Superintendents' Perceptions of the School Improvement Planning Process in the Southeastern USA

Autor/inn/en	Dunaway, David M.; Bird, James J.; Wang, Chuang; Hancock, Dawson
Titel	Superintendents' Perceptions of the School Improvement Planning Process in the Southeastern USA
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 42 (2014) 4, S.460-473 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143213502186
Schlagwörter	Superintendents; Administrator Attitudes; Educational Improvement; Educational Planning; Fidelity; Best Practices; School Districts; Models; Organizational Change; Online Surveys; Measures (Individuals); School Personnel; School Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulrat; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsplanung; School district; Schulbezirk; Analogiemodell; Organisationswandel; Messdaten; Schulpersonal; Schuleffizienz
Abstract	The purpose of this study of school improvement planning in the southeastern USA was to establish the current view of the process through the eyes of the district superintendents. The answers to the questions were consistently mixed. Generally, the presence of school improvement planning is prevalent in the large majority of districts. However, the data indicate a lack of fidelity to the process between superintendents' beliefs regarding the process and how they perceive those tasked with development and implementation of the process. Given that school improvement planning is an internationally accepted process, the findings have implications not just for the USA but for international audiences as well. The authors make two recommendations: (1) significant further research into the effects of the process on student learning, and (2) continued research into the reasons for the lack of congruency indicated here between district expectations and school development and implementation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10