The concerns -based adoption model applied to one school corporation implementing the Malcolm Baldrige Framework for Education School Improvement Model
Abstract
As schools labor to meet the demands of state and national accountability measures aimed at school improvement, individual districts are adopting various programs to fulfill these requirements. This study examined how one school district implemented the Malcolm Baldrige Framework for Education School Improvement Model as it related to the concerns of classroom teachers. Teachers' concerns surrounding the implementation of an innovation can have a deep impact on the success or failure of any new program. Understanding and attending to those concerns is an important step in the change process. This study was conducted with teachers from one rural Indiana school corporation that was comprised of three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. All classroom teachers were asked to be voluntary participants. Survey research was conducted at three intervals over the course of the 2001–2002 school year. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered using the Stages of Concern Questionnaire and additional open-ended survey questions. The data were analyzed using Repeated Measure ANOVAs and post hoc t-tests were applied to uncover where significant differences arose. Qualitative data were coded using the Manual for Assessing Open-Ended Statements of Concern About An Innovation. Both types of data were analyzed to uncover relationships between the findings. Results indicated there were some significant differences found in the overall teachers' stages of concern. However, results also showed that there were no significant differences in teachers' stages of concern according to other descriptive statistics. A number of specific areas were noted in terms of the impact the Malcolm Baldrige Framework had upon classroom teachers and students. Implications for educators choosing to adopt this model were included as well as recommendations for further research.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
McInerney, Purdue University.
Subject Area
School administration
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