CODING, SUBTHEMES AND THEMES (INTERVIEW-TRANSCRIPT)

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QUESTION 1: What is the role and duties of school principal?
KI 1: In charge of all
10 … A school's principal is in charge of all executive
executive functions…. functions
…They establish performance standards for Principal’s
both instructors and children, ensure that those Establish responsibility
13 standards are met, and maintain a secure performance
learning environment… standards
… A principal's job is to give the educational
system strategic direction… Educational
… Principals keep a close eye on both routine system
activities and newly emerging problems by strategic
being fully immersed in all facets of the direction
educational system... Leadership
22 …A leader is one who knows the way, goes the lead, direct, Leading and traits and
way, and shows the way… and coordinate coordinate skills
activities
KI 2:
…The principal's responsibility is to lead, encouraging
12 direct, and coordinate activities inside the instructors to
school… better their Encourage
…The development and upkeep of efficient own teaching
15 educational initiatives within the institution, as and learning
well as encouraging instructors to better their
own teaching and learning, should be the teaching
principal's key priorities... techniques Progress
…principals also analyse teaching techniques, student
21 track student progress, promote parental progress
engagement, change policies and procedures,
manage the budget, employ and evaluate staff, school
 and manage facilities… regulations and
… Setting performance standards for students safety Manage all Excellent
and instructors, implementing and overseeing procedures school affairs management
26 school regulations and safety procedures, and and
managing administrative activities, such as monitor leadership
maintaining employee records, are all part of teacher and
the duties of the principle… students Manage
… Principals monitor the work of educators teachers and
and keep tracks on student progress… students
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QUESTION 2: Can you share what characteristics that show an effective school principal’s leadership?
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KI 1: School-wide
32 … Building a school-wide vision of dedication vision
to excellence and the success of all students is
the first step in developing effective
leadership… Leadership
…The better it is for student learning, the more foster traits and
34 receptive a principal is to distributing Distributing leadership skills
leadership… leadership
…Effective principal leaders set a vision and
37 explain the path to improved school Set vision
performance… Mission and
…trying to involves all teachers about the vision of a
mission and vision… school
…As a leader, you have to look forward. You
44 have to think about where the organization is The purpose
going, and that what my head master thought and where lead
me… the school
…a good principal emphasizes students
improving academics, care for the teachers by
46 managing the academic setting ...
… like the saying goes great leaders create Improving and
more leaders; you will know the principal have manage Manage Excellent
a great leadership when the school is academic academic management
cultivating leader… setting setting and
leadership
KI 2:
… good communication and leadership are all
about connecting with others at various levels
(Teachers, students, parents) … Sharing
35 … the principal assists in explaining that Communicatio leadership
vision and winning everyone over to it. It is n and Techer
better for student learning and teacher connecting performance
37 performance when a principal is more open to and students
sharing leadership... achievement
…able to fostering leadership in educators and
other adults to play their respective roles in Achieving
39 achieving the school's vision… school’s vision
… forming a high-standards-based vision of
academic success for all students…
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QUESTION 3: How can the school principal’s leadership contribute to school improvement?
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KI 1: Excellent
50 … School improvement is the process by which Excellent management
schools become more effective both in terms of Academic management and
academic outcomes as well as in developing outcomes, leadership
the social and cultural wellbeing of the developing the
children and adults within the school… social and
…Excellent leadership is crucial to student cultural
53 success in schools…
 …All dimensions of education are impacted by
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school leadership, including interactions with Interaction, Leadership
the larger community, determining the Determining traits and
conditions and atmosphere in which teaching the conditions, Motivating skills
and learning take place, and motivating Teaching and teacher
teachers… learning Techer
… helps to foster both a positive and process Foster a performance
motivating culture for staff and a high-quality positive and students
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experience for learners... culture achievement

