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ERIC Number: ED641468
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 132
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-7621-0575-0
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Charter School Principals' Leadership: Implementation of Full Inclusion
Patricia Ify Agbu
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Full Inclusion Program should be the optimal education delivery system for students with learning disabilities (LD) in all school settings, including charter schools. A full inclusion program, in this study, is educating students with LD in the general education setting. The problem is that charter schools do not implement a full inclusion program. Implementing a full inclusion program starts with the principal's effective leadership competency to harness the material and human resources available at the school site. Fewer researchers examined principals' perception of the efficacy of their leadership competency on implementation of "full inclusion" program using qualitative methodology. There is a gap for a qualitative, detailed, and holistic examination of principals' leadership competency from the perspectives of the principals on implementation of full inclusion. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the principals' perception of their leadership competency on implementation of a full inclusion program. Qualitative data were collected through open-ended, semi-structured phone interviews of 10 principals from ten authorized independent charter schools. A general systems conceptual framework was used to synthesize the findings of the research. The principals' experiences, views, perceptions, and insights were recorded and analyzed to help describe the leadership competency that impacts the implementation of a full inclusion program. Educating students with LD in the general education setting is effective in the independent charter schools given the principal's exhibition of transformational leadership style, ability to forge organizational culture, effective communication system, shared vision, shared leadership, and team building. Future research should focus on a larger sample of principals across authorized dependent charter schools and traditional public schools. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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