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Running Head: ALLOCATING HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES 1
ALLOCATING HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF A LARGE, URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
by
Jonathan Edward Swanson
A Dissertation Submitted 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 2013
Copyright 2013 Jonathan Edward Swanson
Object Description
| Title | Allocating human capital resources for high performance in schools: a case study of a large, urban school district |
| Author | Swanson, Jonathan Edward |
| Author email | jeswanson@hotmail.com;jeswanson@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-02-11 |
| Date submitted | 2013-03-04 |
| Date approved | 2013-03-05 |
| Restricted until | 2013-03-05 |
| Date published | 2013-03-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Escalante, Michael Donavan, Frank |
| Abstract | This study used qualitative methods to understand the extent to which one district allocated human resources toward research-based strategies for school improvement. The study focused on one large urban school district in Southern California. The study district provided actual human resource allocation data for each of its secondary schools for an examination as to the manner in which the district has handled a limited budget. The practices of the study district were viewed through the lens of the Evidence-Based Model (Odden, 2003) and Odden’s (2009) Ten Strategies for Doubling Student Performance. The human resource allocation outlined in the Evidence-Based Model was compared to the actual allocation of human resources at the secondary level in the study district. A gap analysis was conducted to compare three points: the current allocation of human resources in the study district, the allocation of human resources according to the specifications of the Evidence-Based Model, and a proposed, hypothetical allocation of human resources for the study district. ❧ Findings from the study demonstrated alignment between the practices of the study district and Odden’s (2009) ten research-based strategies for improving student achievement. Regarding personnel, the study district did not have the level of human resources recommended by the Evidence-Based Model. The study district was funded at a level significantly below what is recommended by the Evidence-Based Model. Therefore, the human resource allocation of the study district was not aligned to the Evidence-Based Model. Even so, recommendations were made to increase instructional coach and academic extra help positions as well as to reduce the ratio of specialist to core teachers. The study outlines how the recommendations could be followed, moving the study district towards the Evidence-Based Model, without incurring additional costs. |
| Keyword | human resources; evidence-based model; resource allocation; personnel |
| 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-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Swanson, Jonathan Edward |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume7/etd-SwansonJon-1457.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | Running Head: ALLOCATING HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES 1 ALLOCATING HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF A LARGE, URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT by Jonathan Edward Swanson A Dissertation Submitted 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 2013 Copyright 2013 Jonathan Edward Swanson |
