A Case Study of Middle Grades Leadership in a Conversion Charter School

Authors

Dana L. Bickmore, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Margaret Mary Sulentic Dowel

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-13-2015

Publication Title

NASSP Bulletin

Volume

99

Issue

1

First page number:

43

Last page number:

69

Abstract

This 3-year case study examined middle grades principal leadership in a takeover charter school. The researcher analyzed principal and teacher interviews, field notes, and documents in relationship to a middle grades model of principal leadership. Results suggest the principals’ limited experience, organizational factors unique to takeover charter schools, an emphasis on student test scores, and a personal educational philosophy of teacher autonomy, precluded the advocacy and implementation of elements of the middle grades principal leadership model.

Keywords

principal leadership; middle grades; charter school

Repository Citation

Bickmore, D. L., Sulentic Dowel, M. (2015). A Case Study of Middle Grades Leadership in a Conversion Charter School. NASSP Bulletin, 99(1), 43-69.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192636515575602