KI 2:
…school improvement, it describes conscious School
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efforts to raise school achievements by adapting achievement
modifying classroom practices and adapting management
management arrangements to improve arrangements management
teaching and learning... to improve arrangements
… A high-quality educational experience for teaching and to improve,
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students and employees is both encouraged by learning educational
effective leadership in schools. School leaders experience
at all levels can help with this by developing
the top abilities required of school leaders…
… requires excellent interpersonal skills – as interpersonal
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leaders work with students, staff, parents and skills
external communities to gain constant operational Leadership
feedback and find opportunities to innovate… best practices traits and
… Principal need to have a solid grasp of skills
58 operational best practices and an aptitude for
enabling continuous development…
QUESTION 4: Why is the school principal’s leadership so important for school improvement?
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KI 1:
61 … unable to improve student achievement Leadership Students’ Leadership
records without effective school leadership… experience achievement traits and
… It's crucial for students to have leadership Techer
65 experiences during their schooling in order to successfully performance
gain the skill of forming bonds within teams, completing Effective and students
creating identities, and successfully completing assignments school leader achievement
assignments… ship skills
… to establish and sustain a setting where teachers can
71 teachers can instruct and pupils can learn, instruct and Teaching and
principals' leadership is important… pupils can learning School
learn process infrastructure
KI 2:
… connection between skilled school skilled school
66 leadership and positive student learning leadership Teaching and
outcomes... positive learning
67 …I experience it, that it’s proof that good student process
principal leadership in schools makes a direct learning
impact on students’ experience and outcomes
performance…
70 … offers a chance to develop and demonstrate
effective interpersonal and communication
skills…
72 … to have a significant impact on student
outcomes, school principals should
concentrate more of their efforts on enhancing
the quality of teaching and learning in their
institution…
QUESTION 5: In your opinion, what is the biggest contribution of school principal’s leadership in
school improvement?
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KI 1: School reform School Excellent
76 … Among the top concerns for school reform is leadership management
enhancing school leadership… Organizational and
… organizational elements including teachers, elements Limit the leadership
78 classroom procedures, and school culture impact of
might limit the impact of principle principle
contributions… Clear vision contributions
80 …I would say that the biggest contribution of and mission
school principal’s leadership is management Management
aspect like state a clear vision and mission… Financial, aspect
…principals were responsible for financial maintenance,
88 operations, building maintenance, student students,
scheduling, personnel, public relations, school personnel,
policy regarding discipline, coordination of the relations,
instructional program, and other overall school policy,
school matters… programmes
89 …to manage all the matters is not easy, as we
always heard issues especially financial.
That’s is why a principal must master an
excellent management and leadership. In my Research-
previous school my head master provide based Continual
exposure about financial management so that strategies professional
all teachers also have financial skills and Improve learning Techer
knowledge. This makes it easier for him to teaching and performance
101 manage school finances… learning and students
…for school improvement in teacher Initiate achievement
performance, they encourage continual discussions
professional learning like emphasize research-
based strategies to improve teaching and
learning and initiate discussions about
instructional approaches, both in teams and
112 with individual teachers…
… My head teacher is a hard worker who
cares a lot about the quality of his work and is
a very friendly person. this attitude makes
118 teachers happy and comfortable to work…
…my headmaster very concern about job
satisfaction among teachers, he gives an
appreciation to the teachers by praising and
thank you if there are any contribution that
made by the teachers. This will establish and
sustain a setting where teachers can instruct
and pupils can learn in a very positive
120 environment…
…This also help the teachers to improve their
performance to be better in teaching and
125 learning process…
…school that complete with high-quality
infrastructure facilitates better instruction,
improves student outcomes, and reduces
128 dropout rates, among other benefits…
… The effects of poor infrastructure in schools
can also be seen in learners' dropout rates and
low-teachers retention rates. I have experience
both situation, school with good infrastructure
and school with poor infrastructure. School
with good infrastructure have more many
exposures and opportunities compare to poor
school infrastructure…

KI2:
… principal leadership among the most
83 pressing matters on a list of issues in public
school education…
…effective leaders need to make good use of
86 the resources at hand, in other words, they
have to be good managers…
… without effective principal’s leadership
90 most of the goals of educational improvement
will be very difficult to achieve…
…the biggest contribution of principal’s
91 leadership in school is students’ outcomes…
… All the knowledge in the world won't make
92 you a successful leader; it's how you treat your
team members and the job you do together.
That how my leader treats us with kindness and
friendliness…
…my principal in my current school is very
100 democratic person but at the same time very
firm and timid. But because of her good
leadership and management to handle all the
issues in school on how excellent she is in
decision-making, problem-solving,
communication, delegation, and time
management, all the teachers give 100 percent
of commitment and solid cooperation…
… enabling students who reside in rural places
112 to attend school, a decent school infrastructure
with renovated spaces has been shown to
increase student and teacher enthusiasm in
learning and attendance…
…It is common knowledge that a school's
118 physical environment has a significant impact
on both students' and teachers' motivation to
learn. It contributes to raising student
attendance as well. For the same reason, it
may be claimed that investments in educational
infrastructure play an enabling role in
resolving a number of student access-related
 issues, consequently boosting their academic
performance…

THEMES:
Excellent management and leadership, Teacher’s performance and students’ achievement, supporting input,
leadership traits and skills.