Escala de heteroavaliação de estilo de liderança de diretores escolares

Abstract

The objective of this manual is to present instructions in a precise and understandable way on the handling and application of the School Principals' Leadership Style Heteroassessment Scale (EHELDE). This scale was constructed to facilitate diagnoses of organizational behavior and other variables within the scope of Brazilian basic education. Furthermore, it presents itself as a simple and practical instrument that can be used in conjunction with other school assessment and educational policy tools. The scale is based on the Management Grid model, proposed by Blake and Mouton (1989). For the authors, leadership has two dimensions: Focus on people and Focus on results. EHELDE is made up of items that fall between these two orientations. The styles of leadership are derived from the combination between the two factors, resulting in the five main leadership styles: “Impoverished”, “Country Club”, “Half Term”, “Task” and “Team”. As it is a hetero-evaluation scale, leadership styles are evaluated based on teachers' perceptions of their school managers. Therefore, the data obtained by the scale can reveal aspects of the relationship between leadership and teaching work. In this way, the use of the measure has the potential to base decision-making on educational management and leadership policies, to develop training courses for school leaders, to promote studies and practices in health and teacher well-being, among others. EHELDE was built by the Laboratory of Practices and Research in Psychology and Education (LAPPSIE) at the Federal University of Ceará, Sobral campus, in partnership with the Lemann Center for Leadership for Equity in Education.