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PREPARING LEADERS FOR THE CHALLENGES
OF THE URBAN SCHOOL
by
Charles Flores
____________________________________________________
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
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Charles Flores
Object Description
| Title | Preparing leaders for the challenges of the urban school |
| Author | Flores, Charles |
| Author email | charles.flores@lausd.net; charleaf@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-04-08 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-06-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Reed, Margaret |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Escalante, Michael Marsh, David |
| Abstract | The purpose of this research study was to investigate the impact of participation in the Southwest Independent School District’s Principal Coaching Initiative on urban school principals’ leadership practice. The following research questions were the focus for this mixed methods research study: 1) How does participation in the Southwest ISD Principal Coaching Initiative (SPCI) prepare principals to become effective leaders?; 2) How does the SPCI influence the knowledge, beliefs, and leadership practices of urban school principals?; 3) How does an urban school principal create and sustain organizational structures and processes that promote effective teacher practice and improve student outcomes?; 4) What leadership support structures enable leader practice?; 5) How can the Val Ed instrument serve as a coaching tool to assist principals to become effective instructional leaders?; Multiple sources of data were collected for analysis in this study: pre- and post-intervention interviews with each principal and a subset of their teachers; pre- and post-intervention observations of the principal interacting with teachers; classroom observations of teachers interacting with their students; and observations of classroom teachers interacting with other teachers. Additionally, a collection of documents and artifacts relevant to the study were collected for analysis. Pre- and post-intervention data were also collected from the administration of the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED) survey to each principal, his/her supervisor, and their teachers.; The results of the study indicated that principals’ overall level of effectiveness increased as a result of participation in the program. There is some evidence that the leadership practices of the two case study school principals were positively impacted over the course of their participation in the SPCI. The findings of this study carry significant implications for the future of leadership preparation programs and the ongoing support of educational leaders throughout their tenure as school-based administrators. |
| Keyword | principal leadership; urban schools; social justice; leadership preparation programs; teacher capacity-building |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Geographic subject (region) | Southwest |
| 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-m3120 |
| Rights | Flores, Charles |
| 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-Flores-3746 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Flores-3746.pdf |
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| Full text | PREPARING LEADERS FOR THE CHALLENGES OF THE URBAN SCHOOL by Charles Flores ____________________________________________________ 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 August 2010 Copyright 2010 Charles Flores |
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