceived exemplary principal behaviors, their perception of Collegial and Supportive climate indicators were very high and Disengagement low. Conversely, when teachers perceived low principal behaviors, their perceptions of Collegiality were low with high Restrictive climate indicators and high Disengagement. An analysis, utilizing MANOVA, indicated teachers who spent zero to two years with the principal or spent greater than six years with the principal perceived their principals in a similar manner. Teachers who spent three to five years with the principal scored the principal lower. An analysis of the SES and Star rating of the school indicated teachers from high SES schools with satisfactory achievement scored their principals higher than teachers from high SES schools with high achievement on four LPI subscales and one OCDQ-RE subscale. Findings support the proposition for continued research in the area of school climate and principal leadership.
Download or read book A Study of the Relationship Between Leadership Styles of Elementary School Principals and the Organizational Climate of Elementary Schools as Perceived by Teachers written by Isaiah Simmons and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conflict Management and Interpersonal Communication Style of the Elementary Principal written by Bonnie Tabor and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School leaders are faced with the changing role of the principal. The new role of the principal is strongly tied to the leader's ability to communicate and to manage conflict. Research supports a significant relationship between student academic achievement and teachers' perceptions of their principal's ability to communicate the organizational goals. As well as expectations for effective communication, principals are expected to manage conflict between various stakeholders of public education. Although conflict can not be eliminated, the administration should be able to control the effects of conflict by altering the amount experienced at various levels. The principal's ability to manage the different types of organizational conflict impacts worker productivity and therefore directly influences the outcomes of the goals of the progress toward the goal of improving student achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between teachers' perceptions of their principal's conflict management style and teachers' perceptions of their principal's interpersonal communication skills as they relate to school climate. A quantitative research design was employed to address the research questions. In order to collect data for this study three survey questionnaires were utilized: The Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory - I (Rahim, 1983), The Wiemann Communicative Competence Scale (Wiemann, 1977), and The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire for Elementary Schools (Hoy & Tarter; 1997). A total of 501 survey instruments were sent to teachers in 18 elementary schools. One hundred ninety nine teachers participated in this study. Teachers completed three surveys regarding the principal's conflict management and communication skills, and the school climate. The data were examined using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) techniques. Findings in this study revealed a significant difference in the intrapersonal conflict sub-test and the communication competence scale.
Download or read book Relationship Between Elementary School Teachers and Principals Perceptions of School Climate and Student Achievement in Communication Arts written by Scott K. Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teachers Perceptions of the Relationships Between Elementary School Climate and Principal Leadership Style written by Deborah Mobley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship Between School Climate and the Perceived Role of the Elementary School Principal written by Michael Wayne Allen and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defining the Relationship Between Principal s Leadership Style and School Climate as Perceived by Title I Elementary Teachers written by Jeff Stanford Williamson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defining the Relationship Between Principal s Leadership Style and School Climate as Perceived by Title I Elementary Teachers written by Jeff Standford Williamson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship Between Leadership Styles and Elementary School Climate written by Shvilla Bryan Gaines and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study utilized the descriptive and quantitative approaches to examine elementary school principals' leadership style and school climate in an urban school district. Research supports the relationship of leadership styles, school climate and student achievement does exist and this study identified and explored how it exists between the school principals' leadership style and school climate. Participants consisted of elementary principals and teachers in an urban school district within the southeastern region of the United States. The purpose of this study was to determine the existence of a relationship between elementary school principals' leadership styles and school climate in an urban school district. Survey instruments were the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) Form XII Self and the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire for elementary schools (OCDQ-RE). Demographic information was gathered from the principals and teachers that were subjects of this research (Table 3 and Appendix C). The following research question was posed: Does a relationship exist between the elementary school principals' leadership style and school climate in an urban school district? Descriptive statistics summarized the data characteristics of the independent variable (principal leadership style) and dependent variable (school climate). The data was analyzed using the Pearson Correlation Coefficient. A Positive linear relationship in climate was found for three different groups. These three groups had a statistically significant correlations coefficient and p-values between the LBDQ-Form XII Self and OCDQ-RE subscales. The school principals must be able to access and evaluate the impact they may have on the climate of the school. This study proposed strategies school principals from the participating school district can use to create a more open school climate.
Download or read book Leadership and Organizational Outcomes written by Engin Karadağ and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the effect of leadership on organizational outcomes and summarizes the current research findings in the field. It addresses the need for inclusive and interpretive studies in the field in order to interpret leadership literature and suggest new pathways for further studies. Appropriately, a meta-analysis approach is used by the contributors to show the big picture to the researchers by analyzing and combining the findings from different independent studies. In particular, the editors compile various studies examining the relationship between the leadership and thirteen organizational outcomes separately. The philosophy behind this book is to direct future research and practices rather than addressing the limits of current studies.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Elementary School Climate and Teacher Perceptions about Evaluation written by Ellen DeeAnn Powell and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, the demand for accountability in schools across America has put a spotlight on teacher quality. As part of the focus on school improvement, one area that is sometimes overlooked is teacher evaluation (Varlas, 2009). Within the research, studies can be found that show a relationship between school climate and the effectiveness of teacher evaluation systems (King, 2003: Stronge, 2006; Wilson & Natriello, 1987). It has also been found that effective teacher evaluation can improve school climate (Colby, Bradshaw, & Joyner, 2002). Learning how the overall climate of a school relates to the evaluation process could be beneficial to school administrators and teachers alike. The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary school teachers' perceptions of their school climate and determine if a relationship existed between those perceptions and the perceptions they have of their formative and summative evaluations. This quantitative study was conducted in 35 public elementary schools within a southeast urban area of Houston, Texas. The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire for Elementary Schools (Hoy, Tarter, & Kottkamp, 1991) was administered to the schools' teaching staff to determine teacher perceptions of their school climate. Additionally, the Teacher Evaluation Profile (Stiggins & Duke, 1988) was given to determine the perceptions of teachers related to their most recent evaluation experiences. Data from the 746 participating teachers was analyzed using a Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient and Partial Least Squares (PLS) Modeling to assess the relationship between school climate and the teachers perceptions of evaluation effectiveness. The findings indicated that correlations of scores for the various subtests on the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire Elementary version (OCDQ-RE) with the scores for the various subtests on the Teacher Evaluation Profile (TEP) existed in the direction that supports the stated hypotheses. The six PLS path models defined in this study have practical and/or theoretical significance to predict the relationships between elementary school climate and teacher perceptions regarding evaluation. By understanding the relationship between school climate and teacher evaluation, principals will be better equipped to improve their schools and meet the challenges of NCLB.
Download or read book A Study of the Organizational Climates of Choice Schools and Assigned Attendance Schools in an Urban Setting written by Diana Ruth Swanson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
