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Christy Jo Seals – ProQuest LLC, 2022
For this study, I used a quantitative design to examine Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers' perceptions of coaching within the State of Tennessee during the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. The purpose of the study was to describe whether coaching sessions in the state of Tennessee altered CTE teachers' instructional practices, CTE…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes
Hunke, Lori L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Although campus crises have been an ever-present aspect of college life, they have been increasing in number and intensity. While disasters prompted many colleges to prepare crisis plans, the COVID-19 pandemic presented unique challenges. Effective and timely crisis leadership can affect the crisis outcome. By understanding the leadership styles…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Community Colleges, Leadership, Attitudes
Andrea C. Heilman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
At least one student in every average classroom will probably have had a traumatic experience prior to the age of 18. These students do not know when the resulting trauma will surface, and it could be in many forms and as a result of any kind of trigger. To enhance student learning, it is better to have an environment that promotes safety and…
Descriptors: Trauma, Theater Arts, Therapy, Safety
Campbell, Jacob R. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) endure adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other traumatic experiences at higher rates than their non-disabled peers. Staff who work with these students can experience compassion fatigue, contributing to staff attrition and burnout. Trauma-informed care practices show promise in…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Aides
Keane, Kelly Alanna – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation examines the history, funding, structure, efficacy, and challenges of dual enrollment programs in English (and more specifically in First-Year Composition, FYC, courses) that provide access to higher education for high school students prior to graduation, as these programs have developed and currently operate in the United…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Freshman Composition, Enrollment Trends, High School Students
Vickous, Susan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Nursing student attrition is of ongoing concern to programs of nursing and healthcare employers given the persistent shortage of nurses. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perceptions of ten graduates from two cohorts of a Pre-Licensure Program of Nursing regarding the impact of program-level and college-wide practices…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Higher Education, Success, Academic Persistence
Kelley, Tanya M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Public organizations have been interested in tapping into the creativity and passion of the public through the use of open innovation, which emphasizes bottom-up ideation and collaboration. A challenge for organizational adoption of open innovation is that the quick-start, bottom-up, iterative nature of open innovation does not integrate easily…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Administration, Educational Practices, Inclusion
Regan, Tiffany Arnett – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this descriptive case study was to identify teacher strengths and needs to create a site-specific professional development program for literacy. I was interested in studying how to identify teacher needs and strengths and explore the compatibility between teacher beliefs, current practice, and best practices in literacy. This study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Developing Nations, Case Studies
LaFleur, Dale – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study explored the motivations, desired outcomes, and strategies used when developing and implementing international joint/dual degree programs in the US. Twenty-three administrators involved with the development international joint/dual degree programs, primarily at public doctoral-granting institutions of higher education in the US, were…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Administrator Attitudes, Strategic Planning, Partnerships in Education
Gaus, Frances Gayle – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Over the past four decades there has been a great amount of research on retention of students in higher education institutions (Tinto, 2006); however, few studies have examined the effect of what institutions provide for student support, regarding retention, specifically allied health program students. Retention of community college students in…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Program Development, School Holding Power, Community Colleges
Paz, Emily – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Catholic schools in the United States have grappled with how to serve students with disabilities without the funding sources available to public schools. This mixed methods case study examines the driving forces, restraining forces, and social justice issues that influenced the development of an inclusion program at one Catholic elementary school.…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Elementary Schools, Disabilities, Mixed Methods Research
Gilbert, Craig – ProQuest LLC, 2012
High numbers of dropouts can be found throughout the country, but research has shown the problem to be most prevalent in minority communities. Although the majority of dropouts were Anglo, the highest event dropout rates were found among American Indians, Hispanics and African Americans. This descriptive study investigated how students negotiate…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Rate, Incidence, Minority Groups
Wang, Chunyun – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Introduction: Children today are under much more stress than a few decades ago due to academic pressure, family financial hardship, competition with peers, and stressed parents. Consequently, stress-related health issues and behavioral problems, such as cardiovascular diseases, headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, violent or withdrawal…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Elementary School Students, Stress Variables, Exercise
Jenkins, Damian Elizabeth Corbin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Over the past three decades, researchers have studied doctoral research training programs using large scale surveys making visible trends in numbers of and kinds of research courses required, or using focused qualitative methods to gain rich, textured accounts of graduate school experiences. Both kinds of studies fail to capture the local,…
Descriptors: Program Development, Researchers, Doctoral Programs, Research Methodology
Strohmyer, Karin A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The concepts of professional learning communities and organizational disciplines support staff development and leadership that lead to sustainable systems. Little research has examined the ability of rural schools to achieve sustainable systems. This quantitative design study considered the relationships between predictor variables of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Staff Development, Leadership