Focus Group Questions: Collective Teacher Efficacy
| Interview Question | Source of CTE | Research Foundation | Leadership Competency | Research Question |
| 1.How is the school’s mission and goals shared and promoted by the principal?
How are teachers involved?
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Social Persuasion
Affective States |
Bandura’s Four Sources of Efficacy Beliefs
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Building Vision and Setting Direction
Unity of purpose
Managing the Teaching & Learning Programme |
Research Question 2 What beliefs held by the Principal have influenced the school’s collective teacher efficacy?
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| 2. How is the school’s vision for teaching & learning shared and promoted by the Principal?
How does the Principal communicate standards and expectations?
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| 3. In what ways does the Principal influences school culture?
How is relational trust developed? What leadership approaches are adopted by the Principal? How does the principal build team? How is success shared and celebrated?
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| 4. How does the principal inspire and build teachers’ professional confidence?
Modeling or sharing of success? Messaging- briefings / PD / Bulletins Verbal feedback?
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Mastery Experiences
Vicarious Experiences
Social Persuasion
Building instructional knowledge and skills
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Bandura’s Four Sources of Efficacy Beliefs
Brinson and Steiner’s Building Collective Efficacy
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Understanding & Developing People
Redesigning the Organisation
Building Relational Trust
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Research Question 3 What behaviours enacted by the Principal have influenced the school’s collective teacher efficacy?
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| 5. How does the principal’s influence the ways in which teachers are provided feedback on teaching and learning?
Principal’s role? Peer feedback? Lesson Observations / Performance reviews & targets |
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| 6. What professional learning opportunities has the principal provided to support teacher professional development and growth?
Staff PD sessions? NAU? Mentoring? Readings and podcasts/videos?
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Mastery Experiences
Vicarious Learning
Social Persuasion
Creating opportunities for teachers to collaboratively share skills and experience
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Bandura’s Four Sources of Efficacy Beliefs
Brinson and Steiner’s Building Collective Efficacy
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Understanding & Developing People
Redesigning the organisation
Promoting and Participating in Teacher Development |
Research Question 4 What practices employed by the Principal have influenced school’s collective teacher efficacy?
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| 7. What structures has the principal put in place to enable teachers to collaboratively share skills and promote team learning?
What? How? (probe PLC’s)
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| 8. How does the principal involve teachers in school improvement and decision making?
Opportunities for teacher leadership? School improvement groups? School priorities?
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Affective States
Involving teachers in school decision making
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Bandura’s Four Sources of Efficacy Beliefs
Brinson and Steiner’s Building Collective Efficacy
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Collaborative Decision Making
Redesigning the Organisation
Understanding and Developing people |
Research Question 3
What behaviours enacted by the Principal have influenced the school’s collective teacher efficacy?
Research Question 4 What practices employed by the Principal have influenced school’s collective teacher efficacy? |
| 9. What could the principal do differently / more to build collective teacher efficacy and a positive school culture?
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