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STUDY OF THE ROLE OF THE URBAN ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON

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1980
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The purpose of this study was to determine if there are perceived differences in salient dimensions of the role of the urban advisory council chairperson among principals, advisory council chairpersons, and advisory council members, as well as between Community Schools and non-Community Schools. To measure the perceived role of the urban advisory council chairperson along five salient dimensions, an initial survey instrument was developed and administered to forty-one Assistant Principals for Community Education. The results were factor analyzed, and the final survey instrument was expanded to the following eight salient dimensions: (1) Degree of Participation; (2) Linkage Between School and Community; (3) Shared Authority with Principal; (4) Parameters of Concern; (5) Responsibility for Council Operation; (6) Training; (7) Operational Involvement; (8) Leadership Experience. The three populations in this Dade County, Florida, study (principals, advisory council chairpersons, and advisory council members) were stratified into Community Schools and non-Community Schools. A cluster sampling method was used. Schools were randomly selected, and at each school the principal, the advisory council chairperson, and an advisory council member became part of the respective sample groups. The final survey instrument was sent to twenty-five persons in each of the six cells of the experimental design. The overall return rate was 82.7 percent with no cell less than 76 percent. Using the data from the final survey instrument, the hypotheses were tested with the Multivariate Analysis of Variance program at the Florida Atlantic University Computer Center. Of the three null hypotheses in this study, one was rejected and two were not rejected. The salient dimension, Responsibility for Council Operation, shows a significant difference in the perceived role of the advisory council chairperson between the principals and the representatives of the advisory council (chairpersons and members). No significant difference was found in any of the salient dimensions of the perceived role of the advisory council chairperson between Community Schools and non-Community Schools. Finally, it was found there is no significant interaction between the positions and the school types. Based on this study, it can be concluded that principals, advisory council chairpersons, and advisory council members do not hold similar perceptions of the role of the urban advisory council chairperson based on the salient dimension, Responsibility for Council Operation.
Title: A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF THE URBAN ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON.
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Name(s): SHEELY, LAURENCE EUGENE.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1980
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 147 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to determine if there are perceived differences in salient dimensions of the role of the urban advisory council chairperson among principals, advisory council chairpersons, and advisory council members, as well as between Community Schools and non-Community Schools. To measure the perceived role of the urban advisory council chairperson along five salient dimensions, an initial survey instrument was developed and administered to forty-one Assistant Principals for Community Education. The results were factor analyzed, and the final survey instrument was expanded to the following eight salient dimensions: (1) Degree of Participation; (2) Linkage Between School and Community; (3) Shared Authority with Principal; (4) Parameters of Concern; (5) Responsibility for Council Operation; (6) Training; (7) Operational Involvement; (8) Leadership Experience. The three populations in this Dade County, Florida, study (principals, advisory council chairpersons, and advisory council members) were stratified into Community Schools and non-Community Schools. A cluster sampling method was used. Schools were randomly selected, and at each school the principal, the advisory council chairperson, and an advisory council member became part of the respective sample groups. The final survey instrument was sent to twenty-five persons in each of the six cells of the experimental design. The overall return rate was 82.7 percent with no cell less than 76 percent. Using the data from the final survey instrument, the hypotheses were tested with the Multivariate Analysis of Variance program at the Florida Atlantic University Computer Center. Of the three null hypotheses in this study, one was rejected and two were not rejected. The salient dimension, Responsibility for Council Operation, shows a significant difference in the perceived role of the advisory council chairperson between the principals and the representatives of the advisory council (chairpersons and members). No significant difference was found in any of the salient dimensions of the perceived role of the advisory council chairperson between Community Schools and non-Community Schools. Finally, it was found there is no significant interaction between the positions and the school types. Based on this study, it can be concluded that principals, advisory council chairpersons, and advisory council members do not hold similar perceptions of the role of the urban advisory council chairperson based on the salient dimension, Responsibility for Council Operation.
Identifier: 11756 (digitool), FADT11756 (IID), fau:8687 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1980.
College of Education
Subject(s): Citizens' advisory committees in education
School management and organization
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