Educational leadership or administration during a busy workday: The status and roles of assistant principals
Research has shown that assistant principals have growing roles in administration and educational leadership as school complexity and demands for student achievement increase (Börkur Hansen, Ólafur H. Jóhannsson, & Steinunn Helga Lárusdóttir, 2002; Grodzki, 2011). Many scholars highlight how ass...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3278 2023-08-20T04:09:27+02:00 Educational leadership or administration during a busy workday: The status and roles of assistant principals Fagleg forysta eða stjórnun í erli dagsins: Hlutverk og staða aðstoðarskólastjóra í grunnskólum Reykjavíkur Sigurðardóttir, Dóra Margrét Ragnarsdóttir, Guðrún 2020-12-16 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tuuom/article/view/3278 isl ice Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tuuom/article/view/3278/1964 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tuuom/article/view/3278 Copyright (c) 2020 Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun Icelandic Journal of Education; Vol. 29 No. 2 (2020): Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun; 91-112 Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun; Bnd. 29 Nr. 2 (2020): Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun; 91-112 2298-8408 2298-8394 assistant principals compulsory education school leadership role and status aðstoðarskólastjórar grunnskólar stjórnendur fagleg forysta hlutverk og staða info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:29:03Z Research has shown that assistant principals have growing roles in administration and educational leadership as school complexity and demands for student achievement increase (Börkur Hansen, Ólafur H. Jóhannsson, & Steinunn Helga Lárusdóttir, 2002; Grodzki, 2011). Many scholars highlight how assistant principals hold multifaceted roles, facing many challenges on the job. Furthermore, assistant principals generally experience their roles as being unclear and poorly defined (Oleszewski, Soho, & Barnett, 2011; Petrides, Jimes, & Karaglani, 2014).The terms administration and leadership are often used to describe the roles of school leaders. Whereas administration refers to tasks related to finances, human resources and daily management of the school (Gardner, 2000; Sergiovanni, 2009), leadership has more to do with leading the teachers in their roles as educators (Hoy & Miskel, 2012).The role of assistant principal is relatively new in the Icelandic school system. It seems to be rather poorly defined, and it is unclear what it entails regarding the law and regulations where assistant principals are generally not mentioned (lög um grunnskóla nr. 91/2008 (Compulsory School Act); mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytið, 2013 (Ministry of Education Science and Culture)).The aim of this article is to shed light on how assistant principals in compulsory schools in Reykjavík experience their roles and status within the schools and their view of educational leadership and administration as focus areas. The study is based on in-depth semi structured interviews with eight assistant principals in the City of Reykjavík, who were randomly selected. Data was analyzed using interpretive phenomenology (Braun & Clarke, 2013; Smith & Osborn, 2008).In order to investigate how assistant principals experience their roles and status we asked the following:What are the assistant principals’ roles within the compulsory schools in Reykjavík and what are their main tasks?What views do assistant principals have for their ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Reykjavík Reykjavík University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Gardner ENVELOPE(65.903,65.903,-70.411,-70.411) Osborn ENVELOPE(-120.378,-120.378,56.604,56.604) Petrides ENVELOPE(-136.500,-136.500,-75.067,-75.067) Reykjavík |
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Research has shown that assistant principals have growing roles in administration and educational leadership as school complexity and demands for student achievement increase (Börkur Hansen, Ólafur H. Jóhannsson, & Steinunn Helga Lárusdóttir, 2002; Grodzki, 2011). Many scholars highlight how assistant principals hold multifaceted roles, facing many challenges on the job. Furthermore, assistant principals generally experience their roles as being unclear and poorly defined (Oleszewski, Soho, & Barnett, 2011; Petrides, Jimes, & Karaglani, 2014).The terms administration and leadership are often used to describe the roles of school leaders. Whereas administration refers to tasks related to finances, human resources and daily management of the school (Gardner, 2000; Sergiovanni, 2009), leadership has more to do with leading the teachers in their roles as educators (Hoy & Miskel, 2012).The role of assistant principal is relatively new in the Icelandic school system. It seems to be rather poorly defined, and it is unclear what it entails regarding the law and regulations where assistant principals are generally not mentioned (lög um grunnskóla nr. 91/2008 (Compulsory School Act); mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytið, 2013 (Ministry of Education Science and Culture)).The aim of this article is to shed light on how assistant principals in compulsory schools in Reykjavík experience their roles and status within the schools and their view of educational leadership and administration as focus areas. The study is based on in-depth semi structured interviews with eight assistant principals in the City of Reykjavík, who were randomly selected. Data was analyzed using interpretive phenomenology (Braun & Clarke, 2013; Smith & Osborn, 2008).In order to investigate how assistant principals experience their roles and status we asked the following:What are the assistant principals’ roles within the compulsory schools in Reykjavík and what are their main tasks?What views do assistant principals have for their ... |
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