Date of Award
Winter 2020
Document Type
Master's Project
Degree Name
Master of Science in Education (MSEd)
Department
STEM Education & Professional Studies
Program/Concentration
Occupational and Technical Studies
Committee Director
Mickey Kosloski
Abstract
Public schools throughout the United States experienced closures and transitions to online curriculum in the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many of the policies and strategies implemented to manage teaching faculty were hastily designed and employed out of necessity. This study sought to examine organizational management policies and strategies throughout public high schools in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia through teaching faculty perspectives. This cross-sectional study examined descriptive and correlational statistics of survey responses to determine and evaluate how schools managed communication, responsibilities and delegation, and training for distance learning in order to provide policy recommendations for the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic and future emergency action plans. Results from the survey indicated mostly positive teacher feedback to policies and strategies on communication and training. While the research did not find policies and strategies for responsibilities and delegation consistent throughout schools in region, this research discovered correlations between teachers’ opinions and organizational strategies for delegation. Finally, this study provides practical recommendations as well as considerations for further research on organizational management in public schools.
Recommended Citation
Trudeau, Cody P., "Organizational Management of Distance Learning: An Analysis of Teacher Feedback Throughout Hampton Roads Public High Schools During the Covid-19 Pandemic Response" (2020). OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers. 601.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ots_masters_projects/601
Included in
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Online and Distance Education Commons, Secondary Education Commons