Abstract
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine selected elementary schools in Ventura County to determine the following: (1) the kinds of technological hardware, software, and related services available in the classrooms of elementary teachers; (2) the amount of classroom instructional time per week in which the elementary teacher uses technological hardware, software, and related services; (3) the elementary teacher's perceptions of the intrapreneurial skills of their principals; and (4) the relationship between the perceived intrapreneurial skills of the principal and the amount of classroom instructional time per week in which the teacher uses technological hardware, software, and related services. Methodology. Using quantitative research, the population sample for this study included thirty elementary schools in Ventura County with students in grades kindergarten through six. Schools were randomly selected from a total of 215 schools. Teachers were surveyed using the Intrapreneurial Quotient Instrument to report the intrapreneurial skills of their principal and the amount of classroom time spent using technological hardware, software, and related services. Three hundred three teachers responded. Findings. The following major findings were derived from the research: teachers who identified their principal's intrapreneurial behaviors as high, tended to utilize more technological hardware, software, and related services than those teachers who rated their principal's intrapreneurial behaviors in the low range. Conclusions and recommendations. The teachers' use of technological hardware, software, and related services is used more often and for greater lengths of time in schools where the principal demonstrates strong intrapreneurial skills. School districts should look for principals with strong intrapreneurial skills or be willing to train and develop those skills among principals. Thus, students will utilize technological hardware, software, and related services more often providing them with greater skills for the future.