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  title info:
    title: Sensemaking and the Selection of Principals to Open Campuses in Fast-Growth Districts in Suburban Austin
  name:
    name part: Marquez, Ashley
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Bowen, Daniel
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A&M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2023
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: More than 75 school districts in Texas are experiencing a rapid increase in student enrollment. This necessitates the selection of principals to open new campuses. The present study aims to explore the challenges of fast-growth, how principals are selected to open new campuses in fast-growth districts, and what traits hiring personnel desire in these principals. The data for the present study was collected from one fast-growth district in a suburb of Austin, Texas using semi-structured interviews with three central office administrators and two principals who were selected to open a new campus. Additional data was collected by obtaining human resource documents associated with principal selection. Interview transcripts and hiring documents were analyzed and coded using the constant comparative method. Data was coded using a prior-research-driven approach utilizing the components of Karl Weick⁰́₉s (1976) sensemaking framework. Codes were organized into broader themes including fast-growth challenges, principal selection, and desired traits. In selecting principals to open new campuses and identifying desired traits in those principals, the hiring personnel utilizes the components of Weick⁰́₉s sensemaking framework. The participants identified four primary areas of challenge for their fast-growth district including the pace of the growth, the pace of hiring, maintaining alignment among campuses, and changing demographics. Multiple principal selection practices are used by the district, including the use of an internal leadership academy, a stakeholder survey, and panel interviews with multiple stakeholders. Finally, hiring personnel prioritize organizational skills when selecting a principal to open a campus. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/197293
  note: by Ashley Marquez.
  note: "Major Subject: Educational Administration"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Doctor of Education Texas A&M University 2022 https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/197293
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Record Of Study)
  subject:
    topic: Major Educational Administration
  subject:
    topic: sensemaking
  subject:
    topic: principal selection
  subject:
    topic: fast growth
  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/197293
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 240819
    record change date: 20240820145857.2
    record identifier: in00005463580
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng