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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
AN ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY
(2015)
The purpose of this study was to explore leadership transitions in private school environments through the lens of social identity theory. The study relied on qualitative analysis of in-person interviews with three leaders ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Narrative Inquiry Into A Community School Leadership Experience
(2014-08-15)
The focus of this study is on examining the role of an educational leader through the process of developing and implementing a community school. As the primary researcher, I sought to contribute to the body of community ...
THE ROLE OF PRINCIPALS AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS IN CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN REGULAR EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN A SUBURBAN SETTING
(2017-05)
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The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there is a relationship between the principal’s knowledge in special education and special education students making adequate yearly progress on the ...
Conceptualizing and Validating a Measure of Principal Trust in Central Administration
(2013-12)
ABSTRACT
Trust is a core social resource for schools. Lack of trust, however, is a serious impediment to the implementation of improvements in schools today. The absence of a valid and reliable scale to measure principals’ ...