The LEA's Role in a Decentralized School System: The School Principals' View

Autor/inn/en	Addi-Raccah, Audrey; Gavish, Yakov
Titel	The LEA's Role in a Decentralized School System: The School Principals' View
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 38 (2010) 2, S.184-201 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143209356361
Schlagwörter	School Restructuring; School Based Management; School Districts; Discriminant Analysis; Foreign Countries; Social Exchange Theory; Principals; Administrator Role; Institutional Role; Board Administrator Relationship; Change Strategies; Organizational Change; Predictor Variables; Administrator Attitudes; Questionnaires; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; School district; Schulbezirk; Diskriminanzanalyse; Ausland; Theorie des sozialen Wandels; Principal; Schulleiter; Lösungsstrategie; Organisationswandel; Prädiktor; Fragebogen
Abstract	Since the wave of school reform decentralization, schools now maintain a more dynamic and diverse relationship with their environment than they did in the past. School principals' relationships with the local educational authority (LEA) are a prominent example of this change in Israel. LEAs try to gain more pedagogic influence over schools while school principals become dependent on the LEA for financial and educational resources. This study examines school principals' attitudes toward the proactive role of the LEAs in localities that have adopted the school based management (SBM) reform, in comparison with localities that have not. The sample includes 165 school principals, of which 47.6 per cent adopted the SBM reform. Based on a discriminant analysis, school principals in localities that adopted the SBM reform, reported that LEAs increased their pedagogic influence on schools in return for providing financial resources. In contrast, in localities that have not adopted the SBM reform, schools principals' reported being empowered at the local level, with the LEA perceived as advising schools. The implications of this study for school-LEA power relations are discussed based on the social exchange theory. (Contains 4 tables and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10