On the Road of School Leading for A Newly-appointed Principal: An Example of a Principal of a Junior High School in Taipei City

• Main Authors: CHEN PIN YU, 陳品妤
• Other Authors: 洪仁進
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9nj77u

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 102 === This research was mainly interpreting the challenges which Principal Hao faced in Youngyoung junior high school when conducting leading behaviors in general school affairs. By understanding the personal background and working experiences, this research made use of them to know the influences on the leading behaviors and to know the opinions of school staff upon the principal’s leading behaviors. This research can be a reference for running school affairs of a newly-appointed principal in a junior high school in Taipei city. This research made use of interview survey. The twelve interviewees included Principal Hao, teachers, administrative staff, and parents. They also involved in every conference to observe the real situations. Finally, this research made reference to related documentary data to prove and analyze the concrete actions which Principal Hao had in the leading procedure. The conclusions of this research are as follows. I.The characteristics and types of Principal Hao’s leading behaviors and the encountering challenges 1.Personal innermost faith has impact on leading characteristics and types, and they have changed in these two years. 2.Encountering challenges are the lessons for a newly-appointed principal. II.The influences of Principal Hao’s personal background on leading behaviors 1.Studying life. 2.Working experiences. III.Five main perspectives of Principal Hao’s leading behaviors and the opinions and inter-influences toward those leading behaviors among school staff 1.In Principal Hao’s teaching leading of curriculum, have “learning community” carry out the efficient teaching of “learner centeredness.” 2.In Principal Hao’s administrative managing, take active methods to transform old administrative culture. 3.In Principal Hao’s school inter-personal relationship, take different attitudes toward administrative staff, teachers, and parents; keep close contact with communities, enterprises, and higher authorities to bring a great number of resources to Youngyoung Junior High School. 4.Principal Hao thinks highly of teachers’ professional development. Hao not only demonstrates but also actively provides the latest educational information to encourage advance studies and training classes. 5.Principal Hao goes on and takes root in traditions to develop school spotlights by referring to six nuclear abilities of Taipei City. According to the results and conclusions of this research, some suggestions are as follows. I.The suggestions for educational administrative organizations 1.To train and improve communicative skills and crisis-managing abilities by cases during the employment training period of principals. 2.To adjust related regulations to improve the competency of a newly-appointed principal. II.The suggestions for Principal Hao’s leading behaviors 1.To control time of meeting, regulate reporting time of each office, and finish important issues and tasks efficiently. 2.To save way out of embarrassment, blame indoors, speak in favor of goodness when conducting education by opportunity toward personnel changing, students, and coworkers. 3.To do publicity for the whole school before taking “points, lines, to planes” strategies when promoting projects. 4.To take active ways to change old administrative culture, expect staff to spread enthusiasm, have spirits of devotion and service, and start from the law at first. 5.To have meetings to regulate some concerned points when teachers join workshop or training classes outside the school. 6.To have meetings to discuss the problems of idle equipment of national defense experiencing education during holidays. III.The suggestions for school staff 1.To care about school development and to participate in school affairs actively. 2.To cherish the resources which school applied for and to display the professional autonomy of teachers. IV.The suggestions for future research 1.To start from junior high school principals’ selection system to interpret principals’ leading behaviors. 2.To deepen the research content of principals’ leading behaviors.