Culturally Proficient Leadership: A Study in the Correlation of School Leaders' Perceived Levels of Cultural Proficiency and Discipline Rates of Black Students in 5A and 6A High Schools in North Texas Page: 41
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CHAPTER 4
PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS
The purpose of this quantitative study was to: (a) identify the self-perceived level of
cultural proficiency of school leaders, (b) to examine the exclusionary disciplinary rates of Black
students at each participating high school, and (c) to explore administrators' perception level of
cultural proficiency and how their beliefs of cultural proficiency impact their campus Black
students' disciplinary rates. In this research, I aimed to investigate school leaders' self-perception
regarding their demonstration of the essential elements of cultural proficiency. In addition, I
investigated school leaders' perception of their demonstration of cultural proficiency in the
following areas: valuing diversity, assessing their own culture, managing the dynamics caused by
differences, institutionalizing cultural knowledge, adapting to diversity, and inclusiveness.
Results from the study supported the two research questions posed to assess the
correlation that differing cultural proficiency levels have on Black students' discipline decisions
that result in exclusionary discipline.
1. To what extent do school leaders perceive themselves as culturally proficient leaders?
2. Is there a correlation between school leaders' perceived level of cultural proficiency
and the disciplinary rates of Black students in North Texas 5A and 6A high schools?
In this study, I applied descriptive and comparative statistics to present the quantitative data in a
comprehensible manner. Twenty-six campus administrators completed a 35-item Qualtricssurvey within nineteen 5A or 6A high schools in North Texas. Out of the 164 administrators
recruited, the participant group comprised 26 administrators who completed the survey.
Following the survey, survey data were disaggregated according to the identified cultural
proficiency score, campus discipline data, gender, age, and years of experience. In this analysis, I
summarized individual responses to the 35 questions in the cultural proficiency survey.41
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Malcolm, Cory Denard. Culturally Proficient Leadership: A Study in the Correlation of School Leaders' Perceived Levels of Cultural Proficiency and Discipline Rates of Black Students in 5A and 6A High Schools in North Texas, dissertation, May 2023; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2137625/m1/49/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .