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School-based management: Conditions for implementation
Abstract
This study in the field of School-Based Management was initiated to determine under what conditions a School-Based Management/Shared Decision Making (SBM/SDM) Organization might be considered a viable alternative to a traditional (top-down) school structure. The primary focus of this study sought to discover the extent to which school principals and teachers can and should participate in making educational decisions within an urban school system. To ascertain this information, open-ended structured interviews were developed and conducted with five randomly selected principals. In addition, a close-ended questionnaire was designed and distributed to teachers. In order to ensure broad-based definitive conclusions, participants represented all four school zones and each educational level. Methodological limitations include a survey of two hundred and sixteen school-based teachers with a response rate of fifty-three percent. Findings identify six key elements to be considered when implementing a SBM/SDM structure. The six key elements are money, trust, training, accountability, participative decision making, and union involvement. Recommendations involving the implementation of School-Based Management are offered in addition to suggested future studies. Results of this study indicate that both principals and teachers have a strong desire to actively participate in budget, personnel, and curriculum decisions effecting their schools.
Subject Area
Educational administration
Recommended Citation
Maguire, Thomas Francis, "School-based management: Conditions for implementation" (1994). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI9420655.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9420655