2013: Angela Urick, To what extent do typologies of school leaders across the U.S. predict teacher attrition? A multilevel latent class analysis of principals and teachers
Ed.D., University of Texas at San Antonio, 2012
Advisor, Alex Bowers
2012:
Kerri J. Tobin, Identifying Best Practices for Homeless Students, PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2011
Advisor, Joseph Murphy
2011:
Hans W. Klar, Laying the groundwork for distributed instructional leadership in urban high schools: How principals foster department chair instructional leadership capacity.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010
Advisor, Paul V. Bredeson
2010:
Jennifer K. Clayton, Changing diversity in U.S. schools: The impact on elementary student performance and achievement.
Ph.D., Old Dominion University, 2009
Advisor, William Owings
Details for this year's award submission are below. 2014 Dissertation of the Year Award
The Leadership for School Improvement (LSI) SIG invites submissions of dissertations successfully completed between December 1, 2012 and December 1, 2013 for the 2013 Dissertation of the Year Award. The award winner will be presented with a check for $1000 at the LSI SIG business meeting at the 2014 AERA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The winner’s dissertation chairperson will be presented with a check for $300.
Submission Procedures:
Step 1:
An executive summary of the dissertation should be submitted in electronic form to the LSI Dissertation Award Committee Chairperson, Dr. Hans Klar at [email protected] by December 15, 2013. The executive summary should succinctly address the study’s purpose, research methods, findings, and implications for research and practice. The executive summary should be a maximum of 10 double-spaced pages excluding references, and adhere to APA 6th edition formatting.The executive summary should not identify the author or the institution where the dissertation was completed.
Step 2: An email verifying successful completion of the dissertation should be sent by the dissertation chairperson to the LSI Dissertation Award Committee Chairperson, Dr. Hans Klar at [email protected].
Step 3: Finalists will be invited to submit their complete dissertations in electronic form to the Chair of the Awards Committee for final review.
Step 4: Finalists will receive notification of the results by February 15, 2014. The Committee reserves the right to forego selection of a recipient should no entries are deemed suitable for the award. Evaluation Criteria: To be considered for the LSI SIG Dissertation of the Year Award, dissertations must: 1. Be submitted by a LSI SIG member, a student of a LSI SIG member, or a graduate student LSI SIG member 2. Align with the LSI SIG mission 3. Seek to address significant research question(s) situated within the context of school leadership and student learning 4. Have a clearly articulated and appropriate conceptual framework 5. Use rigorous and appropriate research methods 6. Relate significant findings 7. Discuss the contribution of the findings to research and practice 8. Be well written