A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE LOOK AT LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE

This study describes change processes that selected middle school principals demonstrated to initiate, plan, implement, and monitor special education inclusion programs at their schools. Seventy-five principals, general and special education teachers, and paraprofessionals from four selected middle schools have worked together in their respective special education inclusion programs for a minimum of two years. Survey data and interviews were analyzed to find key processes that principals demonstrated during four phases of the change process.