Personnel evaluation of school library media specialists has often been accomplished on the same form and using the same process as classroom teachers in a school district. When completed in this manner the process cannot adequately measure the dual roles of library media specialist/teacher. Performance appraisal by objectives (PABO) was identified as a recommended process of personnel evaluation which would effectively measure school library media specialists' performance. / The purposes of this study were: to determine the extent to which public secondary school administrators were using a PABO approach in the personnel evaluation of school library media specialists; to identify characteristics of school setting and school administrators according to their use/nonuse of PABO; and to determine what factors influenced administrators' use/nonuse of PABO. The LAMA Guidelines (American Library Association) were used as the recommended process. / A national sample of 760 secondary school administrators was randomly selected from Patterson's American Education (1982). A response rate of 86.8% was achieved from the mail questionnaire which was developed, pretested, and validated by the researcher. The Dillman Total Design Method was used in questionnaire preparation. Respondents were divided into two groups representing those who did/did not use a performance PABO approach in the personnel evaluation of school library media specialists. Six hypothesis were tested using Chi Square analysis. / The researcher found school administrators who used PABO were: (1) more likely to have a predetermining policy in their district or state; (2) more likely to have available the services of a district level school library supervisor or director; (3) more likely to have educational background in school library media services; and (4) more likely to have attended workshops or inservice on PABO. However, there was no difference between the two groups based on (1) whether they made use of the results of the personnel evaluation process; and (2) their years of administrative experience. / Additional data was collected and summarized by the researcher including administrators' opinions as to advantages/benefits and disadvantages/problems of PABO. Sample forms from selected schools were included. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-07, Section: A, page: 2351. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75883 |
| Contributors | SHONTZ, MARILYN L., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 306 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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