On-Line Preparation of Educational Administrators; Identifying Quality Programmatic Components — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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James Ripley

On-Line Preparation of Educational Administrators; Identifying Quality Programmatic Components

Name: Paul Zavada
Department: Education
Type of research: Independent research

Abstract

A pilot study was designed to explore the experiences and resulting dispositions of educational administration personnel pertaining to on-line programmatic components. As more colleges and universities explore or offer on line instruction it is important to discover attitudes toward on line programming and components that those in the field feel will best produce the next generation of school leaders. Fifty-six respondents consisting of educational administration practitioners, the personnel who hire them, and the college/university faculty who prepare them responded to an 18-question on-line survey.

Similar to survey results of business administrators, the respondents felt that --School Law, Finance and Supervision were best taught face to face or blended. Program certification and course embedded field experiences were important components as was a management system that allowed interactions.

Perceived quality of existing programs was closely associated with perceived quality of the school. Receptivity to employ on-line trained administrators was associated with the background of the person completing the survey. There was little receptivity of personnel administrators to interview on line candidates.

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