Date of Award
8-1984
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
First Advisor
Dr. Thomas F. Ryan
Second Advisor
Dr. Lawrence B. Schlack
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to describe the role of a school building principal in the collective bargaining process and consider the affects of the collective bargaining process on the role and function of the building principal. Perspective and data were gained by participation as a building principal representative on the administrative bargaining team for the Kentwood Public Schools in their negotiations with the Kentwood Education Association during the summer of 1982. This report serves as a case study of that experience.
Collective bargaining is introduced in Chapter I which also includes a brief summary of its history in Kentwood Public Schools. The preparations necessary to begin the bargaining process are detailed in Chapter II and the actual negotiations between the Kentwood Board of Education and Kentwood Education Association are recounted in Chapter III. The role of the building principal during the negotiations process is summarized in Chapter IV and a description of the impact of the process on the role and function of the principal is provided.
Recommended Citation
Ervine, Rosemary, "Collective Bargaining and the Building Principal: A Case Study" (1984). Masters Theses. 3365.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3365