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A questionnaire was developed by the researchers to explore the aspects of curriculum leadership in the areas of development, organization, implementation, evaluation and improvement. In data collection, a total of twenty-four school principals were invited to personal interviews with the researchers. Principals’ responses during the interviews were categories by curriculum development, organization, implementation, evaluation, and improvement. The majority opinions of the principals were coded with the main themes emerged. As a result of data analyses, the findings of the study show that middle school principals perceived that they played a very significant role as curriculum leaders in the middle school level in the areas of curriculum development, organization, implementation, evaluation, and improvement with special attention to vertical alignment between the elementary schools and high schools.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nSchool principals take the lead in the school education team in developing, organizing, implementing and evaluating school curricula. Wiles (2009) claimed that school curriculum leadership is shared among principals, assistant principals for curriculum, team leaders, department heads and lead teachers. Weber (2010) listed five reasons for the need of curriculum leadership at school: Curriculum leadership provides opportunities: 1) to clarify curriculum issues; 2) to develop and empower future leaders; 3) to support continuous improvement; 4) to establish learning goals; 5) to improve alignment. School principals are under strong pressure to assume the curriculum leadership role. Budget cuts at all levels, accountability movements and increased educational demands are among these pressures (Finkel, 2012) . Glatthorn and Jailall (2009) also stressed that “strong, intentional leadership in curriculum development is a necessity for strong instructional leadership”(p. 188) . To be an effective curriculum leader, a school principal needs to be knowledgeable about the historical background of curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices (Glasper, 2018) in addition to covering the contents of the mandated statewide testing (Ediger, 2014; Roelke, 1996) . A school curriculum leader’s daily responsibilities also include: learning from other school leaders; making time for classroom observations; and creating open dialogues with parents and staff (Adkins-Sharif, 2019) .  \nThe researchers in this study want to clarify the roles of the middle school principalsas curriculum leaders by examining the self-perceptions of school principals through face-to-face interviews. The findings of this study will help policy makers to develop curriculum policies to reflect on the middle school leadership roles and to meet student needs. The findings will also help educational leadership preparation programs in higher education to evaluate and improve their current programs in preparing modern curriculum leaders in the middle school level.  \nEducational Planning | Summer 2025 81 Vol. 32, No. 3  \nPURPOSE OF THE STUDY  \nThe purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions ofthe middle school principals concerning the leadership roles they play in school curriculum development, organization, implementation and evaluation. Middle schools in the United States have their own organizational structure of clustered design both physically and academically. Managing the clustered pattern of curriculum design in middle schools could be different from those of elementary schools and high schools.  \nRESEARCH QUESTIONS  \nThe following major research question served as a guide to the development of the stud","cbCaiizrQ9RrN8AU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiizrQ9RrN8AU","pdf",201567,12,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Purpose of the Study\n# Research Questions\n# Theoretical Framework\n# Review of Related Literature\n## School Principal and Curriculum Leadership","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study examines middle school principals’ perceptions of their curriculum leadership roles, focusing on development, organization, implementation, and evaluation.\"},{\"question\":\"How were data collected in the study?\",\"answer\":\"A questionnaire guided the research, and 24 middle school principals were invited to personal interviews with the researchers.\"},{\"question\":\"Which areas of curriculum leadership did principals emphasize most?\",\"answer\":\"Findings show principals considered their role significant across development, organization, implementation, evaluation, and improvement, with special attention to vertical alignment between elementary and high schools.\"}]","MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR ROLES AS CURRICULUM LEADERS - Abstract - Study findings | PDF",1792095909]