Date Approved
6-15-2011
Embargo Period
3-3-2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ed.D. Educational Leadership
Department
Educational Leadership
College
College of Education
Advisor
Coaxum, James III
Subject(s)
High school principals; Academic achievement
Disciplines
Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration
Abstract
This participatory action research project explores the leadership of a female African American high school principal in an urban district who applies the principles in Jim Collins' Good to Great (2001, 2005) to improve academic performance in a ninth grade academy. Participatory Action Research (PAR) is defined as planning, acting, observing, reflecting, and repeating each cycle in a spiral of self-reflective cycles. The data was captured through qualitative and quantitative data collection strategies. The study is written as an autoethnographic self-narrative and is a self-reflective study of my leadership. The findings of this study suggest that applying the principles in Jim Collins' (2001, 2005) Good to Great Framework as a second-order change initiative can increase academic performance in an urban school district by improving classroom instruction. This study although not statistically significant, allows for the preponderance of inferences and is significant and germane to female urban school administrators.
Recommended Citation
Marable, Donna, "Good to great: a framework for improving instruction In a ninth grade academy" (2011). Theses and Dissertations. 35.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/35
