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Mizel, Omar. "School based management in Bedouin schools in Israel." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/30902.
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School-Based Management (SBM) schools enjoy flexibility in resource utilisation and their success largely depends on their context's directives and characteristics. In 1995, Israel's Education Ministry transferred nine Jewish schools to SBM. Three years later, the ministry instructed the five Bedouin schools in Rahat to become SBM. The Bedouins are the first Israeli minority to adopt SBM in their schools. This research study will describe, study and assess the extent of SBM's implementation in the five Rahat schools, discussing the unique context, which studies on this subject have so far excluded. The context is unique because it is complex: the political relationship between majority (Jews) and minority (Arabs), the confrontation between a traditional, conservative society (Bedouin) and a modern, continually changing one (Israeli), and the Arab school system's total separation from the Jewish one. The study's target population consisted of the five coeducational primary schools' 179 teachers and five principals. Two approaches were used to analyse the findings: positivist-quantitative and phenomenological-qualitative, and two different tools to assess SBM in the five schools. The first tool, a questionnaire, was sent to the teachers and principals, who graded the answers 1 to 5, while the second was a semi-structured interview with the five principals and with randomly selected 20 teachers (four from each school). The results of SBM's pilot application in Israel's Bedouin community were opposite to what the Ministry of Education anticipated. The main factors that prevented the five schools from implementing SBM and increased centralisation included extensive intervention in school affairs by the Education Ministry and the local tribe, especially its leader (Sheikh), and Bedouin society's conservatism. Instead of implementing SBM, Bedouin schools should improve teacher training, upgrade the physical infrastructure, neutralise tribal influence, and use innovative teaching methods.
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Cheng, Alison Lai-Fong. "School-based management and quality management in Hong Kong primary schools." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/30854.
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The thesis aims to examine the perceptions of a sample of Hong Kong principals and teachers of the extent to which school-based management and quality management have been effectively implemented in primary schools, and the relationship between the implementation of school-based management and quality management in Hong Kong primary schools. The study starts with a literature review of school-based management and quality management, including the development, concepts, features, the perception and relatedness of school-based management and quality management. The second part deals with the research design and methodology, including a literature review of research methods, theoretical framework and diagrammatic model of the research, subject sampling method, instruments and procedure of data collection method and data analysis method for survey, interview and documentation. The third part is an analysis and interpretation of the results. The thesis ends by presenting conclusions, implications and recommendations arising from the study. The findings showed that all eight elements of school-based management are perceived as being implemented in Hong Kong primary schools. However, the extent of their implementation is different. The most adopted elements of school-based management are school policy, financial planning and control and leadership competence and work relationship. As for quality management, all four elements are perceived as being implemented in Hong Kong primary schools, but the degree of their implementation is not the same. The most frequently used elements of quality management are value and duties and systems and teams. It was found that principals' perception of school-based management and quality management is more positive than teachers'. Teachers and principals regard expected quality management more positively than present quality management. It was found that quality management is perceived as positively affected by school-based management.
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Mead, Carlton R. "Encouraging school leadership in elementary schools /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8293.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Oregon, 2008.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-112). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.
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Nobbs, Cameron John Stuart, and n/a. "The Relationship Between School-Based Management, Student Outcomes and School Performance." Griffith University. School of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20060914.145845.
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This study focused on the relationship between school-based management, student outcomes and school performance. Its purpose was to identify the conditions that exist in self-managed schools which facilitate improved student outcomes and school performance. In particular, the study investigated three questions: 1. what are the enabling conditions in schools employing school-based management which school staff and parents consider influential in the achievement of improved student outcomes? 2. what explanations do these people give for how these conditions are applied within their schools to achieve success? 3. what judgents do school staff and parents make about the relationship between school-based management, student outcomes and overall school performance? The dissertation commences by describing major challenges and issues facing education over the next decade and by discussing how international and Australian systems of education are responding to these challenges through the implementation of various models of school-based management A review of international literature covering the last fifteen years is then presented to show that the promises and potentials of school-based management espoused by educational authorities have not necessarily led to an automatic improvement in student outcomes and school performance. Various conditions that may enable a school to implement school-based management effectively are suggested.. These conditions, derived from the literature review, are used as the initial prompts to undertake research in fOur Queensland primary schools Qualitative methodologies are used to gather data related to the three questions of the study in these four schools. The data obtained from the fouw case studies are then presented and discussed. The research findings suggest that the relationship between school-based management, student outcomes and school performance are dependent on the existence of severa1 conditions within school-based managed schools. These involve: 1. a comprehensive understanding of the powers available within a school-based management regime; 2. a school's organisational readiness to take on school-based management responsibilities and authonties; 3. the existence of six bases and their enabling conditions: i. an Ideology Base; ii a Relationship Base; iii. a Performance Base; iv. a Pedagogy Base; v. a Management Base; vi. a Governance Base. 4. the capacity of the school to implement school-based management in terms of contextual issues such as the size of the school, workfbrce experience and competency, geographical location and complexity of the campus; 5. the requirement of the controlling authority to delegate key powers and resources such as staffing, facilities management and total school budgeting; 6. a school-based process to manage change and school improvement. It is argued that these conditions maximise the ability of those involved in school-based management to influence improvements in student outcomes and school performance. The dissertation concludes by suggesting five major implications of the study and at least three areas of possible filture research The five major implications are: 1. the development of clear understandings of the scope of the authorities and responsibilities available to school-based managed schools in Queensland; 2. the need to develop methodology to evaluate and identify school organisational readiness to take on school-based management; 3. the development and implementation of a process that will enhance school effectiveness; 4. the development and implementation of a process that can enhance the quality of governance within Education Queensland schools; 5. the development of differentiated school-based management options that broaden the decentralised authorities to schools in consideration of their organisational readiness and capacity to implement school-based management. There are at least three areas of possible future research. The first of these areas involves research to investigate the conditions that exist within schools (to which Education Queensland has assigned the most advanced devolution of authority) that are not successful in improving student outcomes and school performance.. The second area of further research involves an evaluation of the effect that the current school council governance model has on the improvement of student outcomes and school performance.. The third area of future research involves the investigation of the possibilities of enhancing existing school-based management responsibilities and authorities in Education Queensland schools. In summary, this study suggests that school-based management has been used by educational authorities in Australia and overseas as a possible means to improve student outcomes and school performance. The fmdings suggest that for school-based management to achieve what it was set out to achieve, schools need to work an a number of enabling conditions. The most important of these include: an understanding of the school's core purpos~, a school-wide commitment to high teaching expectations, an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of staff, a principal who has a strong commitment to students, a principal who has high hopes, aspirations and expectations for the school, a strong fOcus on literacy, especially reading, effective behaviour management programmes, systems that identify and target student's needs, highly professional staff and school staffing that responds to the complexity of the school. These fmdings are consistent with the argument that there is no automatic causal link between the implementation of school-based management and improved student outcomes and school performance.. It is only when particular enabling conditions exist or are developing within a school, that effective school-based management can take root and support a range of school-based initiatives focused on the improvement of student and school performance When this is the case, school-based management may influence a school's ability to improve student outcomes and school performance.
