State departments of education have evolved from small, statistics-gathering units into large, complex organizations providing statewide leadership in education. Competencies of professional staff have been described as the pivotal factor in a state agency's effectiveness in carrying out its leadership mission. The purpose of this study was to extract, identify, and validate those competencies described in the literature as significantly relevant to leadership performance in state education agencies; additionally, the validated competency statements were submitted to the senior management and professional staff of the Florida Department of Education to determine the extent to which these groups perceived a need for professional development in the designated competencies. The specific questions that were investigated were: (1) What are the professional competencies which affect performances of the leadership role in state departments of education? (2) To what extent do senior managers and professional staff in a selected agency--the Florida DOE--perceive a need for professional development in the identified competencies? (3) Are there similarities or differences between senior managers and professional staff of the Florida DOE in perceived professional development needs? (4) What is the extent to which selected demographic variables, such as age, sex, and length of employment with DOE, correspond with need perceptions of senior managers and professional staff? / The competency statements were validated through review by a panel of experts--the chief state school officers of all states except Florida. A questionnaire instrument was distributed to all members of the senior management and professional staff of the Florida DOE. Results of this study indicated that both groups perceived a high need for professional development in all competencies for both senior managers and professional staff; both groups also perceived a slightly higher need for senior managers' professional development than for the professional staff. There were minor differences between the two groups' perceptions as to priority of need for professional development of individual competencies. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-11, Section: A, page: 3222. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75207 |
| Contributors | HARRINGTON, MANSFIELD NICHOLAS., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 167 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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