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ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CULTURAL AND LEADERSHIP COMPLEXITY
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Higher education institutions are increasingly pressured to identify performance measures related to organizational effectiveness. Research has shown that theorists and practitioners have varying views on which criteria ...
SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS' PERCEPTIONS OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AS RELATED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This study examined potential relationships between North Carolina school professionals' perceptions of formative assessment and district-level EOG, EOC, and AYP proficiencies. There were three primary areas of interest ...
ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF HIRING TEACHERS : AