Learners in disadvantaged environments are less likely to do well at school. Yet some of the most successful schools operate in such environments. The purpose of this study was to establish the relative influence of various determinants of school success in disadvantaged environments. To this end literature study was done in two phases. The first resulted in a taxonomy of success factors, which was then used to guide the second in-depth phase. Thereafter an empirical study was done, involving qualitative field work at four successful schools in disadvantaged environments. Empirically it was discovered that there is no single most important success factor because all success factors are interrelated and interdependent. The over-arching success factor discovered in this study which was involvement of all stakeholders. / Education / M.Ed.

The principles of Total Quality Management (TQM), initially designed to effect continuous improvement in the business sector, have been successfully applied in educational settings. Hence, this study was undertaken to explore educator participation in the implementation of a TQM Strategy at selected academically underperforming secondary schools in the Moses Kotane Area to address shortfalls. A literature review on TQM provided a conceptual framework for the empirical inquiry. Special attention was given to the role of educators in TQM implementation. The empirical study used qualitative research methods to explore the use of TQM in fifteen schools selected by purposive sampling. Observation, document analysis and focus group interviews were used to gather data. The findings indicate that educators regard TQM as an improvement tool; however, they hold negative and positive views about TQM. Finally, recommendations were made to enhance the implementation of TQM in underperforming secondary schools in the Moses Kotane Area. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Education Management)

TQM has been identified as an approach that can be adopted to improve quality in business as well as in education. The main aim of this approach is to involve everybody in decision-making of the organization, in this case a school, with the purpose of achieving highest commitment from staff and customer satisfaction. TQM can be a way which can bring about changes in the education system. It is a philosophy with continuous improvement which can provide a set of practicable tools and techniques to meet the present and the future desires of any educational system. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the influence of TQM on school improvement in secondary schools in the Uthungulu District, Kwazulu-Natal. The questionnaires were handed to schools in the Uthungulu District which is made up of 5 circuits, namely, Umhlathuze Circuit, Umfolozi Circuit, Umlalazi Circuit, Mthonjaneni Circuit and Inkandla Circuit. The research concentrated mainly on School Management Teams (SMTs) and Post Level 1 educators (PL1 educators) from senior secondary schools (high schools). On the whole, respondents in the study area have shown a positive attitude towards understanding the significance of Total Quality Management principles in schools. The findings seem to suggest that everyone has a responsibility of encouraging implementation of TQM in schools. It is important to develop quality management systems, because without them, it is impossible to implement. The quality improvement teams should be empowered to manage themselves and provide programmes that will enable them to be more effective. The proposed model of the study provides information about basic elements and factors which need to be taken into cognisance during the TQM and implementation process. The model identifies the main principles of TQM with continuous improvement at the centre of them all. The main aim of implementing TQM in school should be continuous improvement. / Educational Management and Leadership / D. Ed. (Education Management)

South Africa is currently undergoing a process of change from a segregated education system to a more democratic system of education. The country is characterised by drastic policy shifts in the social, economic and political arenas. The problem that called for this research is that education managers at national, provincial, district, and circuit levels are facing challenges in the understanding, interpretation and implementation of education policies as they apply to support staff, educators, learners and their parents or guardians. Lack of access to and knowledge of acts, policies and procedures in educational leadership and management seem to impact negatively on the effective functioning of public schools in the provisioning of quality education in Limpopo province of South Africa. A qualitative research methodology coupled with ontology and epistemology theories were used in a phenomenological interpretive perspective. The rationale for choosing the qualitative approach was that the subject of this research study required data on the experiences, perceptions and views of the research participants. Three research instruments of data collection were employed, namely participant observation, document analysis and interviews. Purposive sampling was chosen