Collective Efficacy and Trust: The Importance of Teachers' Perceptions and School Improvement (Poster 31)

• In Event: Thursday Poster Session 9:00 am
  In Poster Session: Strengthening Leadership Pipelines and Considering Teacher and District Leaders’ Perspectives of Improvement Initiatives

Abstract

This study sought to gain insight into teacher perceptions of their ability to improve a high poverty urban school.All participants participated in 45-minute, semi-structured interview. Additionally, the teachers agreed to a 45-minute classroom observation where instructional practices and questioning strategies were recorded according to established protocols. Additional data sources included state and campus performance reports, the school’s campus improvement plan, and anecdotal data from the researcher’s reflexive journal kept during the study. Data from the interview were reviewed to find themes that were consistent with prior research on collective efficacy and trust.

Author

• Douglas Ray Rice, Texas A&M University