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Mentoring and mentor efficacy: A training program's effectiveness.
(2001)
Both the quantitative data and the qualitative data generated noted that mentor training changed mentor efficacy in regard to the student teaching experience. The quantitative data derived from the pre and post questionnaires ...
De-professionalized and Demoralized: A Longitudinal Examination of Teachers' Perception of Their Work and Teacher Turnover During the Accountability Era in the United States
(2018-04-27)
The purpose of this dissertation, presented in a three article format, is to describe the changes in teachers’ perceptions of their work, and how those changes relate to teacher turnover, through the state and federal ...
Elementary principals' perspectives in developing and sustaining professional learning communities.
(2007)
The purpose of this study was to answer through the perceptions of experienced elementary principals, how do elementary principals develop and sustain an evolving professional learning community? Based on the interviews ...
The concept of brand identity in relation to students' intent-to-persist.
(2001)
The partial correlation findings revealed that all the six brand identity attributes had a positive correlation with students' ratings of their academic and social integration. Amongst the student characteristics, gender, ...
Resistance to change in the community college: The influence of participation, open communication, perceived organizational support, and organizational commitment.
(2006)
The ability to successfully implement organizational change in a constantly evolving world is an increasingly critical element for the success of community colleges. This study was conducted to examine the interrelationships ...
Career satisfaction and resilience among Oklahoma band directors.
(2006)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic, professional, social, and personal influences related to career satisfaction and teacher resilience among instrumental music educators, as determined by responses ...
No Child Left Behind: A study of policy, planning and program implementation in an urban district with high-poverty schools.
(2005)
Teaching and learning in urban public school districts have been marginalized by an institutional culture marred by random acts of improvement and a propensity for maintaining the status quo. The No Child Left Behind Act ...
The Effects of Relational Conditions and Organizational Commitment on Teacher Turnover Intention
(2017)
This study examines organizational commitment’s potential role as a psychological mediator between the relational conditions in schools and individual teachers’ intentions to leave their positions. Although there is a ...
Fine arts education and religion: An analysis of primary sources of law for Establishment Clause jurisprudence and its implications for practice.
(2003)
The purpose of this study was to present a legal analysis of the past, current, and possible future direction of the courts and administrative agencies on church/state issues related to Fine Arts Education.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Student Achievement
(2014-05)
The relationship between school spending and student achievement has been studied for years, beginning in earnest with the Coleman Report (Coleman, Campbell, Hobson, McPartland, Mood, Weinfield, York, 1966). The authors ...