Guiding Questions
This study focused on the following three guiding questions that relate to teacher
morale and principal leadership at the middle school level: What is the association
between administrative leadership qualities and teacher morale? To which leadership
qualities do middle school teachers respond most positively or most negatively? What is
the association between administrative leadership qualities and teachers and their
instruction? For this study I hypothesized that there would be an association between
principal leadership and teacher morale. Section 3 outlines the methodology of the study
in greater detail.