In New York City schools, the job should be to recruit and retain 1,100 excellent principals who have the autonomy and accountability to improve 1,100 schools".
I downloaded the (excellent) slides, looked for the word "Autonomy", and found a mere footnote in Meg's presentation and, elsewhere, an upbeat slogan: "Taking Autonomy from startup to grownup"….
Also, public servants were given excellent compensation packages, secured tenure and autonomy in decision-making.
We strive for people with excellent judgment and the ability to handle autonomy well". That investment in team has resulted in rapid and steady growth, with Series A funding in process and projections pointing toward 41 employees by 2019.
A recent report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recognizes these limitations, and argues that instead we need to capitalize on the inherent motivation of physicians and support underlying drivers of excellent care like professional purpose, mastery and autonomy.
In general, the M-NCAS demonstrated excellent internal consistency reliability, with only the autonomy subscale producing a Cronbach's alpha below 0.70.
Physicians assign a score that ranges from 1 (lack of autonomy in basic functioning) to 100 (excellent functioning in all four areas).
The reliability for domains regarding autonomy, occupational functioning, and cognitive functioning was excellent, whereas for domains regarding financial issues, interpersonal relationships, and leisure time, the reliability was good.
In addition to a strong publication record, he had shown himself to be an excellent teacher whose students especially appreciate his respect for their intellectual autonomy.
A previous study using the original scale found acceptable to excellent psychometric properties 45 for the full scale (α=.89), and its subscales of autonomy (α=0.69), competence (α=0.71) and relatedness (α=0.86).
