dc.contributor.advisor | Ebmeier, Howard | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Ronald J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-09T04:11:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-10-09T04:11:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-05-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11332 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/8166 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to identify factors important in teacher termination decisions and to create and to test that model using survey responses for Missouri public administrators. The independent variables chosen were broken into five (5) scales: time commitment; teacher experience; structural support and policies; building climate; and, union support for the teacher. Multiple regression correlation was used to analyze the data and determine if any of the five factors were statistically significant predictors in an administrator's decision to dismiss poor tenured teachers. The study found two weak factors that influenced an administrator's decision to seek dismissal of a tenured teacher. Teacher experience and building climate were found to be related to the administrator's decision to seek dismissal. The overall model accounted for about four percent of the total variance. | |
dc.format.extent | 75 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Educational administration | |
dc.subject | Educational leadership | |
dc.title | Factors that Influence an Administrator's Decision to Seek Dismissal of Tenured Teachers | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Perkins, Perry | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Ng, Jennifer | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Crawford, George | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Markham, Paul | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | Ed.D. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 7642771 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |