The COVID-19 pandemic, along with historical inequities, resulted in a widening of the achievement gap between underserved populations and more advantaged students. In response to this issue, California took action by allocating additional funds to public school districts for out-of-school-time services through the Expanded Learning Opportunities…

When the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, public safety departments at four-year institutions of higher education in the U.S. were vulnerable. This vulnerability was because of the limited time they had to initiate their pandemic response to help protect their campus communities, and the need to create or revise institutional emergency response…

Educators have limited knowledge of youth mental health disorders, treatment, and school-based supportive strategies. Mental health literacy (MHL) interventions are designed to promote educator understanding of youth mental health. The Go-To Educator Training is a MHL intervention developed for educators. The current study extended research on the…

The purpose of this study was to determine the structures and support systems implemented to foster a district educational equity and culturally responsive professional development series. In this qualitative study, an action research design team implemented a four-part professional learning series to describe the impact of an educational equity…

This proposal is to develop a framework for designing a cybersecurity program. The goal of the program is to prepare students graduating from an accredited two-year college for success in cybersecurity careers. Several challenges such as program accreditation, workforce development, and Department of Homeland Security/National Security Agency…

This study sought to understand better the administrator's perspective of transition services in the school building. The current systems in place for transition are not reaching the desired outcome for students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are less engaged with post-secondary education than their nondisabled peers. They are…

The current study took place in a North Texas public school district. The purpose was to compare levels of teacher self-efficacy among beginning teachers who had participated in traditional and alternative teacher educator preparation programs (EPPs). Additionally, the perceptions of beginning teachers were explored in relation to their…

Diet modification has become a fundamental clinical tool for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) within dysphagia management, particularly for acutely ill patients. However, for dietary modifications to meet intervention goals of increased intake and prevention of negative health consequences, adherence is needed across healthcare professionals,…

In 2013, a school district located in the northeastern region of the US implemented the Reading Street Common Core Program (RS), a highly structured and scripted reading program. The problem was that the program had an uneven effect on elementary level student reading achievement at Title 1 schools in the district. This qualitative case study…

Novice elementary classroom teachers spend more time addressing off-task behaviors than teaching in the classroom which affects teaching and learning. The problem to be addressed in the study is that elementary education teachers struggle to balance behavior management strategies during instruction because they are not exposed to enough authentic…

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) (WHO, 2021) disrupted the global health systems and became an unprecedented situation for all industries, including food service when declared a global pandemic in March 2020 (WHO, 2021). Count On Me NC was a training program developed by Safe…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if an intern in a principal preparation program had a better experience during their internship if they were able to select their field-based mentor as opposed to being assigned a mentor by the administrators of the program. The literature addressed the current role of the principal and…

The following exploratory case study is a program evaluation of a certification program for online instructors at a high-enrollment, 4-year research-intensive university in the southeast. Since 2014 the Online Instructor Certification (OIC) has operated as the predominant platform for preparing faculty to teach online at the site of study. The OIC…

A program assessment was used to provide the status of the Parenting on Purpose (POP) program. The experiences of active facilitators and participant completers were assessed to evaluate the intended outcomes of the training. The program faced the reality of never being reviewed or having any evidence supporting continued use or greater…

Background: Equine facilitated learning (EFL) leadership programs have recently gained recognition as a novel approach to teaching leadership but are not widely known or researched. Methods: A study was conducted from the text of 13 selected EFL leadership program websites using qualitative thematic content analysis. Program characteristics,…