Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Change Agency in Gifted Coordinators: A Mixed-Methods Study

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Abstract

Gifted education leaders are called to lead radical transformations in their districts in the effort to overcome long-standing racial and socio-economic disparities in identification and services (Ezzani et al., 2021; Floyd, 2022). Such changes are only possible if the gifted coordinator believes themselves to be capable of leading change, and persists through the difficulties of implementation. The purpose of this study is to understand how gifted education coordinators believe they can effect change and implement innovations within their organizations and the impact those beliefs have on their patterns of practice. The design is an explanatory sequential mixed methods design with two phases. This paper presents early preliminary results of an ongoing research project.

Author

• Celeste DC Sodergren, University of Connecticut