The development of a performance evaluation system for educational secretaries

Public school secretaries: hearts of gold, voices of reason

“…I incorporate these discussions into Chapter 3 because they support what I had determined to be the best way to express the ideas of my research respondents and to present the voice of this particular group of women. I purposefully wanted to employ research practices that strive to break down the hierarchy of power that can develop between the interviewer and the interviewee (Bloom, 1998) and create a research atmosphere that fostered trust and equality between the women I interviewed and myself. Adoption of qualitative methodology enabled me to implement such research process and has allowed me to fully investigate the personal perceptions of public school secretaries while preserving each individual's contribution.…”

“…Cook stated, "Reform in the 90s is about how power is exercised and by whom" (p. 4). Her basic contention was that researchers want to review school organizations, but they don't want to check with all those involved in the organization Bird (1995). touched on the topic of public school secretaries in his dissertation research that focused on the development of a performance evaluation system for educational secretaries.…”

Public school secretaries: hearts of gold, voices of reason

“…Her basic contention was that researchers want to review school organizations, but they don't want to check with all those involved in the organization. Bird (1995) touched on the topic of public school secretaries in his dissertation research that focused on the development of a performance evaluation system for educational secretaries. Although he referred to some of his research methods as qualitative, primarily because he completed on-site observations and talked to public school staff members on an individual basis, the focus of the study was job skills and tasks universal to school secretaries.…”