| This study on change and innovation specifically examines principal and teacher concerns in implementing Outcome Based Education in four Minnesota suburban high schools in two large school districts. The Change Facilitator Stages of Concern (Hall, Newlove, George, Rutherford, Hord, 1992) and the Stages of Concern Questionnaire, a dimension of the Concerns Based Adoption Model (Hall, Wallace, Dossett, 1973) were used to ascertain quantitatively the Stages of Concern teachers and principals in these four schools feel in relation to implementing and using OBE. Interviews with the superintendents, and principals showed the important role principals play in implementing innovations and change in schools.; Teachers (358 of them) responded to the questionnaire and demographic information page. All four schools had similar enrollments and per pupil expenditure and a mix of OBE practitioners from novice to old hand. All schools had been implementing OBE from one to four years.; The SoCQ consists of 35 items which the respondents rate by using an 8 point Likert Scale. There are five items representing each of the Seven Stages of Concern. Percentile tables were used to convert raw scale scores and interpret the data both quantitatively and qualitatively. Teachers in each school completed the questionnaire individually in a group setting. Principals and superintendents also answered the Change Facilitator's 35 item questionnaire and were interviewed. The interviews provided data on inservice time, leadership concerns and perspectives, and the support given the staff in implementing OBE. |
