Summary: Principal Self-Efficacy and Learning Organizations Influencing School Improvement (Hesbol, 2019)
Role of School Leaders:
School leaders impact student achievement and influence teachers, organizational structure, and functioning.
Principals are expected to foster a positive culture, maintain high standards, and rigorous curriculum.
Leadership Assessments:
Leadership assessments incorporate organizational functioning, professional responsibility, and regular work.
Knowledge sharing across the organization is crucial.
Principal's Responsibility:
Principals are responsible for creating an environment where teachers collectively interpret knowledge and shape organizational values and functioning.
Principal's Perception:
Principal's perception of their school exhibiting behaviors consistent with organizational learning leads to higher self-efficacy.
Perception of control over the school environment and its adaptability is crucial.
Collaborative School Climate:
A collaborative school climate and shared vision increase Principal self-efficacy.
Enhances interactions in school and boosts resource and information exchange.
Support and Communication:
Attention is needed on how schools and districts affect principal performance.
Principals require support and communication at both the school and district levels to meet their goals.
Operational Skills:
Principals must operate through others, persuade at high levels, and have strong beliefs in organizational improvement.
Research-Based Learning Mechanisms:
Principals use research-based organizational learning mechanisms to improve school performance.
Learning reflected in structural elements and social arrangements.
Organizational Learning Mechanisms:
PD, meetings, curriculum, and other structures are mechanisms for information sharing and organizational learning.
Team learning involves collective thinking through discussion and dialogue.
Dialogue and Systems Thinking:
Dialogue requires suspending assumptions and engaging in genuine thinking together.
Systems thinking involves understanding how actions create the problems experienced in the organization.