Factors that influence a school leader's disciplinary determination for student discretionary decisions are many times difficult to measure. The purpose of this study was to investigate leadership style factors that may be linked to contributable factors for African American male disciplinary incidents. The following leadership factors were examined: (a)self -awareness, (b) collaborative dialogue, (c) drive to achieve, (d) internalization of campus disciplinary vision, (e) building relationships, and (f) proactive decision making. This study focused on identifying various leadership styles of administrators that impact the disciplinary rates of African American males at each campus studied. Data for this explanatory sequential mixed methods research study included a survey, a focus group, and one-on-one semi structured interviews. Participants were campus administrators having more than one year of experience as a campus administrator and were completing at least one full year at their current campus site. The analysis of quantitative data collected from the survey of campus administrators' leadership emotional intelligence provided insight into the research questions. The qualitative findings revealed that for campus administrators in the selected urban north Texas school, their leadership style does not significantly contribute to African American male's discretionary disciplinary incident rates. However qualitative data revealed discrepancies in administrators' perceptions and application of student discipline decisions. Research literature and this study support the school leader as the pivotal decision maker for discretionary outcomes for all students, particularly African American male students.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1944296 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | White, Samantha L |
| Contributors | Pazey, Barbara, Hudson, Johnetta, George, Jefferson, Govan, Charissa |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, White, Samantha L, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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