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A comparison study of the instructional knowledge and the instructional leadership of elementary principals in Nebraska

Adrienne Lee Lehl, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Abstract

The purpose in the study was to determine if a relationship existed between the principal's knowledge of instruction and the principal's effectiveness as an instructional leader. The sample population of this study included 16 principals employed as administrators in the State of Nebraska, who were classified as elementary principals and who were representative of elementary principals administering schools throughout the state and 65 teachers who taught in schools administered by the principals in the sample population. To answer the research questions, the principals were asked to complete the Survey of Instructional Knowledge (SIK). The teachers in the study completed the questionnaire, Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS), in which the perceptions of the teachers about the performance of their principal were measured. The information collected was statistically treated to determine if a correlation existed between the knowledge level of the principals and their effectiveness as instructional leaders as perceived by teachers. From the analysis of the data, the findings of the study were: (1) A total of 70 percent of the questions on the SIK were answered correctly by the principals. (2) The principals received a mean score of 226 points (of a possible 315 points) on the PIMRS. (3) A correlation of.25 was obtained when comparing the results of the SIK and the PIMRS. (4) Seventy-nine percent of the teachers and principals reported they worked simultaneously in the same school system for more than two years. (5) All responding principals attended an inservice meeting in the last five years. All but four principals had attended a college class in the last five years. (6) Most principals chose communication to be the most important job function required of a principal. (7) As a group, female principals scored significantly higher on the SIK than did the group of male principals.

Subject Area

School administration|Elementary education|Curricula|Teaching

Recommended Citation

Lehl, Adrienne Lee, "A comparison study of the instructional knowledge and the instructional leadership of elementary principals in Nebraska" (1989). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9004690.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9004690

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