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Chen, Hing Corina. "The perceptions of the principal and teachers on school effectiveness : a case study in a subsidized secondary school /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42574900.
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Erbes, Kristen M. "School/community-based management discursive politics in practice /." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=765033351&SrchMode=2&sid=11&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1233180076&clientId=23440.
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Brijkumar, Amritha. "School management teams' management of the school-based continuous professional development of teachers." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40393.
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This study focuses on how school management teams manage the school-based continuous
professional development of the teachers at their schools. The assumption is that continuous
professional development - if school-based - may be more practical in implementing changes
because the teachers will be working in a familiar context when managing their own
development and in meeting the specific needs of their school. At present the professional
development of teachers consists mainly of external workshops and courses. Teachers then return
to the school context that has not changed to accommodate what has been learnt at these
workshops or courses. The lack of feedback or follow-up has done little to encourage teachers to
implement any changes in their teaching practice. The study also explores the practice of school
management teams in creating collaborative school cultures for the implementation of schoolbased
continuous professional development. The rationale for this study is based on the urgent need for continuous professional development
to be part of the schools’ development of teachers. The National Policy Framework for Teacher
Education and Development provides the frame of reference. There is, however, a gap in the
policy on how continuous professional development should be implemented to create a
collaborative school culture and the role that the school management team plays in doing this.
The aim of the study was to determine how school management teams managed continuous
professional development at their schools; to identify the challenges they faced in managing
school-based continuous professional development; and to explore the strategies that contributed
to successful school-based continuous professional development.
The research methodology employed in this study is a Triangulation Mixed Methods Design.
Qualitative and quantitative data was collected simultaneously and analysed separately to
understand the research problem. The sample consisted of principals, deputy principals and heads
of department of primary schools who were interviewed. Questionnaires were administered to
Level 1 teachers at these schools. The interviews were analysed by identifying emerging patterns,
themes and categories. The questionnaires were analysed by presenting descriptive statistics
about the schools and then inferential statistics were determined that correlated and tested the
hypotheses. The results were reported in the form of summaries from the interviews and graphs
from the questionnaires.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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McKenzie, Karen. "School crisis and staff preparedness /." Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1594960281&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2008.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-71). Also available online in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.
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Wong, Ming-hau Anthony, and 黃明孝. "Collaborative management in school discipline in some secondary schools." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31957547.
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Ahmad, Hajah Asmah bte Haji. "Collaborative management and school effectiveness in Malaysian primary schools." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1998. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10211/.
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The thesis investigates variations in effectiveness of six Malaysian primary schools in three kinds of geographical sites: urban, rural and resettlement areas. It also focuses on the perceptions of headteachers, deputy headteachers, and teachers about school effectiveness, leadership/ management style of headteachers and collaborative management culture. The research explores the tensions that exist between the ingrained assumptions of Malaysian education and the practices and attitudes of headteachers, deputies and teachers. Detailed interview research on effectiveness and managerial collaboration is highly significant in enhancing understanding of education in Malaysia. The findings also make a further contribution towards international and cross-cultural perspectives of `school effectiveness' and `collaborative management'. Although generally the understandings of what constitutes collaborative management and what constitute the effectiveness of schools are still in their infancy in Malaysia, however, this does not mean that they are not important to the Malaysian educators. The need for collaborative management in Malaysian primary school is getting greater as the country moves towards `Vision 2020' and obviously this need is not adequately provided for in the present education system despite the Ministry's directive. More emphasis on policy making, awareness, commitment and training are needed for better application of the collaborative management. At the same time better communication and relationship between headteachers, teachers, DEDs, SEDs and the Ministry should be enhanced. This research also suggests ways in which training for headteachers in the area of collaborative management may be helpful for the more effective function of the schools. For collaborative management to be a success, artistry is required, to know when and how to exercise the various components of leadership so that a collaborative culture that brings success can be developed and maintained in schools. Although there is relatively little disagreement concerning the belief that headteacher's management styles have an impact on the lives of teachers and students, both the nature and degree of that impact continue to be open to debate.
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Chung, Lui-pong Gavin. "A principal's views on school-based management : implications for school management in aided secondary school /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21305092.
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August, Thozama Ncediwe. "Improving school management systems of low pass rate of high schools in the PE school district." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12571.
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The DoE is structured in such a way that in all the provinces there are Districts which are formed by clusters. The performance of each province is measured according to that of the different Districts. This District performance reflects back to the schools in the clusters where they are found. Everyone is keen to know which District will be the top performer in the Grade 12 results in the Eastern Cape; because this is where performance of each school is measured. In the past years it was sad to notice that the Eastern Cape schools have had a very low pass rate. The DoE (PE) District has a challenge to change the situation in which the province finds itself. This research seeks to address the challenges encountered by the schools which are not able to improve their pass rate. It focuses on the school management systems of low pass rate schools; and how can they be modified. It is vitally important to manage the organisation or institution in a way which will optimize performance. That is the reason for discussing and debating the way school management is operated in the high pass rate schools, so that differences between the two categories of schools are noted and good strategies are utilised in low pass rate schools. For the PE District to improve; the schools in the circuits must improve in their performance. Each circuit is allocated an Educational Development Officer (EDO). It is the duty of the EDO to monitor and evaluate the schools in their circuits. These departmental officials have to ensure that schools are managed well; that is, that the school management systems are functioning properly. They need to assist the schools in any way they can, in order to improve the performance of the schools. This research study seeks to bring forward the challenges faced by the low performing schools so that every stakeholder in the schools and in the DoE is on board to improve the situation. Improvement in the circuit will help the province to enhance its overall performance.
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Duncan, Shawn Adrian. "UP hotelier school : a school of hospitality management." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242008-230853.
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Roberts, Susan Ann. "Re-thinking staff management in independent schools: an exploration of a human resource management approach." Thesis, Roberts, Susan Ann (2007) Re-thinking staff management in independent schools: an exploration of a human resource management approach. Professional Doctorate thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/279/.
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While the mission and 'core business' of schools has always been directed towards the education and pastoral support of the children, the staff who work to fulfil the mission and business have received less attention. With recent media reporting on anticipated teacher shortages, pedagogical issues and the quality of teaching the focus has shifted to the staff in schools. With evidence linking student achievements and academic outcomes to teacher impact, recruitment and retention have become significant issues, particularly in independent schools where parental expectations are high. Expertise in relation to human resource (HR) activities such as recruitment and retention, staff management and staff development, however, is not well developed in schools. This study therefore seeks to explore and understand staff management using a framework based on human resource management (HRM). It also examines the recent trend of appointing dedicated Human Resource (HR) practitioners to independent schools and the reasons behind these appointments.
A qualitative research approach was adopted in order to better understand the issues and reveal the complexity that surrounds them. In all, seven independent schools were purposely selected from urban Western Australia, and the principals, finance directors and HR practitioners from these schools were interviewed to gain their perspectives. The conceptual framework draws on the business-derived human resource management (HRM) and the HR activities within this domain. The analytical framework used was that of the 'hard'/ 'soft' duality contained within HRM, which allowed tensions, such as that between 'independent schools as businesses' and independent schools as 'communities with heart', to be highlighted and examined.
The interviews revealed a broad understanding and knowledge by respondents of HR activities considered 'necessary' for the recruitment, and the day-to day management of staff, including remuneration, and to some extent, induction and performance management systems. Most revealing in these schools was the lack of structure and strategy in the implementation of the various HR activities and ways to work through the hard/soft duality. By way of contrast, the HR practitioners appointed to five of the independent schools had a broad based knowledge of all HR activities and were attempting to 'educate' those in schools about HRM and what the function, collectively applied, could do for them. They encountered entrenched attitudes and, in some schools, resistance caused by misunderstandings associated with both the role and function.
The thesis concludes with implications and recommendations for independent school leaders on the application of HRM in their schools. By re-thinking the paradigm of staff management in this way, and through the adoption of a systematic and holistic approach using the suite of HR activities, both hard and soft, the research points to the potential for improvements in the quality of teaching staff recruited and retained, and ultimately also in student outcomes.
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Roberts, Susan Ann. "Re-thinking 'staff management' in independent schools : an exploration of a human resource management approach /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2007. https://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20080411.121602.
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September, Phinias. "School management teams’ understanding of collaborative leadership in primary schools." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25823.
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Although the Task Team on leadership and development (DoE, 1996) has introduced the notion of shared (collaborative) leadership as embodied among others in school management teams, considerable doubt remains about its practical implementation (DoE, 1996). It seems that there may be widespread failure to implement the idea of collaborative (shared) leadership (DoE, 1996). The problem this research explores is whether, in the opinion of school management team members, the traditional approach to leadership has changed (DoE, 1996). According to Grant (2006 in Grant&Singh, 2009), despite an enabling democratic policy framework the leadership at many South African schools seems to remain firmly entrenched within the formal, hierarchical management structure. During the period of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa government legislation perpetuated a society of inequality based on race, class and gender (Grant 2006 in Grant & Singh, 2009). To control and maintain this inequality, government policies promoted centralised, authoritarian control of education at all levels within the system (Grant 2006 in Grant&Singh, 2009). Today, within a democratic South Africa, the South African Schools Act (1996), the Government Gazette of the Norms and Standards for Educators (2000) and the Task Team Report on Education Management Development (DoE, 1996) challenge schools to review their management policies, which have traditionally been top-down, and create a whole new approach to managing schools where management is seen as an activity in which all members of education engage and should not be seen as the task of a few (DoE, 1996:27). According to Moloi (2002 in Grant&Singh, 2009), although our education policies call for new ways of managing schools, many remain unresponsive and retain their rigid structures because educators are unable to make a shift away from patriarchal ways of thinking. It is against this backdrop that I explore whether leadership has indeed shifted to become more participatory and inclusive. One form of leadership that would reflect this shift is termed collaborative leadership (Grant&Singh, 2009). This form of leadership is based on the premise that leadership should be shared throughout an organisation such as a school (Grant&Singh, 2009). This alternate form of leadership allows for the emergence of teachers as one of the multiple sources of guidance and direction (Grant&Singh, 2009). According to Grant and Singh (2009), collaborative leadership offers a radical departure from the traditional understanding of leadership because it deconstructs the notion of leadership in relation to position in the school. It constructs leadership as a process which involves working with all stakeholders in a collegial and creative way to seek out the untapped leadership potential of people and develop this potential in a supportive environment for the betterment of the school (Grant&Singh, 2009). The general aim of this research is to investigate school management teams’ understanding of the implementation of collaborative leadership in primary schools in Gauteng District 4 in Pretoria. In this research I discuss important issues relating to collaborative leadership. My findings reveal that schools management teams indeed understand and implement collaborative leadership in their schools but also that collaborative leadership is much more than just working together as a team. My argument is that there must be a radical reconceptualisation of the concept of collaborative leadership as well as an attempt to move towards more dispersed and democratic forms of it.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Yu, Chung-ching. "A comparative study of school-based management in three places - rethinking school-based financial management under the school management initiative." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17595393.
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Glickman, Edward J. "Site-based management : a study of selected New Jersey elementary schools /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1993. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/1139688x.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1993.Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Jonathan Hughes. Dissertation Committee: Frank Smith. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 189-197).
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Lee, Shu-fai, and 李樹輝. "The management of school discipline in Hong Kong aided secondary schools and the implications for school administration." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31955472.
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Sheehan, Kellie. "Structuring School Garden Management." The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/608638.
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Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone ProjectSchool gardens are booming in Arizona as their opportunities for educational development continue to grow. One common problem, however, is that most schools with a school garden lack a proper managerial system that would help their garden be used to its full potential. The work compiled in this capstone project defines a managerial structure and provides a site-specific example of an intern manual that is intended to be used as in introductory guide with all the necessary resources to get an intern started.
