ABSTRACT This case study explored the leadership processes and procedures one principal and her administrative team used to implement planned educational change at North Valley Middle School, a pseudonym given to a predominately African American populated middle school located in north-western Florida. Through the use of qualitative methods a purposeful sample of one school was selected and interviewed extensively. The study revealed themes that emerged from analysis of interview transcripts. These transcripts were used to explain, illustrate, and describe one principal's leadership path, processes and decision-making to implement educational change. In this study, I sought to develop and test a theoretical model for assisting educational leaders to devise a logical and systematic approach to reform schools. Specifically, I investigated a process and illustrated a leadership procedure that one principal used to implement planned educational change in a predominately African American populated middle school as suggested from a literature review. Those components were identified within five areas in the literature: (a) the Florida School Grading System, (b) leadership, (c) turnaround schools, (d) closing the achievement gap, and (e) planned educational change. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester 2015. / July 13, 2015. / Educational Leadership, Failing Middle School, Leadership, Leadership Process / Includes bibliographical references. / Jeffrey Milligan, Professor Directing Dissertation; Patrick Mason, University Representative; Carolyn Herrington, Committee Member; Robert A. Schwartz, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_253229 |
| Contributors | Darling, Delmae Delores (authoraut), Milligan, Jeffrey Ayala (professor directing dissertation), Mason, Patrick L. (university representative), Herrington, Carolyn D. (committee member), Schwartz, Robert A. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (137 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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