Campus Location
Dallas Campus (Online)
Date of Award
4-2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Department
Organizational Leadership
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Amy Barrios
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Jennifer T. Butcher
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
Linda Wilson-Jones
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative interpretive study was to explore class 5/A-6/A forensics coaches' perceptions of administrators' leadership styles and their impact on their professional learning communities in northeast Texas. This study was conducted through open-ended, semi-structured interviews to explore forensics coaches' perceptions of administrators' leadership styles and the impact within their professional learning communities. The problem that drove this study was that within schools where there may be only 1 or possibly 2 highly qualified teachers hired to teach non-core subjects, the opportunity for discourse regarding student learning, shared work-related problems, student achievement, challenges, and best practices are limited. Forensics coaches work behind closed doors, rarely collaborating with colleagues about ways to enhance coaching and teaching practices improving student success. The sample population was high school forensics coaches in Texas with 3 or more years of coaching experience in class 5/A-6/A university scholastic league. The findings indicated a preference for off-site professional learning environments, as well as a desire for administrators to apply multiple styles of leadership depending on the context. The results suggested that administrators consider implementing various modes of leadership styles within their leadership practices focused on forensics coaches' professional development and strategies of leadership to provide adequate provisions to improve forensics coaches' job performance.
Keywords: forensics coaches, full-range leadership model, transformational
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Recommended Citation
Farmer, Kenyatta D., "A Qualitative Study: Forensics Coaches’ Perceptions of Administrators’ Leadership Styles and the Impact Within Their Professional Learning Communities" (2020). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 234.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/234
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