Dissertation
Band director evaluation: a survey of high school principals and music teachers in the state of Iowa
University of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Spring 2020
DOI: 10.17077/etd.005387
Abstract
The primary research question for this study was: What do high school principals and band directors consider to be the most appropriate indicators of effective teaching for use in the evaluation process, and to what extent do band directors and principals agree and/or differ in their perceptions? An additional purpose of the study was to investigate the extent to which perceptions of teaching effectiveness were affected by school size, band program size, longevity in the current school, teaching experience, administrative experience, education, and gender. Indicators included teacher attributes, student learning outcomes, and program outcomes. Using survey methodology, the target populations of Iowa head high school principals (n = 379) and high school band directors (n = 450) were asked to complete a 59-item survey. The survey response rate was 58.6% (N = 486), with responses from strata as follows: head principals (n = 131), band directors (n = 336), and neither head principal nor band director (n = 13). Principals and band directors agreed that teacher attributes were more appropriate indicators of teaching effectiveness than student learning outcomes or program outcomes. Principals and band directors rated communicating effectively, maintaining high expectations for all students, and creating an inclusive classroom environment as the top indicators of band director effectiveness. Principals were more likely than band directors to agree that band program outcomes were indicators of band director effectiveness. Male band directors and respondents from larger schools and larger band programs were more likely to agree that some competitive components (e.g., band director serving as an adjudicator, band program placement at a contest) were indicators of band director effectiveness. Results from this study can assist undergraduate music teacher preparation programs, music education associations, and high school administrators and band directors in the teacher evaluation process.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Band director evaluation: a survey of high school principals and music teachers in the state of Iowa
- Creators
- Steve Shanley
- Contributors
- Liz Hollingworth (Advisor)Mary Cohen (Committee Member)Ain Grooms (Committee Member)Adam Harry (Committee Member)Steven Triplett (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
- Date degree season
- Spring 2020
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.005387
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- xii, 173 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2020 Steve Shanley
- Language
- English
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-135).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
The purpose of this study was to identify indicators of effective high school band teaching for use in the teacher evaluation process and to compare perceptions of band directors to perceptions of principals on each indicator of effective teaching. Indicators included teacher attributes (e.g., communication skills), student learning outcomes (e.g., reading notated music), and program outcomes (e.g., placement at a competition). An additional purpose of the study was to investigate the extent to which perceptions of teaching effectiveness differ based on school size, band program size, longevity in the current school, teaching experience, administrative experience, education, and gender.
Iowa high school band directors and principals agreed that teacher attributes were more appropriate indicators of teaching effectiveness than student learning outcomes or program outcomes. Principals and band directors rated communicating effectively, maintaining high expectations for all students, and creating an inclusive classroom environment as the top indicators of band director effectiveness. Principals were more likely than band directors to agree that individual band program outcomes were indicators of band director effectiveness. Male band directors and respondents from larger schools and larger band programs were more likely to agree that some competitive components were indicators of band director effectiveness. Results from this study can assist undergraduate music teacher preparation programs, music education associations, and high school administrators and band directors in the teacher evaluation process.
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9983949491802771
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