A Case Study Identifying Leadership Behaviors Present in Directors of Private High-Quality Preschool Programs in Central Florida

dc.contributor.authorTodt, Natalie
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-15T20:16:55Z
dc.date.available2022-10-15T20:16:55Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.descriptionDissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership in the School of Education at Florida Southern College by Natalie Todt.en_US
dc.description.abstractFederal and state governments invest in childcare programs as a way to improve school readiness skills for children. The problem facing early childhood education, and one that is negatively impacting children entering kindergarten, is that within the preschool setting the children are not learning the necessary readiness skills needed to be successful in kindergarten. Since the early 1980s, it has been shown that a child’s development can be improved by receiving a high-quality early childhood education (Ishimine and Tayler, 2014). The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine how leadership influences the quality of the preschool program and what behaviors those leaders possess. A qualitative multiple case design was utilized because the data collected was open for interpretation by the researcher and used to construct a meaningful explanation of a complex situation by deeply exploring personal interviews. The results and evaluation of the findings were done by using cross-analysis of the data from an interview and an MLQ survey to answer two research questions. What were the leadership behaviors present in a high-quality private preschool program? What similarities and differences in the directors’ leadership behaviors were reported between a private Voluntary Prekindergarten Education (VPK) Program, which accepts federal/state funding, and a private Prekindergarten Education Program that does not accept federal/state funding? The data analysis revealed that the leaders that participated in the current study did lead with mostly transformational leadership behaviors. They also used little to no leadership behaviors found within passive leadership. It was also determined that there are more similarities in their leadership behaviors than differences.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTodt, N. (2017). A Case Study Identifying Leadership Behaviors Present in Directors of Private High-Quality Preschool Programs in Central Florida (Order No. 10789732). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection. (2038400771). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/case-study-identifying-leadership-behaviors/docview/2038400771/se-2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.proquest.com/docview/2038400771?accountid=27315
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFlorida Southern Collegeen_US
dc.subjectEducational leadershipen_US
dc.titleA Case Study Identifying Leadership Behaviors Present in Directors of Private High-Quality Preschool Programs in Central Floridaen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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