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SUPERINTENDENTS INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BY SELECTING EFFECTIVE PRINCIPALS
by
Sona Arakelyan
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
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Sona Arakelyan
Object Description
| Title | Superintendents increase student achievement by selecting effective principals |
| Author | Arakelyan, Sona |
| Author email | sarakelian@gusd.net;sarakelian@gusd.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-26 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-26 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-26 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-26 |
| Date published | 2012-07-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Garcia, Pedro |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Castruita, Rudy Escalante, Michael |
| Abstract | The role of an urban superintendent is essential to the function of an effective educational environment and student achievement. Successful superintendents instill trust in principals, teachers, parents, staff and students. Without trust it is impossible to convince people to do things your way, to solicit them to work together towards building a strong organization that will support the vision of the district and ensure academic success. One of important role of a superintendent is to furnish each school with an effective principal who will have the necessary leadership skills to lead the school towards improving student achievement. An effective superintendent has a diversity of skills and the acquisition of those skills can occur in a variety of settings. A prospective principal will have to go through an extensive selection as well as an interview process, and ultimately the superintendent will make the decision as to who should lead a particular school. There are specific leadership qualities and skills that are crucial to obtain in order for one to be an effective principal. The superintendent's role is extremely complex and is directly connected to accountability for student achievement. Moreover, superintendents can have a positive impact on student learning, through the selection, support and evaluation of principals as instructional leaders. The problem is that many superintendents are so overwhelmed with various issues that they don't establish the dominance of the principal's instructional leadership role when it comes to student achievement. They don't consistently define what it means for principals to be instructional leaders and to lead schools to achievement. This study will answer the following questions: What is the superintendent's perspective on effective principal's instructional leadership? What is the superintendent's role in ensuring that an effective principal is selected? What evaluation instruments are used by the superintendent evaluate principal's instructional leadership? |
| Keyword | education; instructional leadership; principal; high quality teaching; evaluation |
| 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 |
| Rights | Arakelyan, Sona |
| 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_Volume4/etd-ArakelyanS-1025.pdf |
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| Full text | SUPERINTENDENTS INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BY SELECTING EFFECTIVE PRINCIPALS by Sona Arakelyan 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 August 2012 Copyright 2012 Sona Arakelyan |
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