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INVESTIGATING PROMISING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES
IN TWO CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS
by
Grace Kim
________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Grace Kim
Object Description
| Title | Investigating promising school leadership practices in two California charter schools |
| Author | Kim, Grace |
| Author email | gak@usc.edu; gak3049@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-01-14 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-02-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Wohlstetter, Priscilla |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rueda, Robert Genzuk, Michael |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to identify and to explore programs related to school leadership in two California charter schools. Four research questions guided this study: (a) What policies, programs, and processes are used to improve teacher and administrative leadership (school leadership) in charter schools? (b) How are resources used to implement the programs related to school leadership successfully? (c) What challenges have charter schools faced in implementing the programs related to school leadership, and how are these problems addressed? (d) What evidence exists that these programs regarding school leadership may be related to positive educational outcomes?; Qualitative case study methods were used in this research. The use of different type of instruments -- pre-site interviews, principal interviews, lead teacher interviews, document analysis, and observations -- produced a triangulation of data, which strengthened the validity of the findings.; The findings illustrated that similar benefits and challenges were experienced at both schools. Implementation of the programs related to school leadership produced positive results including increased teacher leadership, collaboration, empowerment, improved student achievement, and parent satisfaction. This study revealed that the programs related to school leadership aided in improving student achievement and in creating a collaborative school culture.; The goal of this study was to disseminate implementation details and benefits of the programs related to school leadership through USC’s Online Compendium of Promising Practices in order to assist other school districts and policy makers who wish to improve student achievement. |
| Keyword | charter schools; school leadership; leadership |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2843 |
| Rights | Kim, Grace |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Kim-3459 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Kim-3459.pdf |
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| Full text | INVESTIGATING PROMISING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES IN TWO CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS by Grace Kim ________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Grace Kim |
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