to select the education managers as participants who were likely to be knowledgeable about and experienced in the phenomenon under study. Focus group and individual interviews were conducted with educators, education managers, and educator union representatives. I used content analysis method to catergorise data into themes. The findings in this study revealed that knowledge of the education policies is a pre-requisite for the implementation of such policies for quality education. It was evident that education managers have inadequate understanding of the formulation, interpretation and implementation of policies. Education managers had contrasting perceptions of education quality and divergent interpretationsof education policies. The deployment of circuit managers undermined the value of management qualifications, experience and expertise in such management posts. The absence of a policy enforcement agency and a lack of coordination within different levels of education management in the province have led to unresolved cases of misconduct and non-compliance with education policies. The researcher recommends that induction of newly appointed education managers, continuous training of the serving education managers, mentoring and monitoring of the implementation of education policies should receive priority for the provision of quality education in public schools. / Educational Leadership and Management / D. Ed. (Education Management)

Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis briefly explores the quality phenomenon in higher education and more specifically in the university context. In addition, the experiences of stakeholders who participated in the first institutional quality audit at a merged university are explored and analysed. It is also argued that the world-wide quality phenomenon at universities, although sometimes politically driven and at times undertaken with hidden agendas, may eventually add value to a university‟ cycle of never-ending quality improvement and enhancement. University stakeholders who are either directly or indirectly involved in realising the university‟s vision and mission can provide invaluable feedback about their experience of a quality audit. Feedback by all stakeholders about a quality audit will assist the university to plan and prepare for the next cycle of quality audits. The research findings of this study indicated that a variety of differences exist in the perceptions of stakeholders that participated in the preparation and execution of the institutional quality audit. In some cases the differences may hold some limited risk for the university therefore some recommendations are also made in support of future audits. These and other recommendations emenating from the research findings will hopefully also contribute towards improved engagement between the stakeholders and members of the audit panel. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verhandeling ondersoek kortliks die verskynsel van gehalte in hoër onderwys, en meer spesifiek in die universiteitskonteks. Voorts word die ervarings van belanghebbendes wat deelgeneem het aan die eerste institusionele kwaliteitsoudit aan ʼn saamgesmelte universiteit, ondersoek en ontleed. Daar word ook aangevoer dat die wêreldwye verskynsel van kwaliteit aan universiteite uiteindelik waarde kan toevoeg tot ʼn universiteit se siklus van ewigdurende kwaliteitsversekering en –verbetering, selfs al is hierdie verskynsel soms polities gedrewe en al gaan dit by tye gepaard met verskuilde agendas. Belanghebbendes van die universiteit wat direk of indirek betrokke is by die realisering van die universiteit se visie en missie kan uiters waardevolle terugvoer bied oor hulle ervaring van ʼn kwaliteitsoudit. Terugvoer deur alle belanghebbendes oor ʼn kwaliteitsoudit sal die universiteit help om vir die volgende siklus kwaliteitsoudits te beplan en voor te berei. Die navorsingsbevindings van hierdie studie dui daarop dat ʼn verskeidenheid verskille wel bestaan in die persepsies van belanghebbendes wat deelgeneem het aan die voorbereiding en uitvoering van die institusionele kwaliteitsoudit. In sommige gevalle hou die verskille wel ʼn beperkte risiko vir die universiteit in en daarom word aanbevelings gemaak ter ondersteuning van toekomstige kwaliteitsoudits. Hierdie, sowel as ander aanbevelings sal hopelik ook bydra tot verbeterde interaksie tussen die belanghebbendes en lede van die ouditpaneel.

本研究旨在探討學前教育機構園所長轉型領導、專業發展與幼兒教育品質之現況及其關係，並據以提出結論與建議，期能提供教育行政機關和學前教育機構園所長運用轉型領導以獲得專業成長與提升幼兒教育品質。本研究採取文獻分析、問卷調查法進行研究。首先，蒐集相關文獻作為研究主題的理論基礎，據以擬定研究架構，進而編製「園所長轉型領導、專業發展與幼兒教育品質」問卷作為研究工具。 本研究之問卷調查對象為台灣地區幼托園所主管（包括：公立幼稚園、私立幼稚園、公立托兒所、私立托兒所），抽樣調查直轄市、省轄市、縣轄市及鄉鎮地區園所長1000 位，取得有效樣本630 份，調查結果以平均數、標準差、t 考驗、單因子變異數分析、階層迴歸分析及路徑關係模式等統計方法，進行資料處理分析，獲得以下結論： 一、學前教育機構園所長轉型領導各層面中，以「尊重信任」表現較佳，其餘依序為「建立願景」、「魅力影響」、「個別關懷」、「智識啟發」、「激發鼓舞」。 二、學前教育機構園所長專業發展各層面中，以「具備幼教專業知能」表現較佳，其餘依序為「滿足個人專業動機」、「永續生涯成長」。 三、學前教育機構幼兒教育品質各層面中，以「課程與教學」表現較佳，其餘依序為「設施與安全」、「園務與行政」。 四、學前教育機構主管因不同的人口及環境變項在園所長「轉型領導」上有差異。 五、學前教育機構主管因不同的人口及環境變項在園所長「專業發展」上有差異。 六、學前教育機構主管因不同的人口及環境變項在「幼兒教育品質」上有差異。 七、學前教育機構主管轉型領導能有效預測園所長的「專業發展」。 八、學前教育機構主管轉型領導能有效預測園所的「幼兒教育品質」。 九、學前教育機構主管運用轉型領導與提升園所「幼兒教育品質」之行為，可以促進園所長本身之「專業發展」；而提升園所的「幼兒教育品質」則有賴於園所長「轉型領導」行為之建立。 根據結論，提出以下建議，提供台灣主管幼兒教育行政機關和學前教育機構，在園所長轉型領導、專業發展以及提升幼兒教育品質之參考： 一、園所長應運用轉型領導以促進專業成長。 二、持續的進修以提昇擔任園長的領導能力。 三、永續生涯規劃並建立良好的人際關係。 四、建立專業組織以推動自我及外部的認同。 五、學前教育機構應重視幼兒教育品質。 六、教育行政機關需要適度的介入。 七、建構實施幼兒教育品質的整體配套措施。 八、建立迅速、正確與客觀的品質資訊回饋機制。 九、擴大幼兒教育研究的領域。 十、城、鄉園所和公私立園所幼兒教育資源應力求均等。 根據研究過程，本研究結果提出以下對未來後續研究之建議： 一、加強質性研究方法進行研究。 二、修訂研究量表。 三、進行長期縱貫性的研究。 / The purpose of this study is to explore on the current condition and its correlation with preschool institution principal’s transformational leadership, professional development and quality of child education. The correlations are explored and concluded to propose sound recommendations to education and administrative institutions and preschool educational institution principals as the guiding tools for institution transformation that could further enhance professionalism and quality of child education. This study conducts explorations via the adoption of scientific literature analysis and questionnaire surveys. The study firstly collects related literatures and uses it as the theoretical basis of the study subject. Accordingly to this theoretical basis, structure of the study is drafted to produce questionnaire, topic with ‘Principal’s Transformational Leadership, Professional Development and Quality of Child Education,’ as instruments of the study. Targets of the questionnaire are preschool kindergarten managers (public or private kindergarten and public or private childcare center) in Taiwan. 1000 samples of kindergarten or childcare center principals are randomly selected from municipality, provincially managed cities, counties and townships. 630 samples are found valid. Result of the evaluations, after being statistically analyzed by mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, hierarchical regression analysis and path relationship model, yields following conclusions: A. In the aspects of preschool educational institution principals’ transformational leadership, ‘respect and trust’ outranks the rest and is followed by the order of ‘aspiration establishment’, ‘charisma impact’, ‘thoughtfulness’, ‘intelligent enlightenment’ and ‘inspirational encouragement.’ B. In the aspects of preschool educational institution principals’ professional developments, ‘possession of professional knowledge about child education’ outranks the rest and is followed by the order of ‘personal professional motive satisfaction’ and ‘persistent lifetime growth.’ C. In the aspects of preschool educational institution’s quality of child education, ‘program and education’ outranks the rest and is followed by the order of ‘facility and security’ and ‘routine affairs and administration.’ D. As population and environment may vary, preschool educational institution managers’ transformational leadership may differ accordingly. E. As population and environment may vary, preschool educational institution managers’ professional development may differ accordingly. F. As population and environment may vary, preschool educational institution managers’ quality of child education may differ accordingly. G. Preschool educational institution managers’ transformational leadership can efficiently predict school principal’s professional development. H. Preschool educational institution managers’ transformational leadership can efficiently predict a school’s quality of child education. I. Preschool educational institution managers’ exercise of transformational leadership skill and efforts of enhancing quality of child education can promote school principal’s personal professional development. On a similar note, the enhancement of a schools’ quality of child education relies on the building of the principal’s transformational leadership. Accordingly to the statements concluded, following recommendations are provided to Taiwanese Child Education Administrative and Supervision Institution and Preschool Educational Institution as the references for kindergarten principals’ transformational leadership, professional development and enhancement of child education quality: A. Kindergarten principal should apply transformational leadership to enhance one’s professional growth. B. Persistent educational pursuits to build up kindergarten principals’ leadership skills. C. Perpetual lifetime plan and establish sound interpersonal relationship. D. Establish professional organization to promote oneself and acquire external recognition. E. preschool educational institution should highly value the quality of child education. F. Education and Administrative Institution must intervene when needed. G. Build up and implement a complete integral measure to ensure quality of child education. H. Establish rapid, accurate and objective quality and it compliment return mechanism. I. Expand the territory of child education studies. J. child education resources should be equality allocated among municipal or township kindergarten and public or private childcare centers. According to course of the study, result proposes following recommendations to future study pursuits: A. Strengthen methods of qualitative research. B. Modify measurement scale of the study. C. Conduct long-term longitudinal study.