Ohlson Matthew

Abstract: First, to examine the influence of teacher input characteristics and teacher perceptions of school culture on student absences. Second, to examine the influence of teacher input characteristics and teacher perceptions of school culture on out-of-school suspensions. Data was obtained for the 2006-2007 school year from 23 urban public elementary schools in Florida. Using the school as the unit of analysis, data was collected examining student absences and suspensions during the 2006-2007 school year reported by the Florida Department of Education's School Indicators Report. Surveys were administered to examine collaborative leadership, teacher collaboration, unity of purpose, professional development, collegial support, and learning partnership, identified by Gruenert and Valentine (1998) as the six components of the collaborative culture of a school. Surveys also documented teacher input characteristics such as years teaching, percent out of field, and highest degree obtained. Correlation using multiple regressions was used to analyze the data. As the Unity of Purpose factor increased, the model predicted that student absences would decrease by 22.56%. In addition, the model predicted that when either the average years of experience for teachers within a school increased or when the Collaborative Leadership factor increased, student suspensions would decrease by 0.413%. and 4.81% respectively.

Keywords: Collaborative Leadership; Instructional Leadership; Performance Framework; School Culture; Teacher Quality

总 结：

1、首先，本文探讨了教师输入特点以及对学生缺勤这种学校文化看法的影响。第二，本文探讨了教师输入特点以及对校外休学这种学校文化看法的影响。数据来自于2006-2007学年佛罗里达州的23个城市公立小学。

2、通过使用学校作为分析单位，《佛罗里达教育部的学校指标报告》检查了在2006-2007学年里学生缺勤和休学的情况。Gruenert和Valentine在1998年时曾将调查管理、教师协作、统一目标、专业发展、社团支持和学习伙伴这六个因素确定为一所学校合作文化的组成部分。调查也记录了教师输入特征，如教学工龄、百分比字段和获得的最高学历。

3、本文采用多元回归对相关数据进行分析。随着目标因素的增加，该模型预测学生缺勤将随之减少22.56%。除此之外，该模型也预测到，当教师在一所学校内的平均工龄增加时，或者当协同领导因素增加时，学生休学将会随之分别减少0.413%和4.81%。

来源:Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy. Spring/Summer2009, Vol. 2 Issue 2, p102-113. 23p. 1 Diagram, 10 Charts.