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Book An Examination of the Principals and Teachers Relative to Elements of Shared Decision Making in Selected Urban  Suburban  and Rural Schools

Download or read book An Examination of the Principals and Teachers Relative to Elements of Shared Decision Making in Selected Urban Suburban and Rural Schools written by Andrea M. Foxx and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools nationwide are experimenting with methods that promise to better educate students and improve schools performance. The educational structure in the United States has been moving from primarily centralized systems to more decentralized ones. Shared decision making is designed to improve education by increasing the autonomy of the school staff to make school site decisions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the actual and desired levels of shared decision making as perceived by teachers in public elementary schools in West Tennessee. In this study two research questions were posed: (1) How do teachers and principals rank the educational goals at the school and (2) To what extent do urban, suburban and rural elementary school teachers have interest to participate in making decisions. The population for this study consisted of 400 public West Tennessee elementary schools as found in the SDE Tennessee Directory (2007) which comprised of 15% of the elementary teachers and principlas. Two survey instruments were used in this study: a questionnaire for principals consisting of 44 questions and a questionnaire for teachers containing 49 questions. The results of the ANOVA revealed that decision making comittees are bound to function more effectively where ther leader of the committee is strong, and involves others in the decision making as well as implementation phases. It was also concluded that participatory leadership is no longer a taboo topic to discuss in elementary schools. Finally, this study found that based on data collected, there is a lack of parental and community support and involvement. Based on data results from this study, it appears demoncratic leadership is the best style of leadership that will enhance sustained and progressive students' performance in public schools regardless if the school is in a rural, urban or suburban area. It will help to avoid frustration for teachers not being involved in decision making processes on matters affecting their functions, particulary in suburban schools as this study concluded. .

Book Principals  and Teachers  Perceptions of the Extent of Shared Decision Making in Urban and Suburban Catholic Elementary Schools

Download or read book Principals and Teachers Perceptions of the Extent of Shared Decision Making in Urban and Suburban Catholic Elementary Schools written by Orsete J. Dias and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dissertation Abstracts International

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book School  Family  and Community Partnerships

Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Book Resources in Education

Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Doctoral Dissertations

Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Principals  Practices Regarding Teacher Participation in School Decision making

Download or read book Principals Practices Regarding Teacher Participation in School Decision making written by Karen Elizabeth Duke and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Relation of Superintendents and Principals to the Training and Professional Improvement of Their Teachers

Download or read book The Relation of Superintendents and Principals to the Training and Professional Improvement of Their Teachers written by Charles Doak Lowry and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Examination of the Relationship Between the Perceptions of Principals and Teachers Regarding Moral Leadership Practices in Select Suburban Public School Districts

Download or read book An Examination of the Relationship Between the Perceptions of Principals and Teachers Regarding Moral Leadership Practices in Select Suburban Public School Districts written by Carol Gabrielsen Costello and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Principals  Behaviors During the Implementation of Portfolio Assessments

Download or read book Principals Behaviors During the Implementation of Portfolio Assessments written by Michael A. Kuehne and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Research in Education

Download or read book Research in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Investigating the Relationship Between the Perceptions of Principals and Teachers on Site Based Decision Making

Download or read book Investigating the Relationship Between the Perceptions of Principals and Teachers on Site Based Decision Making written by Sandra Deshon Owens and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this record of study was to investigate the nature of relationships between the perceptions of principals and teachers on site-based decision making (SBDM) and to uncover patterns existing in relationships between and among state school ratings, principals' and teachers' perceptions of SBDM decision making at their schools, and school outcomes of discipline referrals and attendance percentages. The investigator chose four schools with different state school ratings as sites for investigating these relationships. Participants in the study were principals and teachers selected from four school types: Exemplary, Academically Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and Academically Unacceptable. The research design was a non-experimental and descriptive design focused on the four selected elementary school types. The descriptive statistic of mean was used to determine the strengths of relationships between these variables. Results of the investigation identified various trends between principals' and teachers' perceptions about SBDM at their schools. Outcomes from discipline referrals and attendance percentages in the four types of schools did not show a noteworthy difference. Overall, the data were an indication that elementary principals and teachers embrace the idea of SBDM at levels between 30% and 69% or at a higher level of 70% or above, regardless of the state's rating of school type, number of student discipline referrals, or percentage of student attendance. This was demonstrated by the vast number of "strongly agree" and "agree" responses to survey items among the four schools with different ratings. Using this study as a baseline, recommendation is made to conduct a study of all district schools using a more precise survey to determine the effects of principals' and teachers' perceptions of SBDM on student achievement. Additional recommendation is made for a study to determine whether common variables other than SBDM exists in high performing Texas elementary schools that could possibly have an impact on student achievement. Although achievement objectives and instructional activities may vary as described in a state's curriculum, this particular research could be accomplished without regard to a particular state. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151966

Book Rural High School Principals

Download or read book Rural High School Principals written by Aaron Shuman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational leadership has been the focus of many studies; however, leadership does not occur in a vacuum. Understanding the context in which it occurs will in turn help to explain the phenomenon itself. Rural communities in the United States have many differences when compared to urban and suburban areas. Twenty-eight percent of schools in the United States are rural, and within those rural districts seven million students attend schools (Sherwood, 2001). Even with the large number of rural schools, there are significant deficiencies in rural research, including available raw data (Sherwood & Arnold, 2001, 2004). Moreover, when research is done, the rural context is almost always seen as a limitation (Howley & Howley, 1999). Many times research that is conducted in urban and suburban settings is generalized to the rural setting. Ethical educational leadership is drawing increased attention in research. The bulk of ethical decision-making research has focused on administrators in urban and suburban settings. The rural context is silent when one looks to ethical leadership work. This study explores four rural high school principals' perceptions of how the rural context influences their ethical leadership, career aspirations and advancement opportunities. This study also explores the principals' perceptions about their personal history and their gender to determine whether either has been a hindrance or a help to their leadership in the rural context. A case study methodology was utilized while conducting this study. Over a twelve month period; 18 site visits were conducted at four rural high schools in central Pennsylvania. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted along with eight days of shadowing to explore the respondents' perceptions on leading in the rural context. The findings indicate that the respondents of this study did perceive differences in the rural context as compared to urban and suburban areas. Those differences were perceived by the respondents to have an impact on their work as educational leaders. This study suggests that the principals' personal histories impact their leadership within the rural context. All of the respondents lead in districts where they once attended school. This phenomenon strengthened the impact of social reproduction as the principals struggled to maintain a way of life that they valued, while competing with the ideals of the educational institution. The principals maintained programs with a focus on local interests such as logging, shop programs, fish farming and agriculture education. They did this with limited resources and at the expense of offering other programs. Students entering these programs often ended their formal education with high school. They entered the local economy and reproduced their parents' class position in the wider society. The principals' ties to their communities impacted their expectations for students in their schools. This study suggests that the rural context impacts opportunities for advancement. While opportunities for advancement were perceived to be present, they often required principals to move their families due to geographic distance. None of the respondents were willing to relocate to take advantage of opportunities. Gender barriers were rampant within the rural context. The two female principals had experienced gender discrimination. The two male candidates acknowledged gender barriers in their districts. All the respondents affirmed that the stereotype for a high school principal in their respective districts was a male. The principals used multiple paradigms when solving difficult ethical decisions, and their personal history influenced the paradigms they used most frequently. The respondents all used the ethic of care and critique more than the ethics of justice and the profession. Critical life incidents shared by the principals were from a caring or critical perspective and tied to the paradigms they used most frequently. Competing values about the educational mission of the school, the purpose of school and social mobility of students were found to impact leadership.

Book A Comparison of the Perceptions of Elementary Principals and Teachers Regarding the Implementation of Shared Decision Making

Download or read book A Comparison of the Perceptions of Elementary Principals and Teachers Regarding the Implementation of Shared Decision Making written by Patricia Ann Bales and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: