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Teachers' perceptions of their involvement in school-based decision-making in selected middle schools of the Corpus Christi Independent School District
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the degree
teachers were involved and participated in school-based
decision-making in selected Corpus Christi Independent School
District (CCISD) middle schools. Using Teacher Involvement
and Participation Scale Version 2, teacher influence in the
following areas was surveyed: 1.Goals/Vision/Mission 2.
Standards 3.Curriculum/Instruction 4.Budget 5
Staffing 6. operations 7. Facilitating Procedures and
Structures 8. Staff Development 9. Overall Impression A
Teacher Involvement and Participation Scale Version 2 Survey
was completed by the middle school teachers from five
selected CCISD middle schools. This survey examined the
teachers' views of participation and involvement in school-
based decision-making. The population for this study was
middle school teachers from Corpus Christi Independent School
District. The sample for the study was teachers from five
middle schools selected as representative of the 11 middle
schools in the Corpus Christi I.S.D. A total of 304 certified
teachers were surveyed out of a total middle school teacher
population of 663 teachers. Two hundred twelve teachers or
Data analysis was accomplished using descriptive
statistics to report results. These statistics included
the mean, standard deviations and frequencies.
Conclusions from the study were: a) Teachers were
involved and participated in school-based decision-making
at higher levels in certain areas than in others, b)
teachers believed they participated more in the technical
domain than in the managerial domain, c) minimal teacher
involvement and participation in certain areas may be
attributable to teachers lack of training to deal with
certain issues, d) opportunities to use professional
judgement may encourage some teachers to participate in
shared decision-making, e) lack of teacher involvement in
decision-making was partly because of dissatisfaction
with the types of decisions made, and f) teacher
involvement in some situations was not permitted due to
"Major subject: Educational Administration".