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Preparing leaders for the urban school context: a case study analysis for effective leadership

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Title	Preparing leaders for the urban school context: a case study analysis for effective leadership
Author	Dinkins, Shawna Petit
Author email	shawna_petitdinkins@chino.k12.ca.us; petitdin@usc.edu
Degree	Doctor of Education
Document type	Dissertation
Degree program	Education (Leadership)
School	Rossier School of Education
Date defended/completed	2009-05-13
Date submitted	2009
Restricted until	Restricted until 09 Jan. 2010.
Date published	2010-01-09
Advisor (committee chair)	Reed, Margaret
Advisor (committee member)	Hocevar, Dennis Heatley, Edmond
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate how participation in the Pennsylvania Inspired Leaders (PIL) program influenced the practice of an urban leader. The study explored the impact of leader practice on principal practice and principal practice on teacher practice, and student outcomes. Ultimately, the purpose of this study was to examine effective leader practice for leading in the urban context.; The study described how one K-8 principal in an urban setting participated in a principal preparation program, and how that program enabled the practice of the leader in the urban context of schooling. The key design elements of this study, was of major importance to this study. The principal and teachers participated in pre and post interviews, observations, and the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL ED) for the data collected in this study. One on one interviews with the principal, and focus group interviews with the teachers were conducted with one K-8 principal and six teachers.; Analysis of the data collected indicated that participation in the PIL program impacted the practice of the principal to influence teacher practice and ultimately student outcomes. Further indications were that participation in the PIL program will result in successful leader practice for leading in the urban school context. The results of this study provide a roadmap for effective preparation programs for leading in the urban context.
Keyword	urban leadership
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-m2340
Contributing entity	University of Southern California
Rights	Dinkins, Shawna Petit
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-Dinkins-3035
Archival file	uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Dinkins-3035.pdf

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Contributing entity	University of Southern California
Full text	PREPARING LEADERS FOR THE URBAN SCHOOL CONTEXT A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP by Shawna Petit Dinkins ____________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2009 Copyright 2009 Shawna Petit Dinkins