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:33:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lilian Barone Vieira Ardito.pdf: 1454646 bytes, checksum: 2bde8a242043f6aeb0a13d2c2663de2d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-21 / This study is an analysis of a project called Programa São Paulo é uma Escola developed by Secretaria Municipal de Educação de São Paulo (SME) , and also had as objective to verify the interests and political trends in its creation, using and maintenance as well as its applicability to school units. The initial argument which generated the compilation and interpretation of this data is that the purpose of the project is concerning more about social maintenance, avoiding violence in the city and also about the international and national political demands than about educative necessities and the improvement of the quality of education in Município de São Paulo. The studies about cultural and social reproduction made by Bourdieu were the base for understanding the social context related to the creation of the project and its influence in the school. The data about social inclusion and exclusion in São Paulo city was based on IBGE, Sistema EOL (Educação On-Line), SME and others documents made by SME and Secretaria Municipal de Planejamento. It had also been done the analysis of official texts referring to the development of the project mentioned, the conditions of its using as well as its legal terms. Ending the compilation of data, it had been analyzed activities related to the project in a school located in the East Area of São Paulo city. The understanding of that process was achieved by reading some important authors such as: Patto (1996; 2000) and Sampaio (1998) who approached subjects about the quality of education, social and educational inclusion/exclusion, and also about school success and failures. The results of this analysis showed that the project, Programa São Paulo é uma Escola , studied should not be used for any singular reason, just because it has its base on the SME political concepts which produces results according to the expectation, conception and necessity of each school unit / Esta dissertação constitui-se da análise do Programa São Paulo é uma Escola, desenvolvido pela Secretaria Municipal de Educação de São Paulo (SME), e teve como objetivo investigar os interesses e tendências políticas inerentes a sua criação, implantação e manutenção bem como sua aplicabilidade nas unidades escolares. A hipótese inicial que orientou a coleta e a interpretação dos dados é a de que a intenção do programa está relacionada mais à manutenção da ordem social, à contenção da violência na cidade e às exigências políticas nacionais e internacionais do que com as necessidades educativas e à melhoria da qualidade da educação no município de São Paulo. O referencial teórico utilizado como base para o entendimento do contexto social relacionado à criação do programa e sua influência na escola foi elaborado a partir dos estudos de Bourdieu sobre reprodução cultural e social. Para os dados sobre inclusão e exclusão social na cidade de São Paulo, utilizou-se dos dados do IBGE, do Sistema EOL (Educação On-Line) da própria SME, bem como outros documentos da Secretaria Municipal de Educação e da Secretaria Municipal de Planejamento. Foi realizada a análise dos textos oficiais referentes à formulação do programa estudado e às condições de implementação dessa proposta governamental, bem como sua legislação. Após essa coleta de dados analisou-se as atividades relativas ao programa em uma escola da Zona Leste da cidade de São Paulo. Tal levantamento foi complementado com a reflexão feita a partir de alguns autores, como Patto (1996; 2000) e Sampaio (1998), acerca das temáticas da qualidade da educação, da inclusão/exclusão social e educacional e do sucesso e fracasso escolar. A análise apontou que não há um único motivo para a criação do Programa São Paulo é uma Escola, pois os interesses e as influências políticas e sociais que determinaram sua implantação podem ser identificados na conjuntura política da própria SME, nas tendências internacionais e do ambiente escolar em que está inserido, produzindo resultados segundo a expectativa, concepção e necessidade de cada unidade escolar

O objetivo da dissertação é analisar o custo-aluno/ano e as condições de qualidade em duas escolas do campo da rede estadual de ensino do Rio Grande do Sul. As escolas visitadas se localizam na zona rural de Bento Gonçalves. A pesquisa constou de um levantamento dos custos educacionais das escolas, do custo-aluno/ano, dos custos e condições do transporte escolar do município e das condições de oferta educacional das escolas, no ano de 2016. Também foram contemplados conteúdos da evolução do Direto à Educação no Brasil, do ordenamento normativo do financiamento público da educação e delimitações de educação rural e educação do campo, por meio da análise de legislação educacional federal e estadual. Também foi feita uma sucinta discussão sobre o conceito de qualidade na educação básica e condições necessárias para uma Escola do Campo ofertar uma educação com qualidade social. O custo-aluno/ano é definido como um conjunto de recursos materiais e humanos objetivamente calculados. Os itens de custo considerados na pesquisa foram: instalações (prédio e terreno), salário do pessoal (docente e não