Training school staffs in concepts of participatory management in the Fairfax County public schools: an evaluation study

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dc.contributor.authorByers, Larryen
dc.contributor.committeecochairWhite, Wayneen
dc.contributor.committeecochairFortune, Jimmie C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSchreck, John F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberUnderwood, Kenneth E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWorner, Wayne M.en
dc.contributor.departmentAdministrationen
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-10T21:54:07Zen
dc.date.available2017-03-10T21:54:07Zen
dc.date.issued1984en
dc.description.abstractThe Fairfax County, Virginia, Public Schools made a commitment in 1981 to involve teacher leaders and principals in all schools in the improvement of school-based facilitation of instruction. It was decided that this school-based management emphasis would best be achieved through a training program that focused on concepts of participatory management. Therefore, beginning in the fall of 1981 (and for three successive semesters), principals, assistant principals, department chairpersons, and team leaders were selected to participate in a one-semester university credit course entitled “Distributed Management of Instructional Environments." The course provided a forum for the presentation of alternative decision-making models to the instructional leadership within each school. Leadership theories based on the writings of Herzberg, Maslow, Levinson, et al., and models such as Likert's linking-pin structure and Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership were presented in large group sessions followed by small group discussions. Each school was required to prepare a planning document detailing the management processes and structures to be used to facilitate instruction. This study evaluates the success of the program in achieving its objectives. The CIPP evaluation model proposed by Stufflebeam provided the overall design for the study.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentxi, 254 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/76452en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 11223581en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1984.B937en
dc.subject.lcshSchool management and organization -- Virginia -- Fairfax Countyen
dc.subject.lcshSchool management teamsen
dc.subject.lcshManagement -- Employee participationen
dc.titleTraining school staffs in concepts of participatory management in the Fairfax County public schools: an evaluation studyen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAdministrationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameEd. D.en

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