ฉัABSTRACT
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL CASE STUDY OF A PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP:
THE INFLUENCE OF MR. CLARK’S LEADERSHIP ON STUDENTS,
TEACHERS, AND ADMIINISTRATORS
AT EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
by
Olandha P. Miller
Joe Louis Clark was the principal of Eastside High School (EHS) located in
Paterson, New Jersey from 1982 to 1989. The purpose of this phenomenological case
study was to explore Mr. Clark’s leadership style as principal of EHS, and to investigate
from the point of view of Mr. Clark’s former students, teachers, and administrators what,
if any effect, his leadership style had at EHS, as well as on his students, teachers, and
administrators’ lives during and subsequent to their time at EHS. I conducted this
investigation by giving voice to my EHS classmates, teachers, administrators, and
myself, as I graduated from EHS during Mr. Clark’s tenure and I was also a member of
Mr. Clark’s first graduating class in 1986.
When Mr. Clark arrived as principal, EHS was characterized by large numbers of
students living at or below the poverty line, overcrowded classrooms, and outdated
resources. Additionally, there were issues such as: high dropout rates, drugs, prostitution,
teenage pregnancy, violence towards students and teachers, and racial uproars. In an
attempt to raise the students’ Minimum Basic Skills Test scores as well as eliminate the
violence thatนรักแปล
ฉัABSTRACT
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL CASE STUDY OF A PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP:
THE INFLUENCE OF MR. CLARK’S LEADERSHIP ON STUDENTS,
TEACHERS, AND ADMIINISTRATORS
AT EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
by
Olandha P. Miller
Joe Louis Clark was the principal of Eastside High School (EHS) located in
Paterson, New Jersey from 1982 to 1989. The purpose of this phenomenological case
study was to explore Mr. Clark’s leadership style as principal of EHS, and to investigate
from the point of view of Mr. Clark’s former students, teachers, and administrators what,
if any effect, his leadership style had at EHS, as well as on his students, teachers, and
administrators’ lives during and subsequent to their time at EHS. I conducted this
investigation by giving voice to my EHS classmates, teachers, administrators, and
myself, as I graduated from EHS during Mr. Clark’s tenure and I was also a member of
Mr. Clark’s first graduating class in 1986.
When Mr. Clark arrived as principal, EHS was characterized by large numbers of
students living at or below the poverty line, overcrowded classrooms, and outdated
resources. Additionally, there were issues such as: high dropout rates, drugs, prostitution,
teenage pregnancy, violence towards students and teachers, and racial uproars. In an
attempt to raise the students’ Minimum Basic Skills Test scores as well as eliminate the
violence thatนรักแปล
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