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UTILIZING GAP ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH SCHOOL REFORM STRATEGIES IN ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
by
Dale Folkens
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 Dale Folkens
Object Description
| Title | Utilizing gap analysis to examine the effectiveness of high school reform strategies in Rowland Unified School District |
| Author | Folkens, Dale Allen |
| Author email | folkens@usc.edu; dfolkens@verizon.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-01-19 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Rueda, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Marsh, David Escalante, Michael |
| Abstract | This alternative capstone dissertation project was undertaken by a three-person project team that followed a consulting model. The Roland Unified School District requested that the project team analyze the implementation of its three reforms -- Partnership with the Ball Foundation, English Learner Instructional Support Leads, and Three Essential Priorities--at the district's two high schools, Nogales (NHS) and Rowland (RHS). The two major goals of this project were the following: (1) determine if there exist current gaps in the implementation of the three district reforms; (2) if performance gaps are identified, provide the RUSD with a set of recommendations based on scholarly research that addresses the root causes of these performance gaps.; For this project, the Clark and Estes (2002) gap analysis model was the most viable among several available process models designed to assist organizations such as school districts improve their performance. The principles of the gap analysis model focus on goals, performance gaps, and solutions.; This project focused primarily on the current level of implementation of district reforms. The review of existing documents and conversations with staff members revealed several positive findings and emergent themes. More importantly, the conversations revealed that while currently some performance goals are being met; many other performance goals have not been made clear or have not been identified and, therefore, are not being met. Barriers within the four emergent themes, associated with knowledge, motivation, and organizational processes and resources, appear to be responsible for the low to moderate level of implementation of district reforms thus far. |
| Keyword | Gap analysis; community; knowledge; motivation; organization; Rowland |
| Geographic subject | school districts: Rowland Unified School District; valleys: San Gabriel Valley |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| 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-m3846 |
| Rights | Folkens, Dale Allen |
| 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-Folkens-4373 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Folkens-4373.pdf |
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| Full text | UTILIZING GAP ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH SCHOOL REFORM STRATEGIES IN ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT by Dale Folkens 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 Dale Folkens |
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