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Distributed Leadership In Ohio: The Ohio Improvement Process

Price, Jeffrey S
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1383686069

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2013, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
A distributed leadership model is aimed at creating leadership at multiple levels of an organization through the use of teams. The Ohio Department of Education has operationalized a distributed leadership model in the Ohio Improvement Process (OIP). The OIP is part of the overall improvement plan for school districts in Ohio failing to meet the targets of the No Child Left Behind Act, 2001. The purpose of this study was to gain greater understanding of the impact of the OIP on teachers' commitment and empowerment levels to the school district where they are employed. A posttest research study was designed with the OIP as the independent variable and commitment and empowerment used as the dependent variables. The results of the research suggest that when a recognized and organized team approach, such as the OIP is implemented to assist in school decision-making there are greater feelings of empowerment and higher levels of commitment among teachers. The overall effectiveness of a distributed leadership model was also found to be enhanced when the implementation was supported by adequate professional development for the staff.
Carla Edlefson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
James Olive, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Larry Cook, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
133 p.
Education; Education Policy; Educational Leadership
Ohio improvement process; distributed leadership; commitment; empowerment

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  • Price, J. S. (2013). Distributed Leadership In Ohio: The Ohio Improvement Process [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1383686069

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Price, Jeffrey. Distributed Leadership In Ohio: The Ohio Improvement Process. 2013. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1383686069.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Price, Jeffrey. "Distributed Leadership In Ohio: The Ohio Improvement Process." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1383686069

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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