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

dc.contributor.authorOgina, Teresa Auma
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-22T13:10:50Z
dc.date.available2022-08-22T13:10:50Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractThere 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.departmentEducation Management and Policy Studiesen_US
dc.description.librarianam2022en_US
dc.description.urihttps://journals.co.za/journal/jitlen_US
dc.identifier.citationOgina, 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.issn1818-9687
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86914
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIndependent Institute of Educationen_US
dc.rights© The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectTransformational leadershipen_US
dc.subjectLow-performing teachersen_US
dc.subjectHigh-performing teachersen_US
dc.subjectProfessional developmenten_US
dc.subjectAccountabilityen_US
dc.subjectCollaborationen_US
dc.titleSchool principals' leadership in managing low and high performing teachers : a South African case studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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