School Principals' Instructional Leadership Preparation in STEM and the Impact on Teacher Retention and Student Performance in STEM

• In Event: 66.059 - Poster Session 14
  In Poster Session: 66.059-1 - School Leadership, Instructional Leadership, and Leading Through the Challenges of Social Justice and Contemporary Issues

Abstract

In this study, the researchers conducted a longitudinal assessment of the retention differences between STEM and non-STEM prepared educational leaders as well as student performance patterns in STEM courses in the buildings of both groups of principals. The researchers address the following guiding questions:
1. How do retention rates compare among STEM and non-STEM prepared principals and assistant principals?
2. Relative to their non-STEM peers, to what extent does STEM prepared instructional leadership associate with K-12 student academic performance in related areas?

Authors

• Lisa D. Hobson, Essential Leadership Connections

• Catherine L. Horn, University of Houston

• Andrea Backscheider Burridge, Houston Community College

• John O. Attia, Prairie View A&M University