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This paper examines how motivations for school-board membership influence individual board member... more This paper examines how motivations for school-board membership influence individual board member's agendas. It suggests the implications of individual agendas for board dynamics and superintendents when both must be accountable to state and federal mandates and their own district's desire to collaborate to improve academic achievement for all children. Data for the report were obtained through traditional qualitative methods. Ten school-board members (five males, five females) participated in open-ended interviews. Triangulation through interviews with the superintendents of the participants' districts and with colleagues of the participants was also performed. Interviews were supplemented with the examination of board minutes and voting patterns. Three key findings emerged from the study: (1) board members motivated by personal agendas were more likely to micromanage--an approach that appeared to inhibit collaborative processes and full board participation in decision ...
Educational Considerations, 2005
The purpose of this article is to describe how two partnering organizations, the College of Educa... more The purpose of this article is to describe how two partnering organizations, the College of Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the Independence School District, experienced a successful partnership leading to simultaneous renewal. A demonstration of this ...
Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
... is important if current and aspiring educational leaders are to attain higher levels of cogni... more ... is important if current and aspiring educational leaders are to attain higher levels of cognitive learning such as transformational learning defined ... is dominated by one (or a mixture of) four theoretical foundations: rational, mechanistic, organic, and/or bargaining models (Young ...
International Journal of …, 2007
This paper examines the predictive validity of traditional academic and personal screening criter... more This paper examines the predictive validity of traditional academic and personal screening criteria used for admitting students into a Statewide Cooperative Doctoral Programme in Educational Leadership on student performance in the programme. This research examined the relationships among traditional admission criteria which included GRE scores (verbal, analytic, and quantitative), undergraduate and graduate GPA, and personal admissions criteria including an on-site problem-solving writing activity, a writing sample, and an interview. These measures were compared to student performance on selected programme measures that included comprehensive exam scores, time to degree completion, and an online writing score for a large group of students in a cohort-based doctorate of education programme (N > 300). Findings from the study suggest that personal screening measures such as interviews, on-site and real-time problem solving activities, and on-site and timed writing activities are more accurate predictors of student performance in an Ed.D. leadership programme than are traditional screening measures such as GRE scores, undergraduate GPAs, and graduate GPAs.
Educational Considerations
Journal of School Public Relations
Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership
A textbook activity on symbols was intended as thought provoking but instead elicited a confronta... more A textbook activity on symbols was intended as thought provoking but instead elicited a confrontational reaction by one student which left Dr. Jackson and the university searching for a response. When the topic spread through the channels within the university, matters got worse. This disguised case examines the lesson, conflict, and aftermath following a sensitive classroom activity intended to promote transformational learning around the concept of the strength of organizational symbols. Authors suggest organizational theory, power and politics, transformational learning, and cultural competence as possible lenses in which educational leaders can examine this case.
Educational Considerations
This paper reports on an innovative educational leadership internship program. It details the imp... more This paper reports on an innovative educational leadership internship program. It details the implementation of a district-university partnership-generated pilot and the program's longitudinal research. The tested hypothesis was that pilot interns would achieve higher learning ...
Teachers College Record, 2010
While some scholars have examined the practices and politics of local school boards (see for exam... more While some scholars have examined the practices and politics of local school boards (see for example, Danzberger, 1994; Danzberger, Kirst, & Usdan, 1992; Hess, 1999; Peterson, 1976) and found that school board member behaviors are structured by organizational routines, ...
This paper examines how motivations for school-board membership influence individual board member... more This paper examines how motivations for school-board membership influence individual board member's agendas. It suggests the implications of individual agendas for board dynamics and superintendents when both must be accountable to state and federal mandates and their own district's desire to collaborate to improve academic achievement for all children. Data for the report were obtained through traditional qualitative methods. Ten school-board members (five males, five females) participated in open-ended interviews. Triangulation through interviews with the superintendents of the participants' districts and with colleagues of the participants was also performed. Interviews were supplemented with the examination of board minutes and voting patterns. Three key findings emerged from the study: (1) board members motivated by personal agendas were more likely to micromanage--an approach that appeared to inhibit collaborative processes and full board participation in decision ...
Educational Considerations, 2005
The purpose of this article is to describe how two partnering organizations, the College of Educa... more The purpose of this article is to describe how two partnering organizations, the College of Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the Independence School District, experienced a successful partnership leading to simultaneous renewal. A demonstration of this ...
Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
... is important if current and aspiring educational leaders are to attain higher levels of cogni... more ... is important if current and aspiring educational leaders are to attain higher levels of cognitive learning such as transformational learning defined ... is dominated by one (or a mixture of) four theoretical foundations: rational, mechanistic, organic, and/or bargaining models (Young ...
International Journal of …, 2007
This paper examines the predictive validity of traditional academic and personal screening criter... more This paper examines the predictive validity of traditional academic and personal screening criteria used for admitting students into a Statewide Cooperative Doctoral Programme in Educational Leadership on student performance in the programme. This research examined the relationships among traditional admission criteria which included GRE scores (verbal, analytic, and quantitative), undergraduate and graduate GPA, and personal admissions criteria including an on-site problem-solving writing activity, a writing sample, and an interview. These measures were compared to student performance on selected programme measures that included comprehensive exam scores, time to degree completion, and an online writing score for a large group of students in a cohort-based doctorate of education programme (N > 300). Findings from the study suggest that personal screening measures such as interviews, on-site and real-time problem solving activities, and on-site and timed writing activities are more accurate predictors of student performance in an Ed.D. leadership programme than are traditional screening measures such as GRE scores, undergraduate GPAs, and graduate GPAs.
Educational Considerations
Journal of School Public Relations
Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership
A textbook activity on symbols was intended as thought provoking but instead elicited a confronta... more A textbook activity on symbols was intended as thought provoking but instead elicited a confrontational reaction by one student which left Dr. Jackson and the university searching for a response. When the topic spread through the channels within the university, matters got worse. This disguised case examines the lesson, conflict, and aftermath following a sensitive classroom activity intended to promote transformational learning around the concept of the strength of organizational symbols. Authors suggest organizational theory, power and politics, transformational learning, and cultural competence as possible lenses in which educational leaders can examine this case.
Educational Considerations
This paper reports on an innovative educational leadership internship program. It details the imp... more This paper reports on an innovative educational leadership internship program. It details the implementation of a district-university partnership-generated pilot and the program's longitudinal research. The tested hypothesis was that pilot interns would achieve higher learning ...
Teachers College Record, 2010
While some scholars have examined the practices and politics of local school boards (see for exam... more While some scholars have examined the practices and politics of local school boards (see for example, Danzberger, 1994; Danzberger, Kirst, & Usdan, 1992; Hess, 1999; Peterson, 1976) and found that school board member behaviors are structured by organizational routines, ...