Knudson Bradley G
Secondary Alternative Programs, Willmar Public Schools, Willmar, MN, USA.
Am Ann Deaf. 2003 Spring;148(1):49-55. doi: 10.1353/aad.2003.0005.
Data on selected characteristics of superintendents of American residential schools for the Deaf were gathered in a 1999 survey. The resulting profile of superintendents of residential schools was then compared with a profile of superintendents of public elementary and secondary schools that had been compiled in 1992 by the American Association of School Administrators. The study population consisted of the lead administrators of the 72 residential schools for the Deaf in operation in the United States at the time of the survey. One particularly note-worthy finding was that these superintendents reported the same beliefs about their essential responsibilities that had been reported by superintendents of public elementary and secondary schools. The greatest disparity between the two groups of superintendents was in how they characterized their relationships with their governing boards: Generally, the residential school superintendents reported relationships that were less formal. The study, apparently the first attempt to profile superintendents of American residential schools for the Deaf, establishes a baseline for future studies of this kind.
1999年的一项调查收集了美国聋人寄宿学校校长的选定特征数据。然后，将由此得出的寄宿学校校长概况与美国学校管理者协会1992年编制的公立中小学管理者概况进行了比较。研究对象包括调查时美国运营的72所聋人寄宿学校的首席管理人员。一个特别值得注意的发现是，这些校长对其基本职责的看法与公立中小学的校长相同。两组校长之间最大的差异在于他们如何描述与管理委员会的关系：一般来说，寄宿学校校长报告的关系不太正式。这项研究显然是首次对美国聋人寄宿学校校长进行概况分析，为今后此类研究奠定了基础。
