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A NEW ERA OF LEADERSHIP:
PREPARING LEADERS FOR URBAN SCHOOLS & THE 21ST CENTURY
by
Sunday C. Abbott
_____________________________________________________________________
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 Sunday C. Abbott
Object Description
| Title | A new era of leadership: preparing leaders for urban schools & the 21st century |
| Author | Abbott, Sunday C. |
| Author email | sabbott@usc.edu; sabbott@lbschools.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-04-07 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-06-23 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Reed, Margaret |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Garcia, Pedro Stowe, Kathy |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of principal participation in the Davis Principal Coaching Initiative, an executive leadership capacity building development program, on leader practice and professional practice of teachers. This mixed-method comparative case study investigated the following five research questions: (1) How does participation in the Davis Principal Coaching Initiative (DPCI) prepare principals to become effective instructional leaders? (2) How does the DPCI 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? And, (5) How can the VAL-ED instrument serve as a coaching tool to assist principals to become effective instructional leaders?; Quantitative data were collected from the results of the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED) survey, an instrument that provided a summary of the principals, teachers and supervisors’ perceptions on the principal’s leadership behaviors (Murphy et al. 2006). Qualitative data were collected from pre-post interviews, observations and document analysis.; Key findings revealed that the DPCI provided the principals with professional development that increased their capacity as instructional leaders; and the coaching structure helped the principal implement district initiatives, and provided the principals with moral and daily support at the school site. Findings also indicated that the principals displayed instructional and learning-centered leadership behaviors, such as monitoring and evaluating the instructional program, creating a positive organizational culture and defining and communicating the school goals. |
| Keyword | leadership capacity building program; leadership support structures; principal capacity building programs; leadership theory; effective instructional leadership; VAL-ED instrument; principal coaching; learning-centered leadership |
| Geographic subject (state) | Texas |
| 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-m3148 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Abbott, Sunday C. |
| 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-Abbott-3724 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Abbott-3724.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | A NEW ERA OF LEADERSHIP: PREPARING LEADERS FOR URBAN SCHOOLS & THE 21ST CENTURY by Sunday C. Abbott _____________________________________________________________________ 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 Sunday C. Abbott |
