Description
The United States is facing an emerging principal shortage. This study examines an intervention to deliver professional development for assistant principals on their way to becoming principals. The intervention intended to boost their sense of efficacy as if they were principals while creating a supportive community of professionals for ongoing professional learning. The community was designed much like a professional learning community (PLC) with the intent of developing into a community of practice (CoP). The participants were all elementary school assistant principals in a Title I district in a large metropolitan area. The researcher interviewed an expert set of school administrators consisting of superintendents and consultants (and others who have knowledge of what a good principal ought to be) about what characteristics and skills were left wanting in principal applicants. The data from these interviews provided the discussion topics for the intervention. The assistant principals met regularly over the course of a semester and discussed the topics provided by the expert set of school administrators. Participant interaction within the sessions followed conversation protocols. The researcher was also a participant in the group and served as the coordinator. Each session was recorded and transcribed. The researcher used a mixed methods approach to analyze the intervention. Participants were surveyed to measure their efficacy before and after the intervention. The session transcripts were analyzed using open and axial coding. Data showed no statistically significant change in the participants' sense of efficacy. Data also showed the participants became a coalescing community of practice.
Details
Title
- Efficacy, community, and aspiring principals
Contributors
- Richman, Bryan (Author)
- Puckett, Kathleen (Thesis advisor)
- Smith, Jeffery (Committee member)
- Foulger, Teresa (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2011
Subjects
- Educational Administration
- Educational leadership
- Communication
- assistant principal
- community
- Community Of Practice
- Efficacy
- principal
- professional learning
- Professional learning communities
- Communities of practice
- Self-efficacy
- School principals--Training of.
- Assistant school principals--In-service training.
- Assistant school principals
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Note
- thesisPartial requirement for: Ed. D., Arizona State University, 2011
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 63-67)
- Field of study: Leadership and innovation (Policy and administration)
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Statement of Responsibility
Bryan Richman