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TOWARD A METHOD FOR SELECTING PRINCIPAL MENTORS IN FLORIDA
| Title: | TOWARD A METHOD FOR SELECTING PRINCIPAL MENTORS IN FLORIDA. |
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| Name(s): |
GEISMAR, THOMAS JAY. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Kerensky, Vasil M., Thesis advisor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1987 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 121 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The Broward County, Florida school district has implemented an intern principal program for training new principals. One area of concern regarding the intern principal program is the process used for selecting mentors for intern principals. Toward generating a model for choosing mentors, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between six clusters of principal competencies and five clusters of mentoring traits. The relationship between the competencies and mentoring traits was examined to determine the degree to which it is possible to predict each mentoring trait cluster from ratings on the six principal competency clusters. The sample for this study was 91 principals in the Broward County, Florida public schools. The instrument used was the Mentor Identification Instrument which asked the sample to rate someone who had significantly influenced their career on the principal competencies and the mentoring traits. A Likert type scale was used. Canonical correlation indicated a significantly high degree of multivariate overlap between the principal competencies and the mentoring traits. Multiple regression showed that the principal competencies were highly predictive of each mentoring trait cluster. Further analysis yielded models that classified mentors and non-mentors with more than 80% cross-validated accuracy. Recommendations regarding the implementation of these selection models are included. | |
| Identifier: | 11893 (digitool), FADT11893 (IID), fau:8814 (fedora) | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): |
Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987. College of Education |
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| Subject(s): | School principals--In-service training--Florida | |
| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11893 | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