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Li, Shujuan (Lucy), Dawn H. Gouge, and Al Fournier. "School Integrated Pest Management." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/298139.
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Hanks, Jennifer A., and n/a. "School based management: the Principals' perspective." University of Canberra. Education, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060207.133742.
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This study details the background to the establishment
of Parish School Boards in the Archdiocese of Canberra and
Goulburn, and reports and analyses the perceptions of all
ACT Catholic, systemic, primary school Principals who
operated with a Parish School Board in 1993.
The movement towards Parish School Boards finds its
genesis in the Second Vatican Council where the Church was
invited to collaborate in decision-making based on the
belief that all the faithful have gifts, knowledge and a
share of the wisdom to bring to the building of the Church.
The nature and structure of Catholic education was seen as a
suitable vehicle for encouraging communities to engage in
shared decision-making and in participatory democracy under
the Church model of subsidiarity, collegiality and
collaboration.
The introduction of Parish School Boards into the
Archdiocese can be seen as the implementation of a radical
change to the educational mission of the Church and the
educational leadership of the faith community. Reflecting
'new management theory' in both the secular and Church
worlds, a key stakeholder is the school Principal whose role
and relationships change as he or she learns to work within
a team, sharing leadership.
This study examines the responses of nineteen
Principals who were interviewed by the researcher in order
to determine how they work with a Parish School Board and
what effects the board has on their work.
Research studies in the area of School-Based
Management and Shared Decision-Making have informed the
review, and the Principals' responses from this study have
been analysed in the light of secular and Church literature
on leadership, devolution and change.
The respondents of this study, the school Principals,
report the benefits of collegiality and collaboration but
their unresolved tensions relate to work overload, lack of
clarity of the roles and responsibilities of the various
local level decision-making groups, increased administrative
complexity, community demand for ever widening consultation
and the challenge of consensus decision-making.
All Principals report an urgent need for professional
development for themselves and for the system to provide a
more explicit focus on parish and community formation with
the commitment of the necessary resources to sustain this
radical change.
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Fry, Thurman Jeffrey. "School improvement councils as change agents." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=442.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 1999.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xv, 191 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-167).
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Sister, Loliwe Fezeka. "The role of school management teams in school improvement." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/372.
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This study is aimed at investigating the role of the School Management Team (SMT) in school improvement. The investigation was carried out using the qualitative approach and the study is underpinned by the interpretive paradigm. The declining performance of some schools academically as reflected by the end of year results, as well as the confusion that engulfed me on assuming duty on my appointment as a head of department of Science and, therefore, becoming part of the SMT in my school, encouraged me to investigate the role of the SMT in school improvement. The study covers, among others, the following areas: § Functions performed by the SMT members. § Challenges faced by the SMT members in their management practice. § Ways of addressing these challenges. Methods of data collection used in this study were interviews, questionnaires, own observations as well as the analysis of documents. The main recommendations emanating from the study are that SMT members should be better equipped for their roles through workshops and in-service training and that the respective roles of SMT and School Governing Body (SGB) members should be better demarcated by the Department of Education.
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Liu, Kam-keung Dennis. "The school consensus and the perceived school effectiveness a study of secondary schools in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B37376299.
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Liu, Kam-keung Dennis, and 廖金強. "The school consensus and the perceived school effectiveness: a study of secondary schools in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37376299.
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Green, Dawn Marie Klass Patricia Harrington. "School crisis plans in the state of Illinois." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1225134051&SrchMode=1&sid=4&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1177684825&clientId=43838.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 2006.Title from title page screen, viewed on April 27, 2007. Dissertation Committee: Patricia H. Klass (chair), Elizabeth T. Lugg, Joseph Pacha, Thomas Ellsworth. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-105) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Harrison, Bradford Lee. "The perceptions of teachers and school administrators of school effectiveness in 11 schools in a southern Mississippi school district." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2008. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-10242008-143003.
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Sayi, Laetitia Emmanuel. "Towards effective school management : a study of secondary schools in Tanzania." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/92311153-279c-4d8e-a12c-0403ade2699f.
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This studyi s abouts econdarsyc hooml anagemeinnt TanzanianG overnmenste condarsyc hools.I t seeksto investigateth e perceptionos f teachersa ndh eadteachearsb outt he managemenptr actices that are being used in schools and to identify strategies and practices which appear to be effective. Ihe main assurnption of the study is that there are Government secondary schools which are wen managed and others which are less well managed. Ile study aimed to identify what the well managed schools do in contrast to the less well managed schools. All Governmenste condarsyc hoolsin Dar-Es-Salaaman d the Coastr egionw ere sampledfo r the study. Questionnaireasn di nterviewsw eret he main datag atheringm ethods.Q uestionnairewse re issuedt o ten teachersa nd the headi n eacho f the 16 schools. The researchear dministeretdh e questionnairesp ersonally in all schoolst o minimise the inconvenienceo f getting the questionnaires back. Interviews were conducted in eight selected schools comprismg four well managed and four less well managed schools. The interviews were conducted as a follow up and to complement the questionnaires. Four teachers and the head of school were interviewed in each school. The researcher also interviewed the Inspector of schools and the Director for Secondary Education in the Ministry of Education. Some ethnographic data was also collected in all the schools. Data gatheredt hrough questionnairews ere codedf or analysisb y the computer. The Social Packagefo r the Social Sciences(S PSS)w as usedt o analyset he data. For the interviewd ata, contenat nalysisw asd one. Dataf rom two schoolso, ne,w ell manageda ndo ne,l essw ell managed werew rittenu p as cases tudiesfo r the dissertation. The resultss howedth at therew ere significantd ifferencesb etweenth e managemenptr acticesi n City and Coastals econdarsyc hools,B oardinga nd Day secondarys choolsa nd Co-educatioann d Singles exs econdarsyc hools. The followinga ppearetdo bet he barrierst o the executiono f goodm anagemepnrt acticesf:i nancial andr esourcec onstraintsu; seo f bureaucratipc racticesl,a ck of commitmenot f somes taff to thej ob andl ack of managmncntrta iningf or headso f schools. Ther ecommendatioanrsis ingf rom the studyw eret hatt heres houldb e: a shift from bureaucratitco a more democratic and participative form of management and leadership in schools; clear aPPointmentc riteria for headteachersa; system for positive discrimination for the distribution of resourcesin schools;t he productiono f a handbookf or teacherso n effective management; manag=entt wning for wouldb e headteachearsn dt hosea lreadyi n thej ob and for teachersa nd headteachetros be heldm orea ccountablfeo r the failuresi n schools.T heser econunendatiownse re for the attentiono f the Ministry of Educationf,o r headteachearsn dt eachers
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Shipp, J. D. "Professional Development Needs of Elementary School Principals Implementing Site-Based Management in an Urban School System." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331578/.
