Browsing by Author "Ford, Timothy"
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Evaluating the improvement process of a teacher onboarding program in a large, urban, Midwestern school district
Schroepfer, Claire (2021-05-03)Employee onboarding is the first opportunity an organization has to create space for individuals to acclimate to their work environment, helping them adjust to the social, operational, and performance aspects of their roles ... -
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS’ BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS ON TEACHERS’ INTENT TO LEAVE
Hindenburg, Kenneth (2019-05)Many schools are facing serious teaching shortages and high teacher turnover, a problem amplified in schools with difficult challenges, and especially in certain subject areas. Teacher turnover coupled with a lack of ... -
Exploring the moderating effect of socio-moral climate on the relationship between resistance to change and change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior
White, Lindsay (2021-05)To be able to compete and achieve goals, organizations must change at a rapid pace; ergo, they must create environments in which employees do not just accept change, but drive change that propels the organization forward. ... -
Exploring the Role of Leadership in Teacher Development According to Career Stage
Fennell-Conch, Allison (2021-05-14)The aim of this dissertation is to explore, through the lens of self-determination theory, teacher experiences with leadership support through the various career stages – novice, competent, and expert. While existing ... -
Fraud detection framework using privacy preserving record linkage in telecom
Thomas, Satish (2024-05-10)Fraud is a persistent and increasing problem in the telecom industry. Telcos work in isolation to prevent fraud. Sharing information is critical for detecting and preventing fraud. The primary constraint on sharing information ... -
Hope and Burnout in Human Services Nonprofit Organizations
Muse, Yira (2018-12-14)In the nonprofit sector, organizations that provide services to victims of violence or abuse present job contexts that are naturally stressful and prone to employee burnout. The aim of this study was to determine the ... -
How do adults who experienced complex childhood trauma describe their progression through school?
Yahola, Lisa (2024-05-10)Complex trauma is considered the most severe form of trauma. It is characterized by multiple harmful events that typically begin early in a child’s life, are chronic and prolonged, result in highly adverse developmental ... -
How do teachers with different certification statuses describe their ability to deliver Culturally Responsive Instruction? A qualitative inquiry
Gotcher, Emily (2024-05-10)Culturally Responsive Teaching is an approach that attempts to integrate students’ cultural backgrounds and experiences into learning processes. Some education reformers argue that student needs are best met when teachers ... -
Identifying Community College Transfer Student Characteristics Associated with Graduation from a Four-Year Institution
Wyatt, Sarah (2021)Transfer students represent a rapidly growing subgroup in higher education. Increasingly, students are beginning their degree-seeking journeys at community colleges with the intention of transferring to a four-year ... -
Interwoven or unraveling? The significance of social capital in rural schools and communities
Beyer, Jeffrey (2022-12)Sociologists have long documented how social capital may activate resources that undergird collective efforts to achieve positive educational and community outcomes. However, many rural communities across the United States ... -
Is there a relationship between sexual orientation and perceived school safety among teachers?
Smith, Lindsay (2022)A teacher’s perception of safety is a critical component of school safety. A substantial body of scholarship explores factors related to a teacher’s perception of school safety, underscoring individual, school, neighborhood, ... -
"It Seemed Like a Wonderful Way to Influence the World and to Touch Lives": Exploring Reasons Teachers Stay in the Classroom
Gieger, Joanie (2020)Retaining experienced, effective teachers in the classroom is essential. In fact, research shows it is the most significant factor in student achievement and the stability of the learning environment (Carver-Thomas & ... -
Mobility management in multi-RAT multiI-band heterogeneous networks
Zaidi, Syed Muhammad Asad (2021-05-11)Support for user mobility is the raison d'etre of mobile cellular networks. However, mounting pressure for more capacity is leading to adaption of multi-band multi-RAT ultra-dense network design, particularly with the ... -
Music Performance Ensemble Participation and the Cultivation of Student Grit
Adkins, Schuyler (2020-05-08)Myriad empirical studies show that music participation has numerous cognitive and non-cognitive benefits, but there is limited research studying the influence of music participation on the development of grit. Through a ... -
A New Paradigm for Proactive Self-Healing in Future Self-Organizing Mobile Cellular Networks
Asghar, Ahmad (2019)Mobile cellular network operators spend nearly a quarter of their revenue on network management and maintenance. Remarkably, a significant proportion of that budget is spent on resolving outages that degrade or disrupt ... -
Practical Extensions to the Evaluation and Analysis of Wireless Coexistence in Unlicensed Bands
Al Kalaa, Mohamad Omar (2016-12-16)Sharing spectrum resources in unlicensed bands has proven cost effective and beneficial for providing ubiquitous access to wireless functionality for a broad range of applications. Chipsets designed to implement communication ... -
Principal Perceptions of District Support in Oklahoma: What They Get, What They Want, and How It Affects Their Psychological Needs
Elseman, Fielding (2021-05)The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between principals’ basic psychological needs and the district-level factors that support them. Evidence from the past thirty years of educational research has pointed ... -
Principal Support for the Development of Teacher Leaders: The Conceptualization and Measurement of a New Construct
Suprunowicz, Matthew (2021-05)As it stands, there are few measurement tools for leaders to use in assessing the degree to which they are supporting the growth of teacher leadership within their school, and those that do exist are based on varying, and ... -
Principal Support of Teacher Psychological Needs: The Conceptualization and Measurement of a New Construct
Olsen, Jentre (2017-08)There is a lack of evidence explaining the generative process by which intentional leader behavior might promote changes in the social-psychological well-being of teachers toward improved principal-teacher relationships. ... -
Principals' Perceptions of Isolation and Contributing Factors: A Mixed Method Analysis
Glaze, James (2024-05-10)Principals’ perceived isolation has been empirically associated with factors such as lower self-efficacy, job dissatisfaction, and burnout and a strong predictor of a principal's intentions to leave the profession. The ...