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EFFECTIVE PRACTICES EMPLOYED BY SUPERINTENDENTS'
LEADERSHIP TEAMS THAT IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
by
Erica L. Hoegh
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements of the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Erica L. Hoegh
Object Description
| Title | Effective practices employed by superintendents' leadership teams that impact student achievement |
| Author | Hoegh, Erica L. |
| Author email | hoegh@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-03 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-17 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Castruita, Rudy |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Reed, Margaret Chidester, Margaret |
| Abstract | For K-12 school districts to meet national and state accountability requirements and see continual improvement in student achievement, each district requires a strategy for improving instruction in the classroom. This strategy must be district wide as the district office can create a plan, identify and spread best practices, and develop leadership capacity at all levels. Superintendents must lead the way with the district office strategy.; The purpose of this study was to document the use of district and superintendent leadership teams and discover best practices and strategies to impact student achievement. The following four research questions guided the study: 1) How has the role of the superintendent changed with regards to student achievement in the areas of curriculum and instruction, assessment and evaluation through the use of leadership teams? 2) How do district leadership teams work with and relate to site leadership teams? 3) What structures and processes, if any, are in place to enable leadership teams to impact and improve student achievement? 4) What informal and formal leadership teams do superintendents participate in?; Through one-on-one interviews with superintendents and principals, observations, and analysis of written documents, common strategies of implementation and effective practices for utilizing leadership teams and teamwork and collaboration in general were discovered.; Evidence from the study shows the superintendents all found leadership teams to positively impact student achievement in their districts. Regardless of how a leadership team was used the superintendents all agreed that the use of the collaborative culture and leadership teams did lead to increased student achievement because it helped to focus on teaching and learning and instruction.; Additionally, a greater weight has been placed on data analysis and evaluation due to the use of leadership teams. All of the interviewees shared that there is an expectation that administrators and teachers participate in a cycle of inquiry, examining student work and assessments to ensure that each student achievement remains in the forefront and that intervention programs are meeting student needs. Furthermore, there is an expectation that administrators, superintendents included, are in classrooms examining teaching and learning on a regular basis. |
| Keyword | professional learning communities; leadership teams; superintendent |
| 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 |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1140 |
| Rights | Hoegh, Erica L. |
| 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-Hoegh-20080417 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Hoegh-20080417.pdf |
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| Full text | EFFECTIVE PRACTICES EMPLOYED BY SUPERINTENDENTS' LEADERSHIP TEAMS THAT IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT by Erica L. Hoegh ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2008 Copyright 2008 Erica L. Hoegh |
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