Leadership Actions Informed by Faculty and Team Collective Teacher Efficacy

Gail E. Prelli

(University of Bridgeport, USA)

Abstract: This article explores the use of a strong inverse relationship between Collective Teacher Efficacy and Transformational Leadership as a means to promote success in underperforming schools. Leaders aware of the strong inverse relationship of specific transformative practices can elevate student success through strengthening collective teacher efficacy of the faculty as whole as well as individual teams. The Nature of Leadership Scale (Leithwood & Jantzi, 1995) and Collective Efficacy Scale (Goddard, 2002) were used for correlations between perceived collective teacher efficacy and perceived leadership behaviors within elementary schools. The Collective Efficacy Scale (Goddard, 2002) was modified to determine whether teachers viewed teachers at their grade level team’s efficacy differently than within their school.

Key words: transformational leadership, efficacy, teams