Date of Award
8-1988
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Specialist Certificate
Department
Educational Administration and Higher Education
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Elaine Leach
Second Advisor
Gary A. Dill
Third Advisor
Dennis Nunes
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Keywords and Subject Headings
Administrator Criteria, Adminstrator Evaluation
Abstract
THE PROBLEM:
The problem in this study was to attempt to determine criteria for administrator evaluation generated by the current practicing administrators. The study investigated the influence of the administrator's position, years of experience, size of school, and size of teaching staff on the criteria identified. Further, the study compared the criteria in terms of whether or not current practicing administrators noted that the criteria should describe or presently did describe administrator evaluation. This comparison was used to examine the absence, the presence, or the shift of a research-to-practice paradigm.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Data for the study were collected by a questionnaire which was mailed to all the public school principals in the 32 largest school districts in Minnesota. A cover letter, the questionnaire, and a self-addressed stamped envelope were sent to 463 principals. Returns were received from 261 respondents or 56.4%.
The data were tested and interpreted by analysis of means, variance, and percentages. The .05 level was used to determine significant differences based on the analyses of variance which was determined before and after cluster computations. T-tests were done to compare paired clusters for respondents from all districts with respondents from District 742.
FINDINGS
Based on the analyses of the data, the following conclusions were reached:
1. Criteria identified reflected administrator's position within the school and school size.
2. Models ranked strongest to weakest were Leadership, Management by Objectives, Job Targets, and Results Oriented Management in Education.
3. No model was significantly dismissed so that a definitive paradigm shift could be demonstrated.
4. An evolving paradigm was confirmed with indicators primarily from the Leadership model.
5. When compared with all respondents, District 742 respondents showed similar ranking of the models.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Criteria for administrator evaluation must be designed to recognize the differences of school position and school size.
2. Criteria from the Leadership model should be incorporated into an administrator evaluation design.
3. District 742 Board of Education should investigate the possible implementation of an administrator evaluation system that is based on criteria generated by current practicing administrators as suggested by this study.
Recommended Citation
Kasper, Diana Greenblau, "A Research-to-Practice Paradigm: Determining Administration Evaluation Criteria" (1988). Culminating Projects in Education Administration and Leadership. 118.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/edad_etds/118
