Degree Name

Education Specialist (EdS)

Semester of Degree Completion

1981

Thesis Director

Gerhard C. Matzner

Abstract

The researcher's field experience was serving an internship with Dr. Larry Roth Assistant Superintendent of Danville Consolidated School District 118 in Danville, Illinois.

The purpose of his internship was to become more knowledgeable in the responsibilities and role of the Assistant Superintendent's position. The field experience paper consists of four chapters which are as follows with a brief description:

Chapter I is the introduction, which explains why the researcher selected the Assistant Superintendent's position as his field experience topic. The researcher's objective is stated on what he wanted to accomplish by selecting an internship with the Assistant Superintendent of the Danville Schools. The procedure that the researcher used for his field experience is outlined in this part of the paper.

Chapter II consists of a calendar of events, and a detailed report of activities during the second semester of the 1980-81 school year. The researcher described in this chapter each of the departments in the administration organization and the director's responsibilities. The following is a brief summary of the directors and the topics discussed pertaining to their position's responsibilities.

Director of Student Services is responsible for student transportation, district-wide testing using the Stanford Achievement Test, student attendance and truancy, student transfers and tuition, attendance officer, expulsion hearings, and state reimbursement for transportation.

Director of Personnel is responsible for employment procedure, works with the directors and principals in filling vacancies, determines yearly salary for district employees, and negotiates contracts with the different classifications of employees.

Director of Staff Development and Special Programs is responsible for district-wide inservice for the staff, administers the gifted student program and seeks state reimbursement, Art and Music programs for the district, and studies possible educational programs for the district.

Director of Food Services is responsible for the breakfast program, lunch program, state reimbursement, special occasion dinners, supervision of the school districts warehouse.

Director of Buildings and Grounds is responsible for custodial and maintenance staff, purchase of property for the school district, life safety code violations, energy conservation, and new physical plant construction.

The Business Official is responsible for the district's budget planning with the Superintendents, insurance for staff and district property, employee payroll, federal monies, and state audits of financial records.

Chapter III pertains to the Assistant Superintendent's position and his responsibilities for the daily operations of the schools. The researcher discusses the Assistant Superintendent's relationship with the principals, cabinet directors, the Superintendent, the school board and community. Chapter III also includes the directors under the supervision of the Assistant Superintendent and their working relationship with him.

Chapter IV is the summary in which the researcher states his opinion regarding the Assistant Superintendent's position and the qualities a person needs to possess in order to function effectively in the position.

The appendix section of the field experience paper has documents pertaining to each of the director's departments and their job descriptions developed by the Danville Board of Education.

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