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The problem of this study was to identify professional development needs of elementary school principals who are implementing site-based management. The purpose was to develop a prioritized list of developmental needs of principals participating in site-based management in the evaluation of teacher performance, instructional knowledge, behavioral life styles, and other needs as identified by a decentralized decision-making questionnaire. The population for this study was the sixty-one elementary school principals in a large urban school district. The principals were encouraged by the central administrative staff to assume the responsibility of site-based managers during the 1981-1982 school year. Three priority areas involving decision making at the school site evolved. These three areas were personnel, instruction, and budgeting. During the three succeeding years, additional areas of decision making have been added, such as building-level staff development, implementation of flexible student schedules, and provisions for specialized summer programs. Findings of the study showed that there was normality in the assessment of teaching skills by principals, that a significant correlation existed between principals' knowledge of instruction and principals' teacher evaluation scores and that a significant correlation existed between principals' teacher evaluation scores, female principals being more consistent. The findings showed that no correlation existed between evaluation scores and training and age, that there was normality of principals' scores in instructional knowledge, and that there was not a relationship between knowledge of instruction and experience or training. It is recommended that staff development be provided to principals on the philosophy of site-based management and on the role of the principal and that this staff development be given for one to two years prior to implementing site-based management. It is recommended that specific training be provided principals in improving their instructional knowledge, understanding of the authority, and an understanding of the responsibilities that accompany site-based management.
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Jackson, Colleen Anne, and cjackson@outreachdev com au. "A salutogenic approach to the management of critical incidents an examination of teacher's stress responses and coping, and school management strategies and interventions." Swinburne University of Technology, 2003. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20050224.113610.
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This thesis addresses the identification of critical incidents in schools, the factors influencing teachers' coping, and the implications for crisis intervention and management. An argument is developed that school communities may be best served by a salutogenic (wellness) perspective for crisis response and recovery, which focuses on the personal and collective resources that contribute to successful coping and mental health. Three aims were addressed. First considered was the potential for commonly occuring events (e.g., the death or injury of a teacher or student, assault, vandalism or damage to school property, professional misconduct on the part of a teacher), to evoke stress, grief, or trauma responses in individuals and organisations. Emphasised was the nature of individual differences in responses to such critical incidents, and ways of dealing effectively with the varying character and intensity of such responses. The second aim was to examine the influence of pre-existing personal wellbeing and resources on individuals' responses, adjustment and growth after an incident. The third aim was to explore the interface between the individual and the organisation following critical incidents, and the nature and impact of intervention and management strategies on an individuals' sense of wellbeing and ongoing investment within the organisation. Two related studies investigated the impact of critical incidents on teachers. In Study 1, 245 teachers completed a self-report questionnaire that gathered quantitative data comprising three measures of personality and positive functioning (Psychological Wellbeing & Sense of Coherence), demographic data, and teachers' previous experience of critical incidents. Teachers also provided an autobiographical account of a personally significant critical incident. Results showed that commonly occuring events, such as the death of a student or teacher, and other issues such as professional misconduct of a colleague, professional conflict, theft and vandalism were regarded as critical incidents by teachers. The four distinct response categories indentified (negative feelings, positive cognitions, negative conditions, & negative impact on functioning) were characteristically grief or stress responses rather than those associated with psychological trauma. Significant relationships were identified among the personality variables and the measures of positive functioning. Extraversion was positively related to positive functioning, and introversion negatively related. The findings point to personal and collective issues that have the potential to facilitate and enhance coping and recovery after a critical incident. In particular, six management strategies (Wellness Factors), comprising both personal and organisational components, emerged as potential contributors to ongoing psychological wellbeing, sense of coherence, and posttraumatic growth outcomes. These Wellness Factors were identified as: (a) emotional and practical support; (b) active involvement; (c) responding according to individual need; (d) access to information; (e) readiness; and (f) leadership. Study 2 involved a more detailed examination of the experience of 30 teachers following a critical incident subsequent to the completion of Study 1. This study examined personality, posttraumatic growth and personal trauma history (gathered through a self-report questionnaire), in conjunction with the pre-event personal characteristics gathered in Study 1. The second component of Study 2 consisted of a semi-structured interview that explored the teachers' personal experiences of the critical incident. Results revealed that PCI Extraversion showed significant positive relationships with Psychological Wellbeing and Sense of Coherence. PCI Emotionality showed a significant positive relationships with Posttraumatic Growth. Interview data showed that 22.5% of teachers reported a high incidence of Acute Stress responses (DSM-IV-TR criteria). In addition, anger directed at the school's leadership, and conflict between disillusionment with authority and the impact of the event. Strong negative relationships were identified among Extraversion and Openness, and the Wellness factors. Results showed that moderate stress responses are associated with Posttraumatic Growth at a personal level. However, the same responses can evoke disillusionment and cynicism at an organisational level. The findings are discussed in terms of the personal and organisational factors that contribute to healing and recovery following critical incidents. Implications for critical incident management planning, intervention and recovery are considered, along with directions for future research.
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Meyer, Kathleen A. "Catholic School Leadership and the Role of Consultative School Boards in Catholic Elementary Schools." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2009. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/558.
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Catholic schools are important institutions in the United States educational system. They demand discipline, high academic standards, and religious moral values rooted in Catholic beliefs which are designed to have an impact throughout life (Ciriello, 1998). A critical component in determining school quality lies with the principals' leadership (Sergiovanni, 1997). Principals are critical to successful K-12 schools and must exercise considerable responsibility for establishing collegial learning cultures among the instructional team and stakeholders, including parents, community members, and students. The principal can no longer accomplish such a momentous task alone. Success of today's Catholic relies on the competent and committed performance of many people acting together with common goals.
Catholic schools do not mirror those of twenty years ago (Cummings, 2003). Within the past five years, principals in Catholic schools have increasing job responsibilities and expectations. With the implementation of the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Strategic Plan in 2003, Catholic school principals in the Archdiocese must fulfill their primary function as instructional leader, and the additional roles outlined by the plan. Declining enrollment, lack of funds, and a perceived lack of quality, has forced principals to market their school to increase enrollment and solicit substantial funds for the school to remain viable. New roles create a problem for principals lacking training or knowledge in specialized areas.
Based on a review of available literature, including (a) distributive leadership, (b) collaborative leadership, (c) shared leadership, and (d) school boards, this study investigated principal perceptions of collaboration and implementation of consultative school boards.
This study employed a mixed method research design including a survey, interviews, and a document review of the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Strategic Plan to answer research questions.
This study found a leader who needs collaborative leadership skills to lead a quality school involving all stakeholders to assist the school in remaining viable. Principals confirmed a need for greater participation by all stakeholders and assistance in forming consultative school boards. Information gathered contributes to the limited literature on Catholic school leadership, specifically a principals' role in implementing collaborative leadership in Catholic elementary schools through consultative school boards.
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Ho, Yue-tim. "The perceptions of school effectiveness by a sample of Hong Kong school principals." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38627218.
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Perry, Lee-Anne. "The impact of risk management on the changing nature of a principal's work." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16377/1/Lee-Anne_Perry_Thesis.pdf.
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Risk has now become part of the common forensic vocabulary used in the new global culture to hold persons (such as principals) and institutions (such as schools) accountable. Thus, in a risk society (Giddens 2000; Beck1992), the nature of a principal's work is changing. Risk and its management have become integral parts of a principal's professional repertoire as the commonplace activities of schooling have become framed as risks to be managed. Tensions arise for school principals when external and internal pressures to measure performance threaten to overwhelm their responsibility for paying attention to the learning that is, or should be, occurring in their schools. A problem that emerges out of all this is the extent to which the nature and scope of contemporary accountability and audit regimes are underpinned by a negative logic that impacts directly on choices made by school leaders about the learning environment of their school.
This dissertation addresses this problem by examining the impact of risk management on the nature of a principal's work and the implications of this impact for secondary school leadership. It does so through a series of nested publications and an empirical study, beginning with the testing of conceptual understandings through international and national journals, and moving to dissemination of key findings through professional journals and conference and workshop delivery. The strategy was one of moving from global feedback on a locally experienced problem, to national feedback and then to engagement with professional colleagues. This approach was chosen to verify the quality of the analysis and to target the dissemination of findings to professional colleagues, facilitating professional dialogue on the core issues both during and subsequent to the dissertation process, and, in so doing, contributing to improved professional practice of the principalship.
The dissertation begins by addressing risk and its minimisation as a powerful rationality and organisational logic driving leadership practices in contemporary schools. It explores the impact of risk-consciousness on the work of school leaders with particular reference to the impact such risk-consciousness can have on their role in fostering a learning culture within schools. It then moves to examine how this risk-consciousness has fostered a new 'attentional economy' (Taylor, 2005) in which schools must be seen to perform, and to perform in ways that are measurable and rendered visible for all. Rationalities of risk now require principals as school managers to pay attention to, and require of others, the forensic work of making schools calculable (that is, auditable on pre-determined risk minimisation metrics). Such forensic work has its place in schools and, indeed, has improved professional practice in some areas, particularly related to student safety. The dissertation raises questions about the extent to which this calculability is becoming the dominant, even the only, leaderly imperative for school principals.
The dissertation positions the school as a risk organisation, and the strengths and limitations of that positioning are carefully examined. Carol Dweck's (1999) work on performance and learning goals provides a basis for an empirical analysis of the demands of school leadership. This analysis reveals the dominance of performance goals and the struggle experienced by the author, a school leader, in maintaining a balance between learning and performance, between being a risk-taker and a risk-minimiser, between being both appropriately accountable and socially responsible. It provides further evidence for the view developed through the dissertation that the dominant and prevailing negative logic of risk can overwhelm broader ethical responsibilities. The author argues strongly that proactive engagement with risk management underpinned by a positive logic of risk and focused, not on the imposition of ever-increasing controls, but on refining and improving judgement, offers new and more promising possibilities. A model for risk management is then presented which has a robust, flexible and systematic approach to risk management built on informed trust in professional human judgement. Such an approach, it is argued, may not only make the school safer but it may also provide a greater capacity to respond to opportunities to dare and to grow. School leaders are encouraged to move beyond risk minimisation to an educative approach to risk management in the interests of a dynamic learning environment.
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Perry, Lee-Anne. "The impact of risk management on the changing nature of a principal's work." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16377/.
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Risk has now become part of the common forensic vocabulary used in the new global culture to hold persons (such as principals) and institutions (such as schools) accountable. Thus, in a risk society (Giddens 2000; Beck1992), the nature of a principal's work is changing. Risk and its management have become integral parts of a principal's professional repertoire as the commonplace activities of schooling have become framed as risks to be managed. Tensions arise for school principals when external and internal pressures to measure performance threaten to overwhelm their responsibility for paying attention to the learning that is, or should be, occurring in their schools. A problem that emerges out of all this is the extent to which the nature and scope of contemporary accountability and audit regimes are underpinned by a negative logic that impacts directly on choices made by school leaders about the learning environment of their school. This dissertation addresses this problem by examining the impact of risk management on the nature of a principal's work and the implications of this impact for secondary school leadership. It does so through a series of nested publications and an empirical study, beginning with the testing of conceptual understandings through international and national journals, and moving to dissemination of key findings through professional journals and conference and workshop delivery. The strategy was one of moving from global feedback on a locally experienced problem, to national feedback and then to engagement with professional colleagues. This approach was chosen to verify the quality of the analysis and to target the dissemination of findings to professional colleagues, facilitating professional dialogue on the core issues both during and subsequent to the dissertation process, and, in so doing, contributing to improved professional practice of the principalship. The dissertation begins by addressing risk and its minimisation as a powerful rationality and organisational logic driving leadership practices in contemporary schools. It explores the impact of risk-consciousness on the work of school leaders with particular reference to the impact such risk-consciousness can have on their role in fostering a learning culture within schools. It then moves to examine how this risk-consciousness has fostered a new 'attentional economy' (Taylor, 2005) in which schools must be seen to perform, and to perform in ways that are measurable and rendered visible for all. Rationalities of risk now require principals as school managers to pay attention to, and require of others, the forensic work of making schools calculable (that is, auditable on pre-determined risk minimisation metrics). Such forensic work has its place in schools and, indeed, has improved professional practice in some areas, particularly related to student safety. The dissertation raises questions about the extent to which this calculability is becoming the dominant, even the only, leaderly imperative for school principals. The dissertation positions the school as a risk organisation, and the strengths and limitations of that positioning are carefully examined. Carol Dweck's (1999) work on performance and learning goals provides a basis for an empirical analysis of the demands of school leadership. This analysis reveals the dominance of performance goals and the struggle experienced by the author, a school leader, in maintaining a balance between learning and performance, between being a risk-taker and a risk-minimiser, between being both appropriately accountable and socially responsible. It provides further evidence for the view developed through the dissertation that the dominant and prevailing negative logic of risk can overwhelm broader ethical responsibilities. The author argues strongly that proactive engagement with risk management underpinned by a positive logic of risk and focused, not on the imposition of ever-increasing controls, but on refining and improving judgement, offers new and more promising possibilities. A model for risk management is then presented which has a robust, flexible and systematic approach to risk management built on informed trust in professional human judgement. Such an approach, it is argued, may not only make the school safer but it may also provide a greater capacity to respond to opportunities to dare and to grow. School leaders are encouraged to move beyond risk minimisation to an educative approach to risk management in the interests of a dynamic learning environment.
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Snyder, Dawn L. Baker Paul J. "The involvement of local school boards in the Illinois public school accreditation process." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9819900.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1997.Title from title page screen, viewed June 29, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Paul Baker (chair), Walter Warfield, Dianne Ashby, William Rau. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-130) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Nelson, Ronald D. "The Preferences of Tennessee School Superintendents and School Board Chairpersons Regarding School-based Management." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1992. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2759.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the preferences of Tennessee public school superintendents and school board chairpersons regarding school-based management and to determine the differences between both groups' preferences regarding the following aspects of school-based management: each identified approach or model, school-based budgeting decisions, personnel decisions, curriculum decisions, function(s) of school-based management councils, and district level planning prior to implementing school-based management. Demographics were reported regarding superintendents' and school board chairpersons' preferences regarding school-based management. When a significant difference was determined between the two groups' preferences regarding any of the identified facets, the demographics were analyzed. The method of study was survey. Surveys were mailed to all of Tennessee's public school superintendents and school board chairpersons. Of the superintendents and school board chairpersons surveyed, 71.0% of the superintendents and 63.0% of the school board chairpersons responded. Null hypotheses were stated for the different aspects of school-based management. Demographic information was reported. A significant difference was determined between the preferences of the two groups regarding the function(s) of school-based management councils at the.05 level.
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Noppe, Rene J. Wiggall Richard L. "Perceptions of school board members and superintendents regarding the proposed consolidation of an Illinois high school district with its five elementary feeder districts." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3006625.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 2001.Title from title page screen, viewed April 20, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Richard Wiggall (chair), Darryl Pifer, Albert Azinger, Robert Hall. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-180) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Barth, Janice Johnston. "The investigation of the relationship between middle school organizational health, school size, and school achievement in the areas of reading, mathematics, and language." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1875.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 156 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-138).
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Karr, Marla Jill. "Middle school restructuring and renewal in one Missouri school district from the perspective of a district administrator." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5977.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 12, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.
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Campbell, James K. "Bridge leadership in school resource management: school business administrator perspectives." Diss., Wichita State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3925.
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Understanding technical skills of financial resource management is clearly one of the most important aspects of the school business administrator‟s job. Less clear is their understanding of the collaborative role played in addressing issues of equity and low achievement of marginalized students, and how decisions made about use of resources advances social justice and equity or perpetuates oppression within the school setting. This study examines the perceptions of school business administrators about how they can work most effectively with school leadership teams to leverage district funds to best support student achievement and equitable educational practices, while minimizing the detrimental effects of nationwide budget cuts. Emergent research is necessary to connect the position of the school business administrator to resource management practices supporting equal opportunity for all learners, advance issues of social injustice and inequities within school systems, and establish the school business administrator‟s knowledge of resource allocation in the context of social justice and equity. The theoretical framework for this qualitative study merges social critical theory, leadership for social justice theory, and the construct of bridge leadership to elevate the leadership role a school business administrator can play in contributing to the overall effectiveness of education and instruction. The researcher interviewed 14 school business administrators across the U.S. and used the constant comparative method to analyze data. Implications from the research include the need to better connect leadership to required school business official technical skills and improve SBO training and professional developmentThesis (Ed.D.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Educational Leadership
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Park, Jong Pil. "Creating an autonomous school community : school-based management in Korea /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Carter, Maureen. "The connecting school : a qualitative evaluation of intranet development and the role of the school librarian in Scottish secondary schools." Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2004. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7301.
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This study investigates the development of intranets in Scottish secondary schools and within that development the role of the school librarian. There is little written on the development of intranets in schools. There has been a lack of recent research on the role of the school librarian in the UK, and in particular there have been no studies investigating their involvement in ICT. This research adopted an interactionist approach which has been used in studying the social impact of computing (see Hiltz 1992). A grounded methodology has produced original substantive theory. Methods include a questionnaire to Scottish education authorities and semi-structured interviews with key individuals at authority level and in fifteen Scottish secondary schools. Schools which have successfully developed their own intranets were found to have a supportive culture which enabled key individuals to work on the intranet and develop content relevant to the internal curricular needs and ethos of the school. Examples of materials on the intranet was important in encouraging further content through a snowball effect. The key individuals were defined as activators (people with the technical skills to create content), mediators (people willing to encourage, provide ideas and examples) and to a lesser extent gatherers (who collected content from school staff). A predictive model for intranet development has been produced based on these findings. There appears to be flexibility within the role of the school librarian for individuals to take on a variety of roles. This research on intranet development found that the librarians who qualified within the last five years focussed on the intranet as a way of developing and promoting their role. Their involvement with the intranet has put school librarians in the role of intranet builder, intranet manager and content creators. Most significantly they have operated as activators and mediators in intranet development. Some librarians have broadened into network administration roles. This is increasing the difference between recently qualified librarians and longer serving school librarians. However it was found that the more recent graduates involvement with these more "technical" roles is not distancing them from their traditional areas of work. There is evidence that through these new roles, close curriculum cooperation has been achieved.
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Olusegun, Rachael Adebola. "Managing family-school partnerships in Gauteng secondary township schools." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80499.
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This study aimed to investigate how township secondary schools manage the family-school partnership for purposes of enhancing the quality of teaching and learning in township schools. A literature search on related subjects was followed by an empirical study to address the study aim. A qualitative research approach, adopting a case study design, was used to investigate the perspectives and experiences of stakeholders in this key partnership (principals, teachers, and parents) and to examine the strategies the schools employed to manage it, the challenges they encountered in the process and the solutions they employed. Two principals, two deputy principals, seven parents and ten teachers from two township secondary schools in the Tshwane West District (Gauteng Department of Education (GDE)) took part in the research process. The study findings indicate that, despite the disadvantaged circumstances of township schools, it was possible to effectively manage successful family-school partnerships in these schools, provided that all major stakeholders (principals, teachers, and parents) were committed to the process. The study furthermore shows that an effective family-school partnership in township secondary schools depended largely on the ability of the school management team to create and facilitate initiatives that promote effective family-school partnerships. It was, however, also evident from the study findings that even the commitment of all stakeholders to the family-school partnership could not always overcome the challenges posed to an effective partnership. Pro-active engagement by the stakeholders was encouraged to overcome the problems that challenged the family-school partnership. Since lack of cooperation from parents appeared to be main cause of these challenges, it was imperative for the schools to find more creative ways of attracting parents to the school environment. Schools need to collaborate with those parents who are already actively involved and brainstorm with them on strategies for reaching non-involved parents and drawing them into the partnership too. Schools should also consider organising platforms to educate parents on rules of engagement with the school over their children. The findings of my study further revealed a lack of formal policy on the partnership between school and family. Education policymakers therefore need to consider the formulation of a clear policy on the family-school partnership that will serve as a toolkit for schools in their engagement with families about the education of their children. Moreover, since I found that most parents were unable to assist their children with schoolwork at home, due to the ambiguity of the curriculum. Policymakers should consider introducing a curriculum handbook for parents on each subject and design it in such a simplified format that any average parent can relate with the content.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria 2020.
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Chung, Lui-pong Gavin, and 鍾呂傍. "A principal's views on school-based management: implications for school management in aided secondaryschool." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31960832.
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Irion, John Allen. "A longitudinal study of an elementary school site council : participation, processes, and impacts /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7755.
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Lennartsson, Marie. "crisis management at one school." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-33721.
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För eller senare kommer man som lärare att ställas inför det faktum där man måste hantera en krissituation, där en eller flera barn behöver omsorg. Forskning inom ämnet krishantering är därför ett viktigt hjälpmedel för hur man på bästa sätt stöttar och hjälper barn och vuxna i svåra situationer. Mitt syfte med detta arbete har varit att ta reda på hur man inom skolan arbetar men krishantering för att på så sätt samla kunskap inom ämnet. Denna kunskap är ett viktigt redskap för mig i mitt kommande läraryrke men också för andra som är verksamma inom läraryrket. I min undersökning har jag använt mig av kvalitativa intervjuer och intervjuat två pedagoger och en rektor. Intervjuerna har tillsammans med den litteratur jag läst gett mig följande resultat: Ingen kris är den andra lik och det är därför svårt att förberedda sig inför eventuella kriser, dock är en krisplan ett väldigt bra hjälpmedel. Barn reagerar olika på kriser utifrån sin ålder och tidigare erfarenheter, det är därför viktigt att personal som jobbar inom skolan har kunskap inom ämnet barn och sorg. Den viktigaste känslan läraren kan förmedla är trygghet till den/dem som är drabbad. Känslan att vara förbered inför kommande kriser är varierad, några känner sig redo och andra skulle vilja ha mer utbildning inom ämnet krishantering.
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Leung, Pui-han. "Characteristics of effective schools : a case study of a secondary school /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13906598.
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Wu, Shu-fen, and 吳淑芬. "School-features management in elementary schools." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07105527433310454402.
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This paper aims at exploring the implementation of school-features in elementary schools. It realizes the concept of school-features management through the research documents at first, and then probe the practical research based on it. The purposes are as follows: Primarily, it interprets the concept about background, thoughts and purposes of school features. Secondly, it grasps the implementation of school-features management. Thirdly, it tries to realize the different management and operation models for school-features. This study uses document-analysis and in-depth interview to collect data, and comes to the conclusions as follows: 1. Facing difficulties in attending Grade 1-9 Curriculum, school-features begin to sprout. 2. Positively improve moral characters and basic learning abilities of students, and pluralize the learning and combine it into the daily life. 3. Schools should be competitive, and should develop features in considerations of school-choosing of the parents. 4. To unite team-perspective according to the strength and weakness of the school, and manage from-inferior-to-superior developing models of school features. 5. Encourage teachers to promote themselves, and offer multiple opportunities for students to behave and for parents to grow and learn. 6. Principals should use teaching-leadership to improve the quality of school all over, and stimulate organization-restruction in order to overcome difficulties. 7. To strive for planting and awarding budgets, appoint specialized teachers, and offer useful teaching activities. 8. In order to urge the team to participate in decision-making together, administra- tions should assist teaching sufficiently. As a result, school-features efficacy could be promoted. 9. To improve teachers’ thoughts, to build up teams, to learn cooperatively, and to coordinate teaching atmosphere. 10. To recommend the school positively, and to strive for recognition from parents and neighbors and report form the media.
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Malgas, Andriena Johanna. "Productivity in schools : a school management perspective." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6883.
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D.Ed.The aim of this thesis was to establish what constitutes productivity in South African schools, and to make recommendations to assist schools on their journey to higher levels of productivity. The historical background, problems and changes in South Africa, coupled with the lack of current research in the field made it imperative for further research to be done in the field to identify current tendencies linked to productivity within the South African school context. A literature study was undertaken to gather background and to explore various aspects linked to productivity within a school. The literature study revealed that productivity improvement does not just happen, but that management leadership and the effectiveness of the individual educator is vital to continually increase productivity in South African schools. The information gathered from the literature study was also used to develop guidelines for productivity, which can be implemented in school's to achieve higher levels of productivity. An empirical study was undertaken. A standard questionnaire was used to elicit opinions of respondents in the teaching profession on aspects which lead to/make a school productive. Their responses to the questionnaire were discussed and analysed by means of multivariate and univariate statistical analyses.