Rethinking the Role of School Principals as Educational Leaders; Exploring the School Leadership Success in Ethiopia Case to Gambella
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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There are some arguing in Schools in Gambella , even in some parts of Ethiopian on this issues of school leadership some managed well, and other led poorly and organized improperly. The studied were formulated three basic questions on educational leadership for how to lead the school as the principal? How town education leaders did supported the school principals in their attempts to achieve the objectives of the school to communicate the educational leadership successes ? This research is the case study of one region in Ethiopia in Gambella Town, using four Leadership Criteria (1) Instructional Leadership role of the principals (2) Shared Decision making (3)team spirit and collaboration between the school of leadership (administrators), teachers, and community and (4) professional devolvement of school principals. Along with these criteria, the study also examined three leadership criteria classified by the Sergiovanni (1991) as Building and Bonding and Banking (3Bs). Ten (10) cases of the primary schools would be studied. To select these primary schools, the researcher would use purposive, Theoretical and snow ball sampling techniques. Instrument for collecting the data would be unstructured, interview, focus group discussion, and personal observation. Data would be collected from ten cases of primary schools. They would then analyzed using qualitative method of analysis by categorizing the data into themes. According to the research findings, (1) The principals role as an educational leader was found to be incompatible with what is taking place in the school. Principals were found to be the sole makers of decisions in school matter.(2) The Woreda Education Office (WEO) on the other hand, does not provide the necessary support to school leadership. (3) The school principals were found to be having a little leadership training which can able foster corporation between them and the a school and the Woreda Education Office, Finally based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that the school needs a complete appropriate transformation leadership success in Governance schools.
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School Leadership Success, in Ethiopia Case to Gambella