An Analysis of Leadership Responsibilities as Perceived by General Education and Special Education Teachers Participating in Co-Teaching Inclusion Programs

The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which principals were utilizing Marzano's 21 Leadership Responsibilities that were correlated to increased student achievement to implement, maintain, and support the inclusion programs in their schools according to the perceptions of 81 general education and 66 special education teachers participating in co-teaching inclusion programs located in Georgia's First District Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) service area. The methodology for this quantitative research study utilized descriptive statistics and independent-samples t tests. The sample was obtained from general education and special education teachers' perceptions in 18 school districts in Georgia's First District RESA service area. Overall, general education teachers observed principal leadership to a greater extent for implementing, maintaining, and supporting inclusion than did special education teachers. Furthermore, significant differences were found between general education and special education teachers' perceptions for 14 of 21 (66%) of the dependent variables for implementing inclusion, 18 of 21 (86%) of the dependent variables for maintaining inclusion, and 18 of 21 (86%) of the dependent variables for supporting inclusion.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education in Education Administration (Ed.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Carpenter, Dennis L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Linda Arthur
• Denise Weems

• ETD
• Leadership responsibilities
• Implementation
• Maintenance
• Support
• Inclusive education
• School principals
• Educational leadership

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/335

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1335