Author: Annie Peters WimbishPublisher:
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Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference between leadership behaviors of principals employed in middle schools identified as Schools of Excellence and leadership behaviors of principals employed in schools identified as Schools of Progress. The influences of principal demographic variables of gender, experience and education level, as well as school size, were also studied. The population of this study included all of the 80 middle school principals of identified 2002-2003 Schools of Excellence and all 90 middle school principals of identified 2002-2003 Schools of Progress. A total of 61 principals returned accurately complete survey instruments. Each principal participated by completing a Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire - Form XII Self and Demographic Form. The data analyses for this study were accomplished through the application of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The conclusion of the study indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the leadership behaviors in principals employed in middle schools identified as Schools of Excellence and Schools of Progress as perceived by principals on the scale of Superior Orientation. There was no statistically significant difference between the perceptions of principals as related to principals' gender, experience, education level, and school size.