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- Climate; Communication; Corporate culture; Education; Organizational behavior; Principal; School management and organization; School principals; Triangulation; Urban schools (1)
- Educational conversation; Invitational conversation; Leading and learning through conversation; Perceptions of conversation; Phenomenography; Principal-Teacher conversations (1)
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A Mixed Methods Exploration Of Principal Communication And School Climate, Reece Oswalt
A Mixed Methods Exploration Of Principal Communication And School Climate, Reece Oswalt
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Mixed methods triangulation research design was used in order to explore the relationship between principal communication and school climate. The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire for Elementary Schools (OCDQ-RE) and interview protocols on principal communication were administered to principals and teachers at three elementary schools each having between 700-1000 students in an urban school district consisting of approximately 300,000 students. Each school had between 80-100% Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL), was designated Adequate according to No Child Left Behind Act (2001) as published in the 2009-2010 School Accountability Reports, and had a principal that had been assigned to that school for …
A Change Of Heart: A Phenomenographic Study Of Conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner
A Change Of Heart: A Phenomenographic Study Of Conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This study investigated the use of a school-level leadership model intended to explore the institutionalization of principal-teacher conversations as a tool in leading and learning. An elementary principal and two teachers at five elementary schools were selected for the study. Over an eight-week time, the principal and each teacher held a series of at least four conversations. The investigator interviewed each of the fifteen participants prior to any conversations, at the mid-point of the conversations and at the conclusion of all conversations. The purposes of this exploratory study were to document participant perceptions of the usefulness and importance of principal-teacher …