... leadership pipeline programs. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 51 early-career principals, we take a grounded theory approach to examine how tapping shapes leaders' career trajectories. Findings Tapping remained a common practice in districts both with and without formal leadership pipelines...

... project involving two researchers and 15 principals in one Swedish municipality. Principals and researchers met regularly, engaging in diverse activities to stimulate inquiry and sensemaking. Data include written reflections and communications from both principals and researchers. We apply a thematic...

... for students. With a focus on creating more equitable learning conditions and opportunities, consideration of how school leaders negotiate their own identities and agency greatly influences their discipline sensemaking. Principal sensemaking determines whether discipline decisions reinforce or disrupt harmful...

...Sarah A. De La Garza; Fernando Valle; Dusty L. Palmer; Irma L. Almager; E. Vanessa de León Purpose This qualitative research study examines the experiences of aspiring leaders who completed a school-to-university 15-month field-based residency, proceeded through the principal pipeline...

...Margaret Hudson; Barbara Hickman Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the work-life balance (WLB) experiences of women principals in rural settings through the lens of role theory. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative cross-sectional survey design, the study combines...

...Abeer Hakouz; Elizabeth Zumpe Purpose Despite widespread expectations for school improvement planning, few studies examine how principals approach this process. While policy encourages “rational” planned continuous improvement, research suggests that principals may largely treat planning...

...Carmen Montecinos; Claudio Allende; Juan Pablo Valenzuela; Xavier Vanni; Danilo Kuzmanic Purpose Using the Job Demands-Resources model, this study examined principals’ intention to leave their school in relation to job demands that may limit a school’s capacity to provide quality instruction...

...Michalis Constantinides Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide detailed accounts of how school principals in Scotland foster and support improvement, thereby contributing to lasting and meaningful change. It offers a deeper understanding of the dynamics and complexities underlying...

... of the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP) and conform to the project’s research protocols. Findings Whilst each principal responded to the contexts within and surrounding their schools in unique ways, there were also many similarities, and their work was able to be described using...

...Vicki Park; Amanda Datnow Purpose This study examines how women principals authored reforms in their schools and the resources and multifaceted identities they drew upon to navigate change. Design/methodology/approach Using life history methods, this paper examines data from 20 semi-structured...

...Lauren P. Bailes; Sarah Guthery Purpose Principal demotion is recognized as a signal of principal ineffectiveness and often coincides with other school-level challenges, but little is known about the demoted principals or their school contexts. This study therefore investigates the demography...

...Nicole Barnes; Helenrose Fives; Coby V. Meyers; Tonya R. Moon Purpose School principals are increasingly responsible for acting as instructional leaders, but research on data teams typically considers principals as secondary players responsible for ensuring that meetings occur but not necessarily...

...Adam McGeehan; Seth B. Hunter Purpose This study replicates and extends prior research on principal hiring preferences and conceptualizations of teacher “fit.” We investigate the specific fit dimensions principals value, the contextual factors informing their fit conceptualizations...

... Crisis Principals Special education Leadership Complexity leadership Phenomenology Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) Today's schools are experiencing increased situations involving crisis (Adams and Kritsonis, 2006). In many cases, these concerns can be so intense and pervasive...

... rarely been examined. Here we studied associations of principals’ use of their personal strengths with principals’ own engagement and with the strengths use and engagement of teachers under their supervision, anticipating that principals’ and teachers’ strengths use and engagement would be associated...

... the International Successful School Principalship Project research protocols to develop a multiple-perspective, mixed-method case study that investigated the principal's leadership at the school. Findings The findings illustrate how the leadership practices of the principal healed the fractured school–community...

... leadership in subject coordinators: pedagogical knowledge, relationship capability and support from the principal. Originality/value This study suggests that the enabling factors of instructional leadership in subject coordinators differ from those of instructional leadership in principals because...

...Yongmei Ni; Bichu Li; Yu Su; Jiangang Xia Purpose As responsibilities of high school principals continue to expand, their workweeks become longer, and their attention is stretched in multiple directions. How principals from various school types use their time is influenced by their organizational...

... with different PAL score completion requirements. Design/methodology/approach Using PAL assessment results and state employment data for years 2015 through 2019, the authors examined trends and timing in PAL completers' career advancement into an initial school leader position (assistant principal...

...Mette Liljenberg; Helene Ärlestig; Daniel Nordholm Purpose The purpose of this article is to expand knowledge on Swedish principals' professional development (PD) from the perspectives of superintendents. In particular, the article analyzes how superintendents understand and organize PD...