Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

8-1-2026

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Curriculum & Instruction

First Advisor

Jacob Neumann

Second Advisor

Pauli Badenhorst

Third Advisor

Ana Carolina Diaz Beltran

Abstract

Principals’ instructional leadership qualities and practices are an important factor in improving academic performance and the service to the school community. This narrative inquiry examines the instructional and curriculum leadership practices of three elementary principals in a south Texas public school district and contributes new knowledge about leadership and curriculum and instruction in a borderland environment. According to the Texas Education Agency, the school district is enrolled by 33,000 students, 98% being Hispanic and 81% of the school district’s enrollment is considered economically disadvantaged. This research strives to contribute to the conversation of how campus leadership influences student outcomes and the campus culture within the Rio Grande Valley. Documentation such as interviews, observations, and artifacts as well as lived experiences and actions of administrators at high achievement campuses are reviewed and examined. Although every campus is unique, including their leadership style, school culture and climate, student population, community and parental involvement, and resources and funding, stories between leadership practices of these three elementary school principals are explored, identified, and analyzed.

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