“Quality Leadership Matters”: A Research-Based Survey of Graduate Programming

Abstract

This empirical study contributes to the dialogue about quality leadership and national trends involving standards-based program review. It is the first to utilize the 2016 Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) Standards for graduate programs and separately from accreditation and sponsorship. The literature on quality leadership is reviewed, and results from an original instrument are described. Survey influences included leadership literature, the CAEP Standards, and the University Council for Educational Administration’s artifacts. Students and completers’ feedback was on program effectiveness, satisfaction, impact, and ethics. Variance was found in perceptions of quality, relevance, and learning. Contradictory beliefs of program effectiveness can stimulate discussion and strengthen programming.

Does Modality Matter? A Comparison of Aspiring Leaders' Learning Online and Face-to-Face

“…As the competition for prospective students intensifies, rapid growth in distance education has mobilized institutional problem-solving, despite diminished funding from, for example, states/provinces. Motivated to avoid dire consequences (e.g., consolidation and closure), many departments offer online options (Legon & Garrett;Mullen & Eadens, 2018).…”

“…As the competition for prospective students intensifies, rapid growth in distance education has mobilized institutional problem-solving, despite diminished funding from, for example, states/provinces. Motivated to avoid dire consequences (e.g., consolidation and closure), many departments offer online options (Legon & Garrett;Mullen & Eadens, 2018)."Universal demand" for online education (Crea & Sparnon, 2017) begs the question, Does modality matter? Although pedagogic research comparing online and face-to-face (F2F) course delivery serves as a gauge for assessing quality of learning, such enquiries are sporadic.…”

“…With computer-based innovations dramatically changing the culture of bricks-and-mortar institutions (Legon & Garrett, 2017), quality of learning must remain a priority. Knowing how alternative and conventional modalities compare relative to learning performances can help all stakeholders better adapt to changes in postsecondary education (Jones, 2011;Mullen & Eadens, 2018).The purpose of this investigation of learning in an educational leadership and administration (EDL/EDA) setting is to discover if outcomes differ in a remote and in-person course. As the instructor, one focus was the potential influence of instructional mode on cognitive performance, understood herein as the extent of adult learning actually achieved.…”

The Impact of a Franchise Model School Framework on the Leadership Development of Assistant Principals

“…Opportunities for aspiring and practicing school administrators to learn and develop are highly variable and dependent on where they work and where they receive professional development (Darling-Hammond, LaPointe, M., Meyerson, Orr, & Cohen, 2007). As a result, there has been notable progress in revamping leadership preparation and development programs over the past decade (Cosner, 2019; Mullen & Eadens, 2018; Ni et al, 2017; Perrone & Tucker, 2019). Partnerships between school districts and university educational leadership programs have been established to help develop school leaders and create a local principal pipeline (Author(s), n.d.; Gordon et al, 2016; Sanzo & Myran, 2012).…”

What Makes a Leadership Preparation Program Exemplary?

“…Over the last decade, an assortment of terms have been used to describe the overall nature of a leadership preparation program. Reviews of literature reveal the terms traditional, conventional, innovative, effective, quality, high-quality, restructured, and redesigned (Ballenger, Alford, & McCune, McCune, 2009;Browne-Ferrigno, 2011;Crow & Whiteman, 2016;Mullen & Eadens, 2018;Orr, 2011;Orr & Orphanos, 2011;Walker, Bryant, & Lee, 2013;Young, 2015). In this article, I center on the term 1 University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA exemplary as a relatively new and critically important descriptor being used in the field of leadership preparation.…”