...Rima'a Da'as; Mowafaq Qadach; Ufuk Erdogan; Nitza Schwabsky; Chen Schechter; Megan Tschannen-Moran Purpose Collective teacher efficacy (CTE) is a promising construct for understanding how schools can foster student achievement. Although much of the early research on CTE took place in North America...

...Nitza Schwabsky; Ufuk Erdogan; Megan Tschannen-Moran Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of collective teacher efficacy, academic press and faculty trust, all of which are components of academic optimism (AO), in predicting school innovation. In addition, the authors explored...

..., yielding a response rate of 73 percent. Multi-level modeling was used to analyze the data. Findings Principal support of student psychological needs was related to school-level differences in faculty trust in students, collective teacher efficacy and student perceived autonomy support. Leadership...