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A CASE FOR CHANGE: BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY
IN URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS
by
Darnise Williams
__________________________________________________________________
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 Darnise Williams
Object Description
| Title | A case for change: building leadership capacity in urban high schools |
| Author | Williams, Darnise |
| Author email | gdswmn@aol.com; dwilliams@viewparkprep.org |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-05-04 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 14 Jul. 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-07-14 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Reed, Margaret |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Stowe, Kathy Heatley, Edmond |
| Abstract | There once was a young slave by the name of Frederick Douglass who was tenacious in his pursuit to learn to read. After convincing the wife of his master to serve in the role as teacher, a sudden break occurred in his educational process as his master forbade the wife to teach a slave to read. The master believed that if a slave learned to read he would become discontent with his conditions and rebel against slavery. The master was successful in ceasing Douglass’ instruction but not his desire to learn!; Douglass’ dilemma is one of many that students in urban communities grapple with on a daily basis. Many students in urban communities are faced with unique challenges from high rates of poverty to attendance at schools with limited resources that are instructional distractions. In addition to these daily struggles, school districts nationwide are faced with the task of employing skilled urban leaders who are prepared to mitigate these adaptive challenges.; Therefore, this mixed methods, purposive case study was conducted to investigate whether a fully developed leadership intervention program complemented by leadership mentoring support and assessment of leadership practice, was effective in influencing change in leader and teacher practice over time. The study drew from an examination of leadership theories and models that served as the basis for identifying components of effective leadership development programs (Darling-Hammond et. al, Murphy et al., 2003) that build the capacity of urban leaders to create and sustain the conditions for quality teaching and learning to occur.; Consistent with contemporary research on leadership, the findings in this study suggested that effective leaders are those who possess beliefs, knowledge, skills and practices critical to shaping a culture of learning (Elmore, 2003; Marzano, 2003, Murphy et al., 2006; Hallinger, 2003). Therefore, specific leadership program features and support structures that influence leader and teacher practice in urban school settings are identified. Additionally, implications and recommendations are presented to support the field in identifying conceptual tools needed to develop a form of social capital in urban schools that lead to improved outcomes for professionals and students. |
| Keyword | leadership; educational leadership; executive principal training; teacher training; urban schooling; secondary education; principal practice and teacher practice; principal practice and student achievement; culturally responsive education; professional development; principal training framework; urban school leadership; school leadership support structure; social capital |
| Geographic subject (state) | Pennsylvania |
| Coverage date | after 2001 |
| 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-m2342 |
| Rights | Williams, Darnise |
| 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-Williams-3043 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Williams-3043.pdf |
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| Full text | A CASE FOR CHANGE: BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY IN URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS by Darnise Williams __________________________________________________________________ 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 Darnise Williams |
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