Date

5-22-2024

Department

School of Education

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Chair

Angela Ford

Keywords

shared leadership, teacher efficacy, Christian education

Disciplines

Educational Leadership

Abstract

Shared leadership is a valuable phenomenon in education that has been studied for the past 100 years. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Christian school administrators’ shared leadership practices and teacher efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researcher had a unique opportunity to study shared leadership in Christian schools during a world-wide crisis. The participants were chosen from a convenience sample of high school teachers and administrators employed at Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) member schools in the southeast region of the United States (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia) during the summer semester of the 2022-2023 school year. The participants answered survey questions from the Shared Leadership Perception Scale and the Teachers Sense of Efficacy Scale. Data were collected from the surveys, and multiple linear regression was used to determine if the null hypotheses could be rejected. Results from the data analysis confirmed the null hypothesis could be rejected; there is a significant relationship between the linear combination of the shared leadership domain and teacher efficacy. However, only one construct of shared leadership, decentralized interactions, had a statistically significant effect on teacher efficacy. This study reveals the areas of shared leadership that Christian school educators should focus to improve teacher efficacy, especially during a dilemma.

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