英文摘要 |
This research aimed at investigating the relationships of novice elementary school principlals- administrative performance and school effectiveness in Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan regions. The study employed the survey research method. The self-designed questionnaires were mailed to 268 elementary school teachers at Yunlin, Chiayi. and Tainan region, whose principals served a term less than two years. A total of 248 valid samples were obtained. The collected data were analyzed via Pearson product-moment correlation, and one/ two-way ANOVA using SPSS 10.0. The major findings of this study are summarized as follows: 1. There was a positive relationship between novice principals' administrative performance and school effectiveness. 2. There was no significant difference found between female principals and male principals on either administrative performance or school effectiveness. 3.Principals at remote regions (including mountain and off-coast areas) and small-sized schools with classes below 6, or classes between 13 to 24, performed better on school administration and school effectiveness, than those at urban regions and big-sized schools with 25 or more classes 4. There was a significant difference on school effectiveness between different levels of principals' administrative performance. That is, principals of high and intermediate administrative performance demonstrated better school effectiveness than those of low administrative performance . 5. Principals of various director experiences and years of director service demonstrated significant differences on overall administrative performance, administrative management, interpersonal relationship, and instructional leadership. (1) For the longer service group, principals with two different kinds of director experiences performed better than principals with more than two different kinds of director experiences on overall administrative performance. administrative management, interpersonal relationship, and instructional leadership. (2) For more than two different kinds of director experience group, principals of short-term year of service performed better than principals of longer year of service in terms on overall administrative performance, administrative management, interpersonal relationship, and instructional leadership. |