Graduation Year
2011
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Granting Department
Special Education
Major Professor
Albert Duchnowski, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Karen Colucci, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Lise Fox, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Patricia McHatton Alvarez, Ph.D.
Keywords
Positive Behavior Supports, Response to Intervention, Systems Change, Mentoring, Case Study
Abstract
School districts across the United States are moving toward tiered models of service delivery such as Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Response to Intervention (RtI). A common practice in providing support for those initiatives is to develop leadership teams who are facilitated by an education-based coach. With a recent surge in hiring and transitioning of education-based coaches who support PBS and RtI it is increasingly important to understand the perceived characteristics of those coaches who are most effective at providing the social and academic outcomes associated with tiered models of service delivery. This dissertation will use a case study methodology and mixed method analysis to examine the perceived characteristics of effective coaches and the organizations that best support effective coaches.
Scholar Commons Citation
Sage, Jenna Nicole, "It Takes More Than a Whistle: Perceived Characteristics of Effective School Based Coaches" (2011). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/3326
