A comprehensive diagnostic prescriptive law for educating children in grades Kindergarten through 3 was passed by the 1979 Florida Legislature. The law specified a long list of desirable job tasks for the primary specialist position, a major innovation created by this statute. Primary specialists annually impact more than 420,000 students, 33,000 basic classroom teachers, 1,253 schools, and 1,234 primary specialists, as well as hundreds of other educators and non-educators. / The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions held by selected primary specialists on the amount of time spent on tasks performed and the amount of time which should be spent on each task. The study focused on legal or district prescribed job tasks by investigating seven questions. / A mail-out questionnaire, validated by a panel of experts, was sent to 400 selected Florida public school primary specialists. The questionnaire ascertained perceptions of the functions performed and those which should be performed in the 40 areas identified in law. This instrument was also used to determine grades Kindergarten through 3 student enrollment in schools where respondents worked, years of experience, amount of time spent as a primary specialist, and tasks performed beyond those stated in law. Perceptions of the primary specialists for the 40 job functions were rated on a five point scale. / Results of this study indicated that the primary specialists perceived the major role they performed and should perform as a non-supervisory, non-judgmental assistance to basic classroom teachers. They felt that they should do more than they are doing in assisting and supporting teachers. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-12, Section: A, page: 4245. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75965 |
| Contributors | BURNETTE, ADA PURYEAR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 178 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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