A Psychometric Look at Principal Professional Development
International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
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A Psychometric Look at Principal Professional Development
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| Creator |
Westberry, Lee
Zhao, Fei |
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Principal professional development
principal self-efficacy instructional leadership principal confidence |
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| Description |
This study evaluates aspects related to P12 principals’ professional development needs in South Carolina regarding the three domains of school leadership: management, instructional leadership, and program administration. A survey to rate principals’ current leadership knowledge, rank order their professional development needs, and provide a confidence rating regarding their abilities was given to over 1,100 principals and 85 superintendents. Through examining relationships with a psychometric model, results derived latent leadership ability scores and self-reported confidence ratings of principals as well as the superintendents’ leadership scores and confidence ratings of their principals. This study found a significant discrepancy between principals’ and superintendents’ confidence ratings and their corresponding leadership ability scores, respectively. A further analysis of the rank-ordered professional development needs highlighted instructional leadership to be the most needed topic for professional development. Finally, atypical response patterns regarding principal’s current leadership knowledge are also identified through person-fit analysis to provide additional information regarding P-12 principals’ professional development needs.
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IJEPL is a joint publication of PDK International, SFU and UDel
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2021-07-13
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article Quantitative, survey |
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application/pdf
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https://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/1103
10.22230/ijepl.2021v17n7a1103 |
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International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership; Vol. 17 No. 7 (2021): A Psychometric Look at Principal Professional Development
1555-5062 |
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eng
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https://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/1103/303
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| Rights |
Copyright (c) 2021 Lee Westberry, Fei Zhao
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 |
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