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Leadership behaviour and practices of a Head Teacher in an excellent school

The purpose of this study is to explore the behaviours and practices of a head teacher in an excellent school. This study also intends to find out the leadership behaviours and practices of the head teacher that contribute towards the excellent academic and co-curricular achievements and how...

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Main Author: Azian Ahmad Shaharbi,
Format: Thesis
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/557/1/Leadership_behaviour.pdf
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spelling my.oum.5572021-06-01T07:18:22Z Leadership behaviour and practices of a Head Teacher in an excellent school Azian Ahmad Shaharbi, The purpose of this study is to explore the behaviours and practices of a head teacher in an excellent school. This study also intends to find out the leadership behaviours and practices of the head teacher that contribute towards the excellent academic and co-curricular achievements and how the excellent results are consistently maintained year after year. Additionally, this study also hopes to explore the head teacher’s administrative style in the school. The qualitative research framework was adopted to gain an understanding of the head teacher’s leadership behaviour and practices. The research design was a single case study, where data was collected through interviews, observations and document analysis. The school under study scored more than ninety percent passes in the UPSR examination, sports and co-curricular champions at the zone and district level besides being free of any discipline problems. The subject in this study was the head teacher of the school while the key informants comprised five teachers, two support staff and two parents from the school. Transcriptions of the interviews and field notes were made immediately after each interview and observation. The findings of the study revealed that the vision of the head teacher was paramount for school excellence; teaching of the curriculum was top priority; programmes for individual pupils’ indifferences were implemented; collaborative leadership practiced in the administration and most major decisions regarding academic or non academic were made in consensus with the staff. The findings of the study also revealed various implications such as the importance of effective managerial skills used in executing instructional tasks as well as implementing effective academic, co-curricular and discipline programmes for school excellence. (Author's abstract) 2010 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/557/1/Leadership_behaviour.pdf Azian Ahmad Shaharbi, (2010) Leadership behaviour and practices of a Head Teacher in an excellent school. Masters thesis, Open University Malaysia. http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/557/
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description The purpose of this study is to explore the behaviours and practices of a head teacher in an excellent school. This study also intends to find out the leadership behaviours and practices of the head teacher that contribute towards the excellent academic and co-curricular achievements and how the excellent results are consistently maintained year after year. Additionally, this study also hopes to explore the head teacher’s administrative style in the school. The qualitative research framework was adopted to gain an understanding of the head teacher’s leadership behaviour and practices. The research design was a single case study, where data was collected through interviews, observations and document analysis. The school under study scored more than ninety percent passes in the UPSR examination, sports and co-curricular champions at the zone and district level besides being free of any discipline problems. The subject in this study was the head teacher of the school while the key informants comprised five teachers, two support staff and two parents from the school. Transcriptions of the interviews and field notes were made immediately after each interview and observation. The findings of the study revealed that the vision of the head teacher was paramount for school excellence; teaching of the curriculum was top priority; programmes for individual pupils’ indifferences were implemented; collaborative leadership practiced in the administration and most major decisions regarding academic or non academic were made in consensus with the staff. The findings of the study also revealed various implications such as the importance of effective managerial skills used in executing instructional tasks as well as implementing effective academic, co-curricular and discipline programmes for school excellence. (Author's abstract)
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