School principals' leadership in managing low and high performing teachers : a South African case study

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dc.contributor.author Ogina, Teresa Auma
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-22T13:10:50Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-22T13:10:50Z
dc.date.issued 2021-11
dc.description.abstract There is a plethora of literature on what makes schools high performing, on what reduces the performance of schools, and on the causes of teacher ineffectiveness. However, little is known about how school principals manage low- and high-performing teachers to ensure and sustain high learner performance. In this paper, I focus on the role played by the principal in leading and managing low- and high-performing teachers. I draw from the findings of a study on eight primary school principals from Limpopo Province in South Africa. This multiple-site, case study design used semi-structured interviews to generate data. The analysis of the findings shows the ‘hands-on’ and ‘hands-off’ approaches of the principals in managing lowperforming teachers, while high-performing teachers were recognised, motivated and encouraged to both develop leadership skills and work collaboratively to improve the performance of low-performing teachers. The paper argues that school principals need to develop transformational leadership characteristics, as is evident in this study, to lead and manage low- as well as high-performing teachers, and it concludes by suggesting a collaborative, professional development relationship between principals and teachers. en_US
dc.description.department Education Management and Policy Studies en_US
dc.description.librarian am2022 en_US
dc.description.uri https://journals.co.za/journal/jitl en_US
dc.identifier.citation Ogina, T.A. 2021, 'School principals' leadership in managing low and high performing teachers: a South African case study', Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 8-21. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1818-9687
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86914
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Independent Institute of Education en_US
dc.rights © The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd. en_US
dc.subject Transformational leadership en_US
dc.subject Low-performing teachers en_US
dc.subject High-performing teachers en_US
dc.subject Professional development en_US
dc.subject Accountability en_US
dc.subject Collaboration en_US
dc.title School principals' leadership in managing low and high performing teachers : a South African case study en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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