docente); material de consumo; equipamentos e material permanente; outros insumos (água, energia elétrica, telefone, internet, gás, serviços terceiros e manutenção); e transporte escolar. Os dados de salários de pessoal foram coletados nas escolas e no site do portal da transparência do RS. Os dados de material permanente, material de consumo e outros insumos foram coletados diretamente nas escolas em visitas realizadas e conversas com a equipe diretiva Os dados sobre transporte escolar foram coletados em visita à Secretária Municipal de Educação. Os valores monetários dos custos educacionais foram somados, calculados e comparados através da unidade custoaluno/ ano. Foram analisadas as condições de oferta educacional das escolas e dos custos e condições do transporte escolar. O texto está organizado em três capítulos. O primeiro capítulo apresenta uma breve revisão do Direito à Educação e Educação do Campo na legislação federal e estadual do Rio Grande do Sul. O segundo capítulo apresenta uma revisão do financiamento da educação na legislação federal e estadual. O terceiro capítulo trata da pesquisa de campo, apresentando a discussão sobre conceito de qualidade para a educação do campo, questões metodológicas da pesquisa, descrição das escolas e transporte escolar e análise dos custos educacionais das escolas e do custo-aluno/ano. A análise dos dados coletados revelou que as escolas pesquisadas se identificam como Escolas do Campo e possuem importância para organização, história e memória coletiva das comunidades rurais onde estão localizadas. Portanto, foi verificado que as escolas possuem condições parciais para ofertar uma educação de qualidade, necessitando de maior apoio da Secretaria Estadual de Educação e 16ª Coordenadoria Regional de Educação. A pesquisa pretende contribuir para a discussão da área de financiamento da Educação Básica do Campo e para a construção do Custo Aluno Qualidade Inicial e Custo Aluno Qualidade, previstos no Plano Nacional de Educação 2014-2024. / The objective of this dissertation is to analyze the cost-student/year and the quality conditions in two rural schools of the state education network of Rio Grande do Sul. The schools that were visited are located in the rural area of Bento Gonçalves. The research consisted of a survey of the educational costs of schools, the cost-student/year, the costs and conditions of the municipal school transportation services and the conditions of the schools educational offer, in 2016. Contents on the development of the Right to Education in Brazil, on the normative order of the public financing of education and delimitations of rural education and education of the field were also included, through the analysis of federal and state educational legislation. There is also a brief discussion about the concept of quality in basic education and the necessary conditions for a School in the Field to offer an education with social quality. Cost-student/year is defined as a set of objectively calculated material and human resources. The cost items considered in the survey were: facilities (building and land), staff salaries (teaching and non-teaching staff); consumables; equipment and permanent materials; other inputs (water, electricity, telephone, internet, gas, third party services and maintenance); and school transportation. The data on personnel salaries were collected in the schools and on the website of the transparency portal of RS. Data on permanent material, consumables and other inputs were collected directly from the schools on visits and conversations with the management team Data on school transportation were collected during a visit to the Municipal Secretary of Education. The monetary values of educational costs were summed, calculated and compared through the unit cost-student/year. We analyzed the educational offer conditions of the schools and the costs and conditions of school transportation. The text is organized in three chapters. The first chapter presents a brief review of the Right to Education and Field Education in the federal and state legislation of Rio Grande do Sul. The second chapter presents a review of the financing of education in federal and state legislation. The third chapter deals with the field research, presenting the discussion about the concept of quality for the education of the field, methodological questions of the research, description of schools and school transport and analysis of the educational costs of schools and cost-student/year. The analysis of the collected data revealed that the surveyed schools identify themselves as Field Schools and are important to the organization, history and collective memory of the rural communities where they are located. Therefore, it was verified that the schools have partial conditions to offer a quality education, needing more support from the State Department of Education and 16th Regional Education Coordination. The research intends to contribute to the discussion on the issue of funding of the Basic Education of the Field and to the construction of the Cost Student Initial Quality and Cost Student Quality, foreseen in the National Plan of Education 2014-2024. / El objetivo de la disertación es analizar el costo-estudiante/año y