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Managing school behavior: a qualitative case study

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Abstract. The purposes of this dissertation research were to understand the methods by which building-level school administrators collect office discipline ... COLLECTIONS ABOUTUS BLOG CONTACTUS FAQ AFFILIATEDLIBRARYUNITS STATISTICS Home StudentResearch ThesesandDissertations Managingschoolbehavior:aqualitativecasestudy   Managingschoolbehavior:aqualitativecasestudy Download File Dodge_iastate_0097E_11815.pdf (2.38MB) Date 2011-01-01 Authors Dodge,Pamela MajorProfessor Advisor ScottMcleod CommitteeMember JournalTitle JournalISSN VolumeTitle Publisher Altmetrics Authors ResearchProjects OrganizationalUnits JournalIssue Series Department EducationalLeadershipandPolicyStudies Abstract Thepurposesofthisdissertationresearchweretounderstandthemethodsbywhichbuilding-levelschooladministratorscollectofficedisciplinereferraldata,andtounderstandthewaystheymakedecisionsbasedonthatdata.Inordertoachievethisoverallobjective,thefollowingresearchquestionsframedthisstudy: 1.Towhatextentdoadministratorshaveaccesstobehaviordatathatinformtheirdecisionsonhowtoimprovestudentsuccessinschoolandsociety? 2.Towhatextentdoadministratorsusebehaviordatatoimprovestudentsuccessinschoolandinsociety? 3.Whatdoadministratorsperceiveitwouldtaketoenhancetheeffectivenessoftheircurrenteffortstoimprovestudents'successinschoolandsociety? Onemid-sizedsuburbanschooldistrictfromtheMidwestwasselectedforthiscasestudyresearch.Elevenschoolbuildingadministratorswereinterviewedtoprovideinsightintotheresearchquestions.Participantsinthestudyself-selectedpseudonymstopreserveanonymity.Interviewswereconductedfacetoface,andthentranscribed. Thethemesthatemergedfromtheinterviewsinclude:(1)participants'perceptionsofandexperienceswithcollectingandanalyzingstudentbehaviordata,(2)participants'perceptionsofandexperienceswithusingbehaviordatatoimprovestudentsuccessinschoolandinsociety,and(3)participants'perceptionsofnecessarystepstotaketoenhancetheeffectivenessoftheircurrenteffortstoimprovestudents'successinschoolandsociety.Thefindingsfromthisstudydescribepracticesusedforcollectingstudentattendancedata,officereferraldata,andsuspensionandexpulsiondata.Building-levelschoolleadersrecognizethatdatacollectionandanalysisofbuilding-andschooldistrict-levelconductand/orbehaviordatawouldhelpthemestablishpatternsofbehaviorforindividualstudents,aswellasstudentsthroughoutthebuilding.Theaimforschooladministratorsshouldbetouseresearch-basedstrategies,practices,andprogramsthathaveprovensuccessfulwhentheyplaninterventionsandprogrammaticchangesforstudents. Basedonitsfindings,thisstudyrecommendsthatfurtherinvestigationintodatacollectionprocessesthatleadtoimprovedbehavioraloutcomesforstudentsbeconducted.Consistentdatacollection,supportedbyasystemicproceduretoanalyzethatdata,isparamounttoincreasetheeffectivenessofanybehaviorsupportprogram.Asschoolscontinuetofacechallengesassociatedwithprovidingadequatebehavioralsupportsforstudents,buildingcapacitywithteachingandadministrativestaffisrecommended,sothatacontinuumofbehavioralsupportscouldbeprovidedtomeetthediversebehavioralneedsofbuildings,schools,anddistricts. Comments Description Keywords Citation DOI https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-180810-4444 Source URI https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/26240 Collections ThesesandDissertations Fullitempage Showstatisticalinformation

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