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IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS ON DISTRICTS’ AND SCHOOLS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF 21ST
CENTURY SKILLS
by
Angela Denine Brathwaite
______________________________________________________________
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 2011
Copyright 2011 Angela Denine Brathwaite
Object Description
| Title | Impact of leadership on professional development programs on districts' and schools' implementation of 21st century skills |
| Author | Brathwaite, Angela Denine |
| Author email | brathwai@usc.edu; allnaturalstuff@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-02-28 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Castruita, Rudy |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Garcia, Pedro Hinman, Charles |
| Abstract | School districts throughout the nation are faced with balancing a focus between meeting national standards and ensuring students have the skills to be successful in the 21st century. Because of national and international assessment data as well as national, state and local accountability measures, district leaders are challenged to provide direction that ensures students not only learn core content knowledge but also develop the skills to be competitive in a global marketplace.; This study examines how the leadership of Western Unified School District (a pseudonym), addresses the conversation on 21st century skills development. The study explores the role of district leadership in a school district that has committed to embrace 21st century skills development. The study analyzes the connections between four areas associated with 21st century skills development within a school district: a school district’s definition of 21st century skills, the implementation of 21st century skills, professional development related to 21st century skills and the role of district leadership in promoting 21st century skills through professional development.; Based on the four guiding research questions, findings from the study outline ways a school district can address the implementation of 21st century skills: 1.) provide a definition of 21st century skills that can be evidenced in interviews of district employees as well as district documents and data, 2.) implement an instructional program that utilizes a career technical education focus, is supported by resources and addresses potential resistance from stakeholders, 3.) institute a professional development plan that is supported by organizational structures and policies and that evaluates and monitors professional development to stakeholders on 21st century skills and 4.) employ district leaders who promote and monitor the implementation of 21st century skills development. |
| Keyword | 21st century skills; professional development; district leadership |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2010 |
| 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-m3731 |
| Rights | Brathwaite, Angela Denine |
| 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-Brathwaite-4402 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Brathwaite-4402.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ON DISTRICTS’ AND SCHOOLS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS by Angela Denine Brathwaite ______________________________________________________________ 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 2011 Copyright 2011 Angela Denine Brathwaite |
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