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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 ...
Teaching with the data in mind: Using Oklahoma achievement test results to close the gap for No Child Left Behind.
(2004)
This qualitative study investigated successful practices of "highly effective" elementary teachers as they used Oklahoma State achievement test data to close the gap for all student subgroups in fulfilling the mandates of ...
Organizational Structure, Leadership, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
(2015-05-08)
A plethora of research on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) exists. However, there is a limited amount of research examining this construct within schools. This study examined the OCB phenomenon in schools. More ...
High school students as stakeholders in school-wide decision making: Reality or rhetoric.
(1999)
This study examines one school culture in terms of information gathered from individual students and focus group interviews. The study attempts to answer a critical question: What is the scope of involvement for high school ...
The few who succeed: Women administrators in higher education.
(2006)
Vignettes of the interview participants provide detailed description of each individual participant; survey data provide generalized descriptions. The various themes that emerged from the interviews and survey data were ...
An Investigation Into Factors Contributing To Effective Board Behaviors Within Consolidated Rural Districts
(2014-05)
The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of two rural consolidated districts through the consolidation process, as well as board effectiveness (post consolidation), in actions using relevant behaviors taken ...
Principal leadership in the implementation of externally mandated change.
(2001)
While each of the three participants in this study was unique and expressed her own perspective of the experience in implementing the externally mandated change inherent in the Oklahoma Reading Sufficiency Act (1998), there ...
From conventional school to democratic school community: A case study of a principal's practices, obstacles, and action plans.
(2001)
The purpose of this study was to examine and document a principal's practices, obstacles, and action plans in facilitating a school's movement from a conventional school to a democratic school community. Specifically, the ...
Perceptions of teachers and administrators in an Oklahoma school district regarding a safe school environment.
(2000)
The topic of school violence and its causes are at the forefront of educational issues today. The purpose of this study was to measure teachers' and administrators' perceptions of violence within a public school district ...
Outsourcing in public higher education in Oklahoma.
(1997)
Five outsourcing case studies were conducted at four public institutions of higher education in Oklahoma. The cases yielded data on nine outsource decisions. Drawing on three theory-based models that can explain ...