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AN ALTERNATIVE CAPSTONE PROJECT:
A QUALITATIVE STUDY UTILIZING THE GAP ANALYSIS PROCESS TO
REVIEW A DISTRICTWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOCUS ON RESULTS
REFORM INITIATIVE: IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES
OF THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, MOTIVATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE GAPS
by
Debra Lee Hill
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 Debra Lee Hill
Object Description
| Title | An alternative capstone project: A qualitative study utilizing the gap analysis process to review a districtwide implementation of the Focus on results reform initiative: Identifying and addressing the root causes of the knowledge, skills, motivation, and organizational culture gaps |
| Author | Hill, Debra Lee |
| Author email | debralhill@yahoo.com; debrahil@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-01-22 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-06 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Marsh, David Rueda, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) | Arias, Robert |
| Abstract | This innovative Alternative Capstone Project emerged as a partnership between the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California(USC) and the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD). In collaboration, this opportunity provided; USC doctoral candidates, who are also educators, to serve as consultants in a local school district, to identify the strengths and performance gaps in the implementation of the district’s reform initiative. The capstone design plan uniquely provided mutual growth and learning between both partners who are professionals in the same work context. The inquiry process created a reflective experience for the USC team members to also evaluate their own practice and belief systems. The goals of the inquiry project were to: 1) become informed about the FoR reform initiative; 2) determine the fidelity of implementation at the different levels of instruction; 3) determine the nature of the performance gaps in the implementation process; 4) identify and classify the root causes of the performance gaps; and 5) provide research-based recommendations to address the root causes underlying the performance gaps. Specifically, this collaborative project, utilized the Clark & Estes (2002) gap analysis process model as the analytical framework to identify existing gaps in the implementation of the Focus on Results (FoR) reform initiative in three specific dimensions: knowledge/skill, motivation, and organizational culture. The inquiry process utilized interviews, observations and document analysis to gain an understanding of the district’s progress. |
| Keyword | gap analyis; Focus on results; educational reform; instructional focus; knowledge/skill gap; motivation gap; organizational barriers |
| Geographic subject | school districts: Glendale Unified School District |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2005/2010 |
| 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-m3720 |
| Rights | Hill, Debra Lee |
| 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-Hill-4282 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Hill-4282.pdf |
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| Full text | AN ALTERNATIVE CAPSTONE PROJECT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY UTILIZING THE GAP ANALYSIS PROCESS TO REVIEW A DISTRICTWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOCUS ON RESULTS REFORM INITIATIVE: IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, MOTIVATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE GAPS by Debra Lee Hill 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 Debra Lee Hill |
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