Fostering Authentic Community: A Change Leadership Plan

<p>LaPorte School is an Early Childhood through 8^th grade building located in Illinois. The Change Leadership Plan examines the level of community involvement at the school and utilizes the information to determine the necessary steps to increase it. To evaluate the authentic community involvement at LaPorte School, a mixed-method approach was utilized; educators and parents were surveyed and interviewed to determine community involvement. The study determined that community members seem content with the amount of participation they have with the school and educators only use parents for things like field trips and planning parties. It is this researcher’s opinion that the school and district need to educate the entire school-wide community regarding the importance of authentic community involvement.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - NLU Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Thorns, Adam J

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jack Denny
• Norman Weston
• Angela Elkordy

• authentic community
• student voice
• community involvement
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Leadership
• Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration
• Urban Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/191

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1198