Assessing School Work Culture: An Analysis and Strategy.

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, William L.; und weitere
Titel	Assessing School Work Culture: An Analysis and Strategy.
Quelle	(1994), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Accountability; Cooperation; Culture; Educational Environment; Educational Planning; Educational Practices; Elementary Secondary Education; Human Resources; Institutional Evaluation; Models; Organizational Climate; Organizational Objectives; Pilot Projects; Principals; Productivity; Professional Development; Program Development; School Culture; School Restructuring; Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Kultur; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bildungsplanung; Bildungspraxis; Humankapital; Analogiemodell; Organisationsklima; Business goal; Unternehmensziel; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Principal; Schulleiter; Produktivität; Programmplanung; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	School culture has recently emerged as a framework for the study and interpretation of the structure and development of schools. This paper reviews a work culture productivity model and reports the development of a culture instrument. The use of second-order component analysis shows areas of generalization across primary factors. The School Work Culture Profile (SWCP) is organized under four subscales representing the dimensions of: (1) school-wide planning; (2) professional development; (3) program development; and (4) school assessment. The total sample to which the SWCP was administered, after development and pilot testing, was 925 educators from Florida schools, with the ratio of teachers to principals approximately 4 to 1. Overall, findings suggest 10 first-order factors of 52 questions, and findings of the second-order solution suggest there are four higher order factors. These suggest a realignment of school practices around independent sets of work culture features centering on continuous improvement, human resource development, strategic planning and accountability, and collaboration. Four tables present study findings. An appendix contains the SWCP. (Contains 52 references.) (Author/SLD)
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