The purposes of this study are the development of a proposed site analysis process, the assessment of the acceptability of the process to school superintendents, and the subsequent modification of the process for practical application at the local level. The site analysis process provides the site information necessary for matching the site and the potential principal. The actual matching process, however, is not part of this study. / Based on the review of literature, a proposed site analysis process was developed that included sections on conceptual framework, instructions for users, analysis of specific factors (with 84 factors), and analysis of general factors (with 6 factors). These four sections, plus the potential application of the process, were assessed by means of a questionnaire mailed to 40 superintendents in Northwest Florida and Southwest Georgia. The questionnaire was designed to elicit responses that would indicate the level of acceptability of the site analysis process to the subject group and 11 subgroups. / Based on the analysis of the results, it was determined that the proposed site analysis process was acceptable to the subject group and to all 11 of the subgroups. The level of acceptability can best be described as moderately acceptable. Use of t-tests showed that these levels of acceptability were not a chance occurrence nor was the level of acceptability significantly affected by situational differences between school districts. The acceptability of the proposed site analysis process is closely tied to the belief that site analysis improves the principal selection process by making it more objective. / Based on these conclusions, the proposed site analysis process was revised slightly, with the specific factors reduced to 57 and the general factors to 4. The revised document is entitled the Comprehensive Operational Procedure for Site Analysis. This document provides a method of site analysis that can be useful not only in the improvement of the principal selection process, but also in the overall school improvement process. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: A, page: 0048. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75747 |
| Contributors | STRIPLING, CHARLES MITCHELL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 251 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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