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teachers. This same group reports that there is more focus on their failures than other groups.
This data point suggests that principals need to understand how to support and grow less
experienced teachers without focusing on failures. If this group feels the lowest agreement on
having the resources needed, coupled with feelings of less success, this could contribute to the
change of career that teachers consider in the first 5 years.
Table 8
Summary of Descriptive Statistics Transactional Style, Questions by Experience Band
0-5 years 6-15 years 16-30 years 30+ years
Question M SD M SD M SD M SD
Q3, Keeps track of mistakes 2.79(1.13) 2.72(1.20) 2.62(0.96) 3.03(1.00)
Q6, Attention to failures 3.07(1.28) 2.83(1.42) 2.59(1.27) 2.52(1.22)
Q13, Assistance in exchange 3.69(1.34) 3.76(1.25) 3.48(1.22) 3.83(1.29
Q15, Full attention on mistakes 2.69(1.15) 2.83(1.31) 2.76(1.10) 2.86(1.17)
Q20, Ensures materials 3.76(1.38) 3.86(1.28) 4.24(1.04) 4.07(1.20)
What This Means
Results obtained from the online survey reveal the prominent leadership behaviors are
those associated with transformational leadership. Question 18, "My principal emphasizes the
importance of having a collective sense of mission," Question 5, "My principal talks
enthusiastically about what needs to be accomplished," and Question 14, "My principalspecifies the importance ofhaving a strong sense ofpurpose, " are the three behaviors most
strongly agreed upon in the transformational leadership style. Three of the five behaviors in the
top quartile are transformational. The remaining two behaviors in the top quartile represent a
combination of shared and instructional leadership behaviors. Participants strongly agree with
Question 16, "In addition to the principal, I can identify at least one teacher on my team who55
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