Shaping success: How instructional leadership influences teaching practices and self-efficacy
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study explores teachers’ perceptions of instructional leadership qualities that enhance self-efficacy and classroom practices through Q-methodology, using a snowball sample of state-certified teachers from Pennsylvania and Ohio. Key findings highlight leadership qualities such as positive reinforcement, support, constructive feedback, modeling, trust, autonomy, and collaboration as crucial for teacher growth and instructional effectiveness. Differences in perceptions between elementary and secondary teachers are also examined. The results are organized into five thematic profiles: Sculptors of Curiosity and Creativity, Orchestrators of Harmony and Growth, Champions of Potential and Possibility, Architects of Confidence and Curiosity, and Masterminds of Adaptability and Structure. The study provides valuable insights into leadership traits that foster teacher development and improve classroom outcomes.
Source: Forum for education studies.
DOI: 10.59400/fes2379
Authors: Heather Bianconi, Karen Larwin
Institution: Youngstown State University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409098733