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head:
TRI-‐LEVEL
COLLABORATION:
CENTRAL
OFFICE
LEADERSHIP
FACTORS
1
AN EXAMINATION OF TRI-LEVEL COLLABORATION AROUND STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT USING THE GAP ANALYSIS APPROACH:
CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERSHIP FACTORS
by
Sonia Rodarte Llamas
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 2013
Copyright 2013 Sonia Rodarte Llamas
Object Description
| Title | An examination of tri-level collaboration around student achievement using the gap analysis approach: central office leadership factors |
| Author | Llamas, Sonia Rodarte |
| Author email | srodarte@usc.edu;sonia.rodarte@sbcglobal.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-03-07 |
| Date submitted | 2013-04-17 |
| Date approved | 2013-04-18 |
| Restricted until | 2013-04-18 |
| Date published | 2013-04-18 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Yates, Kenneth |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rueda, Robert McDonald, Brian |
| Abstract | Using the Gap Analysis problem-solving framework (Clark & Estes, 2008), this study examined collaboration around student achievement at the central office leadership level in the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD). This study is one of three concurrent studies focused on collaboration around student achievement in the PUSD that include the teacher level conducted by Carruthers (2013) and the site administrator level conducted by Salinas (2013). The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge and skills, motivation, and organization challenges that contribute to PUSD’s gap in accomplishing its organizational goal for collaboration around student achievement from the perspective of the central office leadership. Mixed methods were used to collect survey data from 18 participants and interview data for 4 participants to identify and validate the knowledge and skills, motivation, and organization root causes that may contribute to the PUSD’s central office role in achieving the District’s goal. Findings show that in general central office administrators are highly motivated and have the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the goals of the district but are impeded by issues related to resources specifically the to time for professional development, creation of job aides, structures and processes to encourage and implement collaboration across the district. Based on the findings, solutions drawn from the research literature are offered to address these challenges. This study is part of a larger study, in which two concurrent studies related to site leaders and teacher leaders, demonstrates how various stakeholders can systematically apply the Gap Analysis framework to address performance issues when implementing district-wide collaboration around student academic achievement. |
| Keyword | central office leadership; gap analysis; collaboration; Pasadena Unified School District |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| 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 | Llamas, Sonia Rodarte |
| 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 |
| Filename | etd-LlamasSoni-1563.pdf |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume7/etd-LlamasSoni-1563.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | Running head: TRI-‐LEVEL COLLABORATION: CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERSHIP FACTORS 1 AN EXAMINATION OF TRI-LEVEL COLLABORATION AROUND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT USING THE GAP ANALYSIS APPROACH: CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERSHIP FACTORS by Sonia Rodarte Llamas 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 2013 Copyright 2013 Sonia Rodarte Llamas |
