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- Title
- A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
- Author
- Christian, Arthur
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Management, Education--Finance
- Description
- Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...
- Title
- CHARACTERISTICS AND SKILLS OF SUSTAINED LEADERS OF SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA
- Author
- Leahy, Maria
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- ABSTRACTMARIA MARSELLA LEAHY. Characteristics and skills of sustained leaders of successful public charter school in North Carolina. (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE)Effective school leadership is fundamental to a school’s success and ult...
- Title
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLACEMENT: HOW EMERGING POLICY AND PRACTICE RELATE TO SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE
- Author
- Helget, Donna
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether the method of course placement for the first attempted English and mathematics courses was independent of the student demographic variables of gender, race/ethnicity, and Pell Grant eli...
- Title
- EXPLORING THE USE OF DATA BY PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS TO INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
- Author
- Hayes, Dorothy
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- ABSTRACTDOROTHY ANN HAYES. Exploring the use of data in the school improvement planning process to increase student achievement (Under the direction of DR. DAVID M. DUNAWAY).State mandates require data-driven decision-making in each step of the sc...
- Title
- Experiences and Perceptions of Professional Development Facilitators In a Job-Embedded School Initiative
- Author
- Mashariki, Kaia
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Teachers--Training of, Adult education
- Description
- Recent legislation and accountability efforts in K-12 schools have increased the need to support and maintain high-quality teachers through enhanced professional development and teacher training efforts. As districts and schools seek new and innov...
- Title
- Functions, Practices, and Leadership Responsibilities of High School Athletic Directors in the United States
- Author
- DeCesare, Tammy
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- The consistent growth of high school sports has created a noticeable evolution in the athletic director position requiring an increase in competencies in business administration and leadership. However, academic requirements, credentials, and trai...
- Title
- How school leaders prioritize and allocate resources to improve teacher quality through teacher professional development: A multiple case study in suburban North Carolina
- Author
- Tyson, Deonte
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- This multiple case study examined the methods by which school leaders determined and planned teacher professional development, as well as what teachers perceived as their professional development needs and how they believe school leaders take thos...
- Title
- NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
- Author
- Zuo, Huifang
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- In the United States, the academic achievement gap between European American and African American students has been identified as one of the major problems related to educational equity. Students’ academic achievement has been largely examined fro...
- Title
- PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE AND STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS AMONGST AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSISTERS IN A BUSINESS PROGRAM AT A PREDOMINANTLY-WHITE INSTITUTION
- Author
- Allen, Monica
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher
- Description
- While representation of African American students in freshmen enrollment has improved, degree attainment of African Americans and other minority groups continue to lag behind the White and Asian American populations. Compounding the issue of lower...
- Title
- STUDY ABROAD PARTICIPATION AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY
- Author
- Edmunds, Julia
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Foreign study
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the intercultural sensitivity of College of Education students who participated in short-term, faculty led, study abroad programs at a large, urban, branch, university in the Southeast. The research questio...
- Title
- TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES OF THE PRINCIPALS’ INVITATIONAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS, TEACHER JOB SATISFACTION AND PRINCIPAL EFFECTIVENESS IN HIGH-POVERTY RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
- Author
- Younis, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Invitational Leadership behaviors on school teacher satisfaction, teacher perceptions of the school principal’s performance, and to identify if there was a difference between the levels of inv...
- Title
- The Impact of Teachers' Knowledge and Professional Development Experiences on the Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices they Implement in Literacy
- Author
- Kavel, Rebecca
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Elementary, Reading
- Description
- ABSTRACT With substantial demographic shifts in the U.S. student population, today’s teachers educate growing numbers of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (Kena, Aud, & Johnson, 2010). While these students bring an ab...
- Title
- Transforming Early Childhood Education Through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
- Author
- Ardrey, Tameka
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education
- Description
- Low-income African American children have been identified among the majority of children without access to high-quality early education (Barnett, Carolan & Johns, 2013). Consequently, they lack the necessary skills to successfully navigate the sch...
- Title
- UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY AND PERCEPTIONS OF VIRTUAL WORLD LEARNING EXPERIENCE
- Author
- Stanton, Lorraine
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Educational technology
- Description
- Virtual worlds are innovative teaching and learning methods that can provide immersive and engaging learning experiences (Lu, 2010). Though they have potential benefits, students sometimes experience a steep learning curve and discomfort with the ...
- Title
- USING THE MULTIMEDIA STRATEGIES OF LEARNER-GENERATED DRAWING AND PEER DISCUSSION TO RETAIN TERMINOLOGY IN SECONDARY EDUCATION SCIENCE CLASSROOMS
- Author
- Thomas, Drusilla
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- School management and organization
- Description
- DRUSILLA BREWINGTON THOMAS. Using the multimedia strategies of learner-generated drawing and peer discussion to retain terminology in secondary education science classrooms. (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE) Student mastery of the academi...