The Principal Pipeline: How Elementary School Principals Perceive Student-Centered Leadership to Impact Teaching Practice

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dc.contributor.advisorBrandon, Jim
dc.contributor.authorDrefko, Tracy J.
dc.contributor.committeememberSpencer, Brenda L.
dc.contributor.committeememberLund, Darren E.
dc.date2018-11
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-12T17:44:13Z
dc.date.available2018-07-12T17:44:13Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-11
dc.description.abstractStudent-centered leadership, as defined by Viviane Robinson, is an approach to instructional leadership that puts student outcomes at the center of school leadership work. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate how elementary school principals perceived they enacted four aspects of student-centered leadership and how these actions were perceived to impact teaching practices in their schools. Through semi-structured interviews with three principals, data was generated about leadership actions perceived to facilitate professional learning and impact teaching practice. Focus group interviews with teachers from each of the three principal’s schools and documents contributed by all participants were also examined. Analysis of the data from all three sources revealed eleven common leadership actions that are illustrated through deeper, richer descriptions of the instructional leadership provided by the three principals. The study’s illumination of eleven specific student-centered leadership actions and their perceived impact on teaching practice will contribute to professional knowledge and offer transferable insights to other school leaders as they enact leadership practices to facilitate professional learning and quality teaching within their buildings.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDrefko, T. J. (2018). The principal pipeline: How elementary school principals perceive student-centered leadership to impact teaching practice (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32362en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32362
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/107140
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Education
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectInstructional Leadership
dc.subjectshared vision
dc.subjectquality teaching
dc.subjectleading professional learning
dc.subjectrelational trust
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Administrationen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Elementaryen_US
dc.titleThe Principal Pipeline: How Elementary School Principals Perceive Student-Centered Leadership to Impact Teaching Practice
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Education (EdD)
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