Leadership Practices in Germany: An End-of-Day-Log Study

• In Event: 16.057 - Roundtable Session 5
  In Roundtable Session: 16.057-18 - Mapping the Practices and Expectations of School Leaders

Abstract

This study in the German speaking countries aims to gain empirical insights in the worksetting of school leaders. Its goal is to demonstrate which of their professional activities school leaders actually do which they perceive to be straining. This study therefore reports on school leadership practices, more precisely what school principals in Germany do during their work time. Data was gathered using an end-of-day log approach (755 participants, 4330 logs).
Results show that school leaders spend a significant amount of time on matters of administration which they find, however, particularly straining. There is also hardly any difference in the distribution of work time with relation to job preferences. The results are contrasted with findings from US-American studies with similar aims.

Authors

• Stephan Gerhard Huber, University of Teacher Education Zug

• Marius Schwander, University of Teacher Education Zug