New Models of Educational Leadership: Forthcoming Key Traits of Top Educational Leaders for Excellence in K-12 Education

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10.2991/978-2-38476-599-7_31How to use a DOI?

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early leadership; top educational leaders; emotionally intelligent leaders

Abstract

Future school leadership prototypes encourage the early exploration of both aspiring and skilled leaders’ emotional intelligence (EI) to develop the entrepreneurial leadership capacity for this population. The mixed-methods exploratory research focuses on the top leadership in K-12 education at the holistic level by including school inspectors, head teachers, middle leaders, and members of the administration council of schools to explore EI using validated self-report measures.

This chapter integrates the transformative model of emotional intelligence (TEI) to address top leaders’ variable states of leadership and emotional intelligence. The purpose of this mixed-methods exploratory research was twofold. Guided by TEI theory, the study’s quantitative research questions sought to detect differences in key EI skills and 3 potential problematic measures along with 4 personality patterns among top leaders from K-12 education: school inspectors, head teachers, middle leaders, and members of the administration council of schools. Merging top leaders’ participation as the key founders of EI skilled-based future leaders is recommended. Our research sheds light on the need to capture and generate evidence-based leadership practices to enhance the leadership community among educational leaders.

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AU  - Delia Elena Mateiaş
AU  - Richard Hammett
AU  - Gary R. Low
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/31
TI  - New Models of Educational Leadership: Forthcoming Key Traits of Top Educational Leaders for Excellence in K-12 Education
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Management and Entrepreneurial Leadership for K-12 Education Excellence (LEADK12 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 477
EP  - 495
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-599-7_31
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-599-7_31
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