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- Title
- A Multiple Case Study on the Lived Experiences of Five Upper Elementary School Teachers Who Transitioned from Traditional Grading Practices to Standards-Based Grading Practices
- Author
- Frazier, Meghan
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Through a qualitative multiple case study, the researcher’s goal in conducting this study was to investigate and understand the experiences of five upper elementary teachers in grades three through five who transitioned from traditional grading pr...
- Title
- An Investigation of Academic Resiliency among African-American Males in Secondary Schools
- Author
- Casey, Lee
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership
- Description
- This non-experimental survey study investigated the relationship between the participants’ perception of the existence of resiliency-building strategies in schools and their levels of resilience and academic achievement. The study used a correlati...
- Title
- An Investigation of the Mental Health Literacy of High School Advanced Placement Teachers
- Author
- Kraftson, Emily
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Secondary, Teachers--Training of, Educational counseling
- Description
- With adolescent mental health problems on the rise, secondary school teachers are in a prime position to support students. This study sought to fill a scholarly research gap and inform future mental health literacy (MHL) training needs for teacher...
- Title
- Black Male Teachers' Perspectives and Experiences in North Carolina Secondary Public Schools
- Author
- Blakeney, Yolanda
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perceptions surrounding equity and access for seven Black male teachers in a North Carolina secondary public school district. The research focused on two components of the secondary public s...
- Title
- Building a Computing Identity: The Role of Middle School Computer Science Courses in Igniting Student Interest to Consider a Career in Software Development
- Author
- Gann-Carroll, Susan
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Computer science
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to understand whether students who took computer science courses in a prescribed sequence during middle school developed a strong enough computing identity to show an interest in continuing to take computing courses i...
- 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
- COOPERATING TEACHERS’ TRAINING, CHALLENGES, AND PERCEIVED READINESS TO HOST STUDENT TEACHERS
- Author
- Moody, Erica
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The student teaching experience is one that is typically filled with a wide range of triumphs and challenges, and novice student teachers (STs) tend to rely heavily on their Cooperating Teachers (CTs) to help navigate the experience. CTs have a st...
- Title
- Caught in the Middle: Middle School Principals' Perceptions of Traditional And Standards-based Grading Practices
- Author
- Nash, Susann
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The goal of this qualitative study was to understand middle school principals’ perceptions of leading a transition from traditional grading to standards-based grading (SBG). Using a multiple case study approach six middle school principals who wor...
- Title
- EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION AMONG SECONDARY EDUCATORS TOWARD A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
- Author
- Mitchell, Karen
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Curriculum planning
- Description
- KAREN SMITH MITCHELL. Expanding the conversation among secondary educators toward a shared understanding of student engagement (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE) To describe how high school administrators and teachers perceive student enga...
- 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
- Exploring Secondary Classroom Engagement in Mathematics
- Author
- Cline, Jessica
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Mathematics, Education, Secondary
- Description
- The term engagement appears in teacher effectiveness models as well as state and federal legislation, including the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act of 1965 (ESEA), known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ES...
- Title
- Leading for Equity: Perceptions of How School Districts Build the Capacity of Equity-Driven District Leaders
- Author
- Mason, Michele
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- School leadership practices are changing and evolving as are the expectations for school leaders and, thus, central office leaders, to lead and support the creation of equitable outcomes for all students. School systems are recognizing methods to ...
- Title
- North Carolina High School Alternative School Administrators’ Perceptions of School Performance Measures
- Author
- Clemons, Shannon
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- School management and organization, Educational tests and measurements, Education
- Description
- This qualitative study investigates the perceptions of alternative school administrators in North Carolina about the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on them and their campuses. The study interviewed four alternative high school adm...
- Title
- PRINCIPAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING INSTRUCTION ON MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION
- Author
- Spaulding, Brian
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Personalized Learning Instruction (PLI) is the practice of personalizing instructional practices, scaffolding, and assessing the schoolwork of each individual student based on their specific learning needs and the standards of the curricular conte...
- Title
- Service Learning: Social-Emotional Development and Civic-Engagement of Elementary School Students
- Author
- Miller, Aimee
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- ABSTRACTAIMEE MOORE MILLER. Service-Learning: Social-Emotional Development and Civic-Engagement of Elementary School Students. (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE).Social-emotional learning and character education are topics which have both ...
- Title
- Small Magnet High School Support Staff Experiences With Student Mental Health Needs
- Author
- Allen, Joshua
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Students struggle with mental health needs. Student support staff are, within the school, regularly the first employees to encounter and respond to the students’ specific mental health needs. It is not uncommon for students’ mental health needs to...
- 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 Balancing of the Artist-Teacher Dual Identity in K-12 Public School Visual Art Educators
- Author
- Wall, Deborah
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership, Art--Study and teaching
- Description
- DEBORAH MILLS WALL. THE BALANCING OF THE ARTIST-TEACHER DUAL IDENTITY IN K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL VISUAL ART EDUCATORS(Under the direction of Dr. Rebecca Shore) The purpose of this narrative qualitative study was to explore how artist-teachers perceive ...
- Title
- The Effects of Prekindergarten on Kindergarten School Readiness as Measured by Reading Scores at Two Title I Schools
- Author
- Harris, Sharone
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education
- Description
- This research study examined the effectiveness of prekindergarten (PK) on kindergarten school readiness. The parents or guardians of kindergarten students at two Title I schools located in an urban school district in the southeastern United States...
- Title
- USING THE MULTIMEDIA STRATEGIES OF LEARNER-GENERATED DRAWING AND PEER DISCUSSION TO RETAIN TERMINOLOGY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION SCIENCE CLASSROOMS
- Author
- Kasay, Theresa
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Reading, Science--Study and teaching
- Description
- The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare and evaluate two types of vocabulary interventions using grade 9 physics vocabulary terms using two lists of 10 words. A quasi-experimental crossover research design was used to compare the two...