Supporting Leadership Development: An Examination of High School Principals’ Efforts to Develop Leaders’ Personal Capacities

In this article, we report findings from an exploratory, qualitative study in which we used a constructivist lens to examine how two high school principals endeavored to develop the personal capacities of teachers and other leaders in their schools. We collected data from semistructured interviews w...

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Published in:Journal of research on leadership education 2016-08, Vol.11 (2), p.200-221
Main Authors: Huggins, Kristin Shawn, Klar, Hans W., Hammonds, Hattie L., Buskey, Frederick C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability Identification
Administrator Attitudes
Administrator Role
Capacity Building
Educational Opportunities
High Schools
Leadership Training
Principals
Qualitative Research
Reflection
Semi Structured Interviews
Teacher Evaluation
Teacher Leadership
Thinking Skills
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Summary:In this article, we report findings from an exploratory, qualitative study in which we used a constructivist lens to examine how two high school principals endeavored to develop the personal capacities of teachers and other leaders in their schools. We collected data from semistructured interviews with the principals and three other leaders from each of their respective schools. Through our findings, we illustrate the varying degree to which each principal viewed the leaders’ existing capacities, structured their leadership learning opportunities, guided their reflections, and assessed their learning in the context of leadership practice. An important finding was that the way the principals viewed leadership development and saw other leaders as learners themselves appeared to influence the way they developed other leaders’ personal capacities.
ISSN:1942-7751
1942-7751
DOI:10.1177/1942775116658636