An overview and presentation of a dissertation re topic of superintendents and change.

1. Topic: Superintendents
and Change Efforts
Presented by Dr. Carolyn Koos, Ph.D
Based on Dr. Koos 2015 dissertation: “How superintendents facilitate or effect instructional or curricular
change in their districts” Published by ProQuest: UMI 3670582.

2. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
To give insight on the topic of superintendents
and change, Dr. Koos presents overview of her
2015 dissertation on:
“How Superintendents facilitate or effect
instructional or curricular change in their
districts”
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. (UMI N. 3670582)

3. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
Background:
+Qualitative dissertation
+ Interviewed: Superintendents with longevity
in large K-12 multi-building districts in New Jersey
+Keywords of interest: Superintendent,
Change, Organizational change, Barriers to
Change, Strategies to Overcoming Barriers,
Superintendent Skills

4. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
Research Question 1:What are the Drivers
that propel educators to the superintendency?

5. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
Research Question 2:What and how are the
strategies applied by superintendents to facilitate
or effect changes in teaching and learning?

6. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
Research Question 3:What skills do
superintendents perceive are required for
effecting these changes?

7. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
Only Research Question 2 (Barriers and
Strategies) and Research Question 3
(Superintendent Skills) are reviewed in this
presentation.

8. Topic: Superintendents and Change
• In Dr. Koos dissertation, “How superintendents facilitate or
effect instructional or curricular change in their districts”,
superintendents indicated that they must “overcome
[various] barriers to change” before they could move
forward with any change or reform efforts

9. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
Barrier One: Board of Education and
Superintendent Evaluation
BarrierTwo:Toxicity, Unsafe Learning
Environment, and Lack ofTrust
BarrierThree: Media, Political, Fiscal and
Legal Concerns

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Perceived Superintendent’s
Strategies to Overcome
Barriers

11. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
Perceived Superintendent Skills

12. Topic: Superintendents and Change Efforts
Results
Questions

13. Topic: Superintendents and Change
Presentation and overview of Dr. Koos’
dissertation presented by Dr. Koos
Presentation and overview attributed to:
Koos, C.S. (2015). How superintendents facilitate or effect instructional or
curricular change in their districts (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from
ProQuest Dissertations andTheses. (UMI N. 3670582).