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Item Measuring the Impact of Reducing Principal Supervisors’ Leadership Portfolios in Large School Districts(Florida Southern College, 2020) Hepburn, HowardThe purpose of this study was to measure the impact of reducing principal supervisors’ spans of control or leadership portfolio sizes on schools’ academic outcomes. For this study, principal supervisors’ spans of control directly refer to the number of schools within their purview. Academic outcomes for this study included student performance on state’s annual mathematics and English Language Arts assessments. Data collected during the study included academic outcomes for three years prior to a reduction in spans of control and three years after the reduction in spans of control. The study focused on two large school districts and included academic outcomes from elementary schools and secondary schools with varying complexities of academic performance and poverty levels. Minimal research has been conducted about principal supervisors, their roles in supporting schools, and impact on academic outcomes (Corcoran, Casserly, Price-Baugh, Walston, & Simon, 2013; Goldring, Grissom, Rubin, Rogers, Neel, & Clark, 2018). The information from this study contributed to the knowledge base about principal supervisors’ impact on various types of schools and roles in supporting schools. The findings from this study suggest that an overall reduction of principal supervisors’ spans of control had minimal impact on academic outcomes. The findings also suggest that a reduction in elementary principal supervisors’ span of control had a greater impact than a reduction in secondary principal supervisors’ span of control. This research contributes to the knowledge base of principal supervisors’ spans of control and its relationship to school academic outcomes.Item A Qualitative Study: Faculty Mothers and Identified Barriers Influencing Motivation: Experiencing Tenure in Higher Education(Florida Southern College, 2021-12) Jodon, Christa MaryA Qualitative Study on Faculty Mothers and Identified Barriers Influencing Motivation: Experiencing Tenure in Higher Education This phenomenological study addresses the influence of identified barriers on the motivation of working mothers on the tenure track in higher education. Specifically, this study explored the barriers of work-family culture, family-work balance, tenure clock policies, and reentry into the workplace after maternity leave. Barriers in the workplace for mothers on the tenure track at higher education institutions have been addressed in the literature (Larson et al., 2019; Mason & Goulden, 2004; Ward & Wolf-Wendel, 2016; Young, & Wright, 2001). This dissertation expands the research on motherhood to include Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory on motivation and explore the motivational influences of identified barriers on mothers in the workplace. Three research questions were addressed: What factors are motivating to mothers pursuing tenure at a college or university? How do identified barriers influence maintenance factors in the workplace for mothers on the tenure track at a college or university? What influence has motherhood had on job motivation of mothers at a college or university? To best address the research questions, a phenomenological approach was used to gather rich descriptions of participant experiences, developing into four meaningful themes, and better understand this shared phenomenon (Creswell, 2018). Mothers detailed accounts of successes and challenges working on the tenure track at a college or university and the influence on their job motivation. Results from this research study include positive and negative experiences in the workplace with internal and external work factors which contribute to the motivation of each mother on the tenure track at a college or university. Four themes emerged from the data providing a rich understanding of the passion and performance of work-related tasks, comradery between colleagues and administrators, work climate factors, policy and benefits, and the balance of motherhood in terms of societal and institutional expectations, as each mother details their experience and the influence on job motivation. The concluding discussion on the workplace factors and motivational influence for mothers recommends policy considerations and administrative growth for higher education institutions in support of working mothers on the tenure track. Keywords: phenomenology, Fredrick Herzberg, motivation, tenure, higher education, mothers.