The management profile administrator evaluation strategy : standardizing the decision rules for principals /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1990.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | The Management Profile administrator evaluation strategy is based upon a procedure used in business to assess managerial skills and is designed to be an alternative to costly and time-intensive assessment centers. The strategy utilizes a semi-structured videotaped interview with a practicing principal. Information is gleaned from the principal's open-ended responses to assess the level of performance in the functions or activities the administrator performs on the job (Forecasting/Planning, Training/Development, Persuasion, Influence/Control, Technical/Professionalism, and Administration), using the roles or relational modes through which the principal interacts with people (Motivator, Director, and Evaluator) within each of the substantive areas specific to education (Educational Programs/Curriculum, Instruction, Professional Personnel, Business/Finance, Parent/Community Relations, Student Affairs, Auxiliary Services, and Government/Legal/Policy). A three-dimensional matrix represents the interaction of these three facets of the Profile. The ratings are used to develop a profile of the administrator's relative strengths and weaknesses from which professional growth/development interventions can be initiated. Critical to the evolution of the strategy is its ability to provide reliable assessments. This study generated, then classified and refined the criteria used to rate the level of performance of a prinicipal. These criteria were then used to develop a standardized guide designed to effect reliable assessment of principals. Primary sources used included referenced assessments generated by practicing principals, descriptor sentences generated by faculty and staff as well as decision rules generated by graduate Educational Administration students enrolled in a special topics class. Classification and refinement of the decision rules took place in three "building block" procedures. Beginning with a consensus agreement reached with the developer of the model, the revised manual was submitted to selected experienced assessors who used the manual in a trial assessment. The final procedure involved an assessment by a group of individuals but who were not trained as assessors. Their scores, using the latest version of the assessor's manual, approximated those of the experienced assessors. This showed the Management Profile assessor's manual to be a reliable instrument when used to assess a principal's videotaped interview. The Assessor's Manual is included in Appendix B. |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Educational administration." |
| Physical Description: | xii, 219 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |