The Development and Implementation of an Intelligent Hierarchy Leadership Process in an Elementary School

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dc.contributor.authorNickels, Travis Marionen
dc.contributor.committeechairParks, David J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEarthman, Glen I.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPoff, Joni Claymanen
dc.contributor.committeememberTripp, Norman Wayneen
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-28T19:07:04Zen
dc.date.available2014-05-28T19:07:04Zen
dc.date.issued2014-04-11en
dc.description.abstractLeadership in modern-day schools is changing. School leaders are expected to oversee the physical plant and school finances, as well as to be the instructional leader, personnel officer, public relations specialist, and point person for the accountability efforts at all governmental levels. Principals cannot be experts in every area of school administration; thus, they are more dependent on other members of the educational team. The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a form of shared leadership in an elementary school known as an intelligent hierarchy, to test whether such a model affects the distribution of decision-making, climate, and morale within the school (Leithwood & Mascall, 2008). This was a mixed-methods, action-research project in which the principal of the school served as a participant observer. A leadership team was formed consisting of the principal, teachers, support staff, and parents to aid in the decision-making process. Qualitative data were collected in the form of minutes of leadership team meetings, journal entries by the principal, and minutes of meetings with individual teachers. A modified version of the constant comparative method (Maykut & Morehouse,1994) was used to analyze the qualitative data. Quantitative data were collected with questionnaires administered three times each throughout the course of the study. Data were collected on shared leadership, the distribution of decisions, school climate, and teacher morale. The implementation of the hybrid model of shared leadership led to improvement in the areas of shared leadership, shared decision-making, and employee morale. Improvement was evident in some areas of school climate. The result is a model administrators could implement, either in whole or in part, to track the implementation of shared leadership in their schools.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:2469en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/48163en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectLeadershipen
dc.subjectIntelligent Hierarchyen
dc.subjectHybrid Leadershipen
dc.subjectShared Leadershipen
dc.subjectShared Decision Makingen
dc.subjectSchool Climateen
dc.subjectTeacher Moraleen
dc.titleThe Development and Implementation of an Intelligent Hierarchy Leadership Process in an Elementary Schoolen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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