las condiciones de calidad en dos escuelas rurales de la red de enseñanza del estado del Rio Grande do Sul. Las escuelas visitadas se localizan en la zona rural del municipio de Bento Gonçalves. La investigación constó de un levantamiento de los costos educativos de las escuelas, del costo-estudiante/año, de los costos y condiciones del transporte escolar del municipio y de las condiciones de oferta educativa de las escuelas, en el año 2016. También se ha realizado una revisión de la evolución del Derecho a la Educación en Brasil, a través del análisis de la legislación educativa federal y provincial. Una revisión de los conceptos de Educación Rural y Educación del Campo, en la legislación educativa federal y provincial. También se hace una revisión del financiamiento de la enseñanza básica en la legislación educativa federal y provincial. También se hizo una breve discusión sobre el concepto de calidad en la enseñanza básica y de las condiciones necesarias para que una escuela rural ofrecer una educación con calidad social. El costo-estudiante/año se define como un conjunto de recursos materiales y humanos objetivamente calculados. Los elementos de costo considerados en la investigación fueron: instalaciones (edificio y terreno); salario de personal (docente y no docente); material de consumo; equipos y material permanente; otros insumos (agua, energia eléectrica, teléfono, internet, gas, servicios terceros y mantenimiento); y transporte escolar. Los datos de salarios de personal fueron recolectados en las escuelas y en el sitio del portal da transparencia do RS. Los datos de material permanente, material de consumo y otros insumos fueron recolectados directamente en las escuelas en visitas realizadas y conversaciones con el equipo directivo. Los datos sobre transporte escolar fueron recolectados en visita a la Secretaria Municipal de Educación. Los valores monetarios de los costos educativos se han sumados, calculados y comparados a través de la unidad costo-estudiante/año. También se analizaron condiciones de oferta educativa de las escuelas, de los costos y condiciones del transporte escolar. El texto está organizado en tres capítulos. El primer capítulo presenta una breve revisión del Derecho a la Educación y Educación del Campo en la legislación federal y estadual de Rio Grande do Sul. El segundo capítulo presenta una breve revisión del financiamiento de la educación en la legislación federal y estadual. El tercer capítulo trata sobre la investigación de campo, presentado la discusión sobre concepto de calidad para educación del campo, cuestiones metodológicas de la investigación, descripción de las escuelas, transporte escolar y análisis de los costos educativos de las escuelas y del costoestudiante/ año. El análisis de los datos de la investigación, reveló que las escuelas estudiadas, se identifican como Escuelas Rurales. Poseen importancia para la organización, la historia y la memoria colectiva de las comunidades rurales donde están ubicadas. Por lo tanto, se verificó que las escuelas poseen condiciones parciales para ofrecer una educación de calidad, necesitando de mayor apoyo de las Secretarias Estadual de Educación y 16ª Coordinadora Regional de Educación. Esta investigación desea contribuir a la discusión del área de financiamento de la enseñanza básica rural y para la construcción del CAQI y del CAQ, previsto en el PNE 2014-2024.

Thesis (Ph. D. (Education)) -- University of the Limpopo, 2001 / Refer to document

The call to better prepare nurses in safety and quality performance resulted from the concern of the Institute of Medicine regarding egregious gaps and errors in U.S. hospitals that resulted in serious injuries and patient deaths. Quality and safety education for nursing (QSEN) competencies were set forth in 2005 to enhance nursing curricula and nursing students' preparation for practice; however, QSEN's integration and implementation have been gradual and inconsistent. This qualitative interpretive study was guided by Senge's principles of the learning organization and Benner's professional development model. Using face-to-face interviews, the perspectives of 9 full-time nursing faculty members at 2 private nursing colleges in the Northeast United States were obtained about QSEN integration into their curriculum. Data analysis employed the use of open in vivo coding, categorizing, and the formation of themes. The results indicated that QSEN integration was perceived as complex and daunting due to faculty's limited knowledge about QSEN, lack of adequate preparation to develop and employ instructional strategies, lack of adequate time to teach, and limited learning opportunities at clinical sites to develop competencies such as teamwork and collaboration and informatics. Meaningful reform in nursing education may occur as leaders engage faculty members in meaningful dialogue to better understand the complexity and challenges of QSEN integration, including faculty members' needs for successful implementation. Nursing students may then be better trained to understand the nature and consequences of human and system errors and appreciate higher standards of care that will result in a decrease in preventable injuries, medication errors, and patient deaths.