Teacher Leadership, Wellbeing, and Intent to Leave in US Rural Schools: Evidence from the 2020–21 National Teacher and Principal Survey

Reviewer 1

Comment

Response

“Too long for a title; reduce to 16 words”

Title shortened

“Provide statements of the research design, participants [how many were they, how were they chosen]; how was the survey administered, etc.;”

Accepted and changed

“Avoid 2-3 sentences as paragraphs combine with others appropriately; do the same with the rest of the paragraphs”

Combined shorter sentences where appropriate.

Change “To what extent” to “How” on research question 1

As a quantitative study, we feel “to what extent” is more appropriate here. And we did examine and report the extent of the effects, not the how.

Change “To what extent” to “How” on research question 2

Change “have an indirect effect on” to “affect”

Accepted and changed

Delete paragraph after research questions

Accepted and changed

Fix Table 1 “so that it would look like a Table and words will be in their right places (columns/rows)”

We feel this is an issue of the format justification and it has been changed to center within the cell

“References in the discussion are rather old, find more recent literature (e.g. 5 years ago to present [2020-2024])

Added 4 new citations from articles dated 2021 and later.

“You may consider conclusion if the results of the study is generalizable (applicable to all) but if not, implications can be used…”

Results are generalizable to schools, teachers, and districts represented in this study, thus a conclusion section is used.

“Consider only 2 conclusions for this study to answer the 2 research questions made…”

Accepted and combined the conclusions into two as suggested.

“Consider to give implications on results obtained only in this particular study”

Accepted and revised the language to align with the results of this study.

Reviewer 1

Comment

Response

“Too long for a title; reduce to 16 words”

Title shortened

“Provide statements of the research design, participants [how many were they, how were they chosen]; how was the survey administered, etc.;”

Accepted and changed

“Avoid 2-3 sentences as paragraphs combine with others appropriately; do the same with the rest of the paragraphs”

Combined shorter sentences where appropriate.

Change “To what extent” to “How” on research question 1

As a quantitative study, we feel “to what extent” is more appropriate here. And we did examine and report the extent of the effects, not the how.

Change “To what extent” to “How” on research question 2

Change “have an indirect effect on” to “affect”

Accepted and changed

Delete paragraph after research questions

Accepted and changed

Fix Table 1 “so that it would look like a Table and words will be in their right places (columns/rows)”

We feel this is an issue of the format justification and it has been changed to center within the cell

“References in the discussion are rather old, find more recent literature (e.g. 5 years ago to present [2020-2024])

Added 4 new citations from articles dated 2021 and later.

“You may consider conclusion if the results of the study is generalizable (applicable to all) but if not, implications can be used…”

Results are generalizable to schools, teachers, and districts represented in this study, thus a conclusion section is used.

“Consider only 2 conclusions for this study to answer the 2 research questions made…”

Accepted and combined the conclusions into two as suggested.

“Consider to give implications on results obtained only in this particular study”

Accepted and revised the language to align with the results of this study.

Reviewer 1

Comment

Response

“Too long for a title; reduce to 16 words”

Title shortened

“Provide statements of the research design, participants [how many were they, how were they chosen]; how was the survey administered, etc.;”

Accepted and changed

“Avoid 2-3 sentences as paragraphs combine with others appropriately; do the same with the rest of the paragraphs”

Combined shorter sentences where appropriate.

Change “To what extent” to “How” on research question 1

As a quantitative study, we feel “to what extent” is more appropriate here. And we did examine and report the extent of the effects, not the how.

Change “To what extent” to “How” on research question 2

Change “have an indirect effect on” to “affect”

Accepted and changed

Delete paragraph after research questions

Accepted and changed

Fix Table 1 “so that it would look like a Table and words will be in their right places (columns/rows)”

We feel this is an issue of the format justification and it has been changed to center within the cell

“References in the discussion are rather old, find more recent literature (e.g. 5 years ago to present [2020-2024])

Added 4 new citations from articles dated 2021 and later.

“You may consider conclusion if the results of the study is generalizable (applicable to all) but if not, implications can be used…”

Results are generalizable to schools, teachers, and districts represented in this study, thus a conclusion section is used.

“Consider only 2 conclusions for this study to answer the 2 research questions made…”

Accepted and combined the conclusions into two as suggested.

“Consider to give implications on results obtained only in this particular study”

Accepted and revised the language to align with the results of this study.