Educators' and Administrators' Perceptions, Challenges, and Changes Associated with School District Consolidation

Autor/in	Gillespie, Candace L.
Titel	Educators' and Administrators' Perceptions, Challenges, and Changes Associated with School District Consolidation
Quelle	(2020), (139 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-3795-8995-0
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; School Districts; Consolidated Schools; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; High Schools; Educational Change; Mississippi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; School district; Schulbezirk; Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; Lehrerverhalten; High school; Oberschule; Bildungsreform
Abstract	School district consolidation has been a trend throughout the United States as state departments of education are mandating that nearby school districts consolidate with other nearby districts. This trend is being mandated in an effort to decrease funds being spent by having many small districts. This includes funds being spent on salaries and schools, as schools consolidate due to districts consolidating. Schools, central offices, parent centers, and other buildings that are related to having multiple central offices close. Jobs are lost, policies change, and sometimes leadership changes. However, change is inevitable. With change comes different concepts, policies, and in some cases an influx of climate and culture changes and shocks. There is now a merging of two different climates, when schools consolidate. This can create a sense of newness, which interrupts, changes, and decreases the effectiveness of the teaching and learning processes as they may have been before the consolidation. This dissertation provided information based on research about the perceptions of educators and administrators, along with the challenges and changes that come with district and school consolidations. Research focused on high schools in the Delta Consolidated High School, located in Mississippi. This was a qualitative research study. The perceptions of high school and central office administrators about the consolidation as well as teachers were provided in this dissertation study. The research methodology used to determine perceptions of district employees was the phenomenological methodology. State of Mississippi test data both preconsolidation and postconsolidation were reviewed, analyzed, and provided in the dissertation. Teachers, school-level administrators, district-level administrators, community stakeholders, and state department personnel benefitted from reading this applied dissertation. It was hoped that the study findings would help improve the teaching and learning processes, communication patterns, and student achievement because the findings were from the perspectives of those directly part of the consolidation processes instead of those who were in charge of giving the directives for the consolidation to take place. Hearing from the ones who had to make adjustments due to the challenges and changes might cause the local school board, the Mississippi Department of Education and the state government to examine how consolidations were brought about connected to the mandates that were made. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01