The Principal Hiring Process: A Study of the Use of Fit to Select Leaders for Low-Achieving Campuses
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D)
Department
Educational Administration
Date of Award
Spring 2023
Abstract
Every person in leadership sees themselves as the conduit between the success and failure of an institution or business. This most likely comes from the idea that “everything rises and falls on leadership” (Covey & Maxwell, 2007, p. 7). Educational campus administrators, also known as principals and lead learners, are responsible for ensuring that all students learn in the classrooms in which they’re placed (Clifford et al., 2012). Campuses that struggle with student learning risk being identified as low performing should the phenomenon become cyclical. This study investigates the perceptions of district-level and campus-based leadership related to fit. This study addresses the use of the fit protocol to select principals to lead campuses that are already low-performing or in an improvement-required status. Human Resource Offices utilize specific fit themes to view candidates. These themes include person-job fit, person-group fit, person-supervisor fit, and person-organization fit. This qualitative interpretive study used virtual interviews, focus group question vetting, theme identification using MAXQDA and NVivo process, and longitudinal data from academic achievement derived from the Texas Academic Progress Report (TAPR).
Advisor
Julia W. Ballenger
Subject Categories
Education | Educational Administration and Supervision
Recommended Citation
Loney, La Vonda Diane, "The Principal Hiring Process: A Study of the Use of Fit to Select Leaders for Low-Achieving Campuses" (2023). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 1080.
https://digitalcommons.tamuc.edu/etd/1080
