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Perceptions and Meanings Constructed by Participants in a Four-year Instructional Coaching Project

Perry Hummons, Monica L.

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2012, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
This qualitative study was conducted in the Midwestern U.S. It explored the stories of 27 educators who participated in a four-year instructional coaching project in a large urban school district. Subjects shared their perceptions of and meanings they constructed as a result of their experiences in the coaching project through participation in a series of focus group discussions or by individual interviews. The subjects also put forward nearly 100 recommendations for the success of future coaching projects. The findings included 12 themes that emerged regarding (a) the meanings coaches constructed as a result of their experience in the Perry Coaching Project, (b) coaches' definitions of a case of coaching success, (c) the importance of context on the project's success, and (d) coaches' recommendations for the success of future coaching projects. The coaches recounted their experiences chronologically across the four-year implementation. In spite of the many challenges they faced across the years, the strong majority of coaches believed that their participation was worthwhile and meaningful, and that the potential of coaching to bring about change in teachers' instructional practices was strong.
Carla Edlefson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Kathleen Flanagan Hudson, EdD (Committee Member)
James Olive, PhD (Committee Member)
Janet Kierney-Dissendaner, PhD (Committee Member)
333 p.

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  • Perry Hummons, M. L. (2012). Perceptions and Meanings Constructed by Participants in a Four-year Instructional Coaching Project [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1334159119

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Perry Hummons, Monica. Perceptions and Meanings Constructed by Participants in a Four-year Instructional Coaching Project. 2012. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1334159119.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Perry Hummons, Monica. "Perceptions and Meanings Constructed by Participants in a Four-year Instructional Coaching Project." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1334159119

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)