Date of Award

Spring 5-2011

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Educational Leadership and School Counseling

Committee Chair

Ronald Styron

Committee Chair Department

Educational Leadership and School Counseling

Committee Member 2

Kyna Shelley

Committee Member 2 Department

Educational Leadership and School Counseling

Committee Member 3

Gary Peters

Committee Member 3 Department

Educational Leadership and School Counseling

Committee Member 4

David Lee

Committee Member 4 Department

Educational Leadership and School Counseling

Abstract

This study attempted to determine the effectiveness of schools that have highly qualified teachers, along with a well managed facility, and the administration’s perception of the leadership role as an instructional specialist on the outcomes that students displayed. Also, the relationship between two instruments used to determine the quality of school facilities was measured. The findings of this study indicated that all three factors used to determine teacher quality had significant relationship at the .05 alpha level to QDI or Quality Distribution Index. The three categories were teacher advanced degree, teacher national board certification, and teacher highly qualified status. For NBCT the correlation r(242) =.767, p2=.712 and can explain 71.2 percent of the variability in QDI. Therefore, the argument can be made that QDI is a measure of demographic features surrounding the schools. Finally, an interview was conducted with three high school administrators from various levels of school achievement. These surveys indicated that principals have a shared vision of their role in that they are expected to be instructional specialists. Consequently, the results of this study indicated that QDI is a product of demographics, teacher quality does influence QDI, facilities adequacy and environment are important to the QDI of the school, and that by in large principals see their role as an instructional leader.

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