Investigating Principals' Time Use, Student Demographics, and Teacher Perceptions

• In Event: 79.016 - Time, Policy, and Competition: Principal Pressures and Constraints

Abstract

To better understand how teachers perceive their schools and their principals, the present study utilizes data from the 2014-2015 NCES National Teacher and Principal Survey to examine the relationships between principal time usage, student demographics and teacher perceptions of the effectiveness of their school and their principal. Data from both the teacher and principal questionnaire responses was analyzed using ordinal logistic regressions to calculate both odds ratios and jackknife standard errors. The preliminary findings show that teacher perceptions of school effectiveness, administrative support, administrative enforcement of school rules and administrative effectiveness of communication were significantly impacted by the demographic composition of their school’s student body but were not significantly impacted by principal time use.

Authors

• Jeffrey Keese, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Mario I Suárez, Utah State University

• Hersh C. Waxman, Texas A&M University - College Station