Topic > The Vannsimpco Leadership Survey: School Culture…

Therefore, this study will use the Vannsimpco Leadership Survey (VLS). The Vannsimpco Leadership Survey is a self-administered leadership assessment tool consisting of 27 questions. “It combines various leadership traits across multiple categories. It assumes that most leaders cannot be described in monolithic terms of transformation, transaction, democracy, autocracy, or laissez-faire. Rather, leaders use a hybrid of various styles based on their contextual situation” (Vann et al., 2014, p. 30). The School Culture Triage Survey will be used to assess school culture. The School Culture Triage Survey is a commonly used school culture and climate assessment tool. Contains 17 Likert scale questions divided into the following three categories: Professional Collaboration (teachers work together to solve professional problems), Afiliative Collegiality (people enjoy working together, support each other, and feel valued and included), and Self-Determination/Effectiveness ( people are in school because they want to be). The Triage Survey score on school culture is as follows