Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
Availability
Open Access Dissertation
Keywords
Middle school principals--Iowa--Job satisfaction; First year school principals--Iowa--Job satisfaction;
Abstract
In an effort to understand the positive and negative experiences that principals encounter as they navigate through their first year of administrative duties at the middle school level, this research study examined what events happened during their first year that encouraged the individual to stay in the position or discouraged the individual to leave the position. This study focused on problems and difficulties that arose, specifically associated with the middle school setting. To accomplish this study, three first year middle school principals were interviewed multiple times throughout the year. By collaboratively working with these participants in a phenomenological study, the researcher was able to empathize with the lived experience of each participant and come to know another person in order to check whether his experience of the phenomenon corresponded with another's experience (Husserl, 1931 ).
The information from this study will add an important perspective and voice to the literature, that of three beginning middle school principals experiencing their first year of the principalship. Interpretation of the events that occurred during this first year of administrative duties will help prepare future middle school principals or help mentor beginning principals in order to overcome possible obstacles that are presented during the first year of leadership at the middle school level. With this information, professionals dedicated to improving educational leadership will be able to develop strategies that address these concerns, thus increasing the retention of beginning principals in middle school administrative positions.
Year of Submission
2009
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education
First Advisor
Nick Pace, Chair
Second Advisor
Rod Dieser, Co-Chair
Date Original
12-2009
Object Description
1 PDF file (vii, 228 pages)
Copyright
©2009 James D. Cryer
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Cryer, James D., "How do beginning administrators navigate through their first year of the middle school principalship?" (2009). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 250.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/250
