Date of Award
12-1983
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
First Advisor
Dr. Carol F. Sheffer
Second Advisor
Dr. Lawrence B. Schlack
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This report describes an internship completed in the St. Joseph Public Schools. The internship was devoted to working with the superintendent as he implemented a plan to close schools, reassign students, and find a use for the closed buildings. This report details the planning, process, and leadership styles used to carry out this task.
Chapter I contains a background of the St. Joseph Public Schools.
Chapter II describes the history of past attempts to close schools in the St. Joseph District and an overview of the plan that the superintendent used in the 1982-83 school year.
Chapters III, IV, and V describe in detail each of the three separate phases of the plan. These were: (1) closing two buildings plus Jefferson, (2) student reassignment, and (3) building use.
Chapter VI is a summary and evaluation of the intern experience.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Thomas J., "A Report of an Internship in the St. Joseph Public Schools, St. Joseph, Michigan" (1983). Masters Theses. 1626.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1626