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Tiffany L. Green – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Principal Preparation Programs are a one-year intensive program to develop aspiring school Principals with at least three years of Assistant Principal experience (Solodev, 2022). The purpose of these programs is to prepare aspiring leaders for the role of school Principal adequately. This qualitative phenomenological study aimed to explore the…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Personnel Selection
Heather C. Kent – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Volunteer engagement is critical to achieving the mission of volunteer organizations (Boone et al., 2002). Fogarty et al. (2009) found that 4-H volunteers are a mediating factor in achieving positive youth development outcomes and are responsible for teaching at least 50% of the life skills youth gain from participation in the organization. For…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Volunteers, Performance, Independent Study
Owen Hooper – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students transitioning from high school to college are met with many challenges beyond academics including social acclimation, campus culture integration, and holistic wellness. Researchers agree that a successful and purposeful transition for incoming college students requires involvement and engagement with peers to help students adapt and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Development, Transitional Programs, Out of State Students
Wilcox, Javonie Vetrina – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Only 3% of alternatively certified teachers in Florida are retained after receiving certification. When teachers' self-efficacy improves, so does their motivation, mental health, job satisfaction, and student performance. Teacher self-efficacy is unstable and often influenced by situational conditions. A gap in the literature exists regarding how…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Transformational Leadership, Self Efficacy
Amanda Taylor Pate – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In 2020, the state of Florida strategized to improve reading instruction for K-12 students by mandating all elementary and literacy teachers receive a reading endorsement. In response to the mandate, the University of Florida's Lastinger Center for Learning developed an online, asynchronous, self-paced teacher professional development program to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Electronic Learning, Reading Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Laura Elizabeth Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Community Partnership Schools™ are designed to serve as a positive resource center in their community, staffed with dedicated professionals committed to student success and community well-being (Coalition for Community Schools, n.d.; Ellis, 2016). Following the education model created at the University of Central Florida (UCF), the first…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Curriculum, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement
Morton, Jerilyn D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the trend of community colleges offering baccalaureate degrees that address workforce needs. Employers are looking for better-educated employees and in many cases require a baccalaureate degree to even consider an individual for a job opening. Florida's legislature has been an effective facilitator in supporting the development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Student Needs, Case Studies