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The revolving door
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The revolving door
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effects of frequent administrative turnover on district culture
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Lopez
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Sally A
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1964-
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Sally A. Lopez
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Lugg
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Catherine A
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Catherine A Lugg
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chair
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John W
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internal member
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Pereira
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Rachel Pereira
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Education
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2014
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One of the most significant events in the life of a school and a school district is a change in leadership (Hargreaves & Fink, 2006; Hargreaves & Goodson, 2006; Hargreaves, Moore, Fink, Brayman, & White, 2003). The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to examine how tenured teachers have experienced frequent administrative succession in one specific school district and how their experiences have shaped the culture of the district. Unfortunately, there is little research documenting teachers’ experiences with frequent administrative turnover. I examined the phenomenon of frequent change in leadership in my school district (referred to as succession in the literature) through a micropolitical framework. Using a qualitative approach, this study explored how teachers experience the phenomenon of frequent administrative turnover. I interviewed and examined the responses of nine middle and high school teachers from one school district who have been employed in the same school district for at least ten years and have experienced frequent changes in leadership. The data suggest that the frequent administrative succession in the district has led teachers to feel “leaderless” and frustrated with the “revolving door” of administrators. The teachers indicated they do not trust the administration. Trust is developed over time and the majority of administrators do not remain in the district long enough to develop trusting relationships with the staff. While the findings are not generalizable, they may be transferable and of interest to administrators and boards of education in other districts experiencing frequent administrative turnover (Marshall & Rossman, 2006). The purpose of this study was to acknowledge the experiences of the participants and hopefully, influence decision-makers to consider the possible important effects of this phenomenon. The significance of this study is twofold: It will add to the limited research that documents teachers’ individual experiences with frequent administrative turnover and provide research regarding the frequent turnover of the building principals in addition to various administrative positions which is currently lacking in existing literature.
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Educational Administration and Supervision
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Labor turnover
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Education--Administration
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School districts--Administration
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1 online resource (vii, 98 p. : ill.)
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Ed.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Sally A. Lopez
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Lopez
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Sally
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2014-12-24 12:59:20
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Sally Lopez
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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