A Case Study of the Extent Coaching Increases the Instructional Leadership Self-Efficacy of Aspiring and Early Career Principals
dc.contributor.author | Colucci, Danielle E. | en |
dc.contributor.committeechair | Brinkmann, Jodie Lynn | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Lowery, Charles L. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Alexander, Michael D. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Soltner, Eugene F. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-29T08:00:22Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2025-03-29T08:00:22Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2025-03-28 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Principal self-efficacy and instructional leadership skills are among the most influential factors impacting school success (Goldring et al., 2021; Grissom et al., 2021; Tschannen-Moran and Gareis, 2007; Van Nieuwerburgh et al., 2020). The purpose of this case study was to examine the extent coaching increased the instructional leadership self-efficacy of elementary aspiring and early career principals (AECPs) who completed a specific AECP program offered within one Virginia public school division. The program provided principal coaching as a means of growing the AECPs' instructional leadership skills and self-efficacy. The AECPs in this case study received one-on-one coaching from a program leader and from a mentor principal in addition to receiving coaching from experienced principals during job-embedded learning and professional learning activities. The findings and associated implications produced from this case study provide information to support school division leaders and state departments in preparing a resilient and skilled pipeline of principals. One-on-one coaching and learning from experienced principals were both identified as key coaching experiences that the cohort attributed to their increased level of instructional leadership self-efficacy. Additionally, appreciation of being provided a non-evaluative coach and principal mentors from schools other than their assigned schools were noted within the aspiring and early career principals' explanations of increased instructional leadership self-efficacy. The findings contribute to related areas of scholarship and offer practical implications to school divisions seeking to reduce principal turnover, improve school outcomes and principal practice, and increase principal self-efficacy. | en |
dc.description.abstractgeneral | This case study explored how coaching impacted the instructional leadership self-efficacy of a cohort of aspiring and early career principals (AECPs) who participated in an AECP program within their school division. The AECPs were provided one-on-one coaching from a program leader and mentor principals as well as job-embedded learning alongside experienced principals. The study found non-evaluative one-on-one coaching and the support provided by experienced principals outside their own schools, boosted the AECPs' instructional leadership self-efficacy. The findings offer practical implications for school divisions aiming to strengthen principal pipelines, reduce turnover, and improve school outcomes. | en |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Education | en |
dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:42572 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10919/125111 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Aspiring principals | en |
dc.subject | principal and assistant principal coaching | en |
dc.subject | self-efficacy | en |
dc.subject | coaching | en |
dc.subject | Instructional leadership self-efficacy | en |
dc.title | A Case Study of the Extent Coaching Increases the Instructional Leadership Self-Efficacy of Aspiring and Early Career Principals | en |
dc.type | Dissertation | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
thesis.degree.level | doctoral | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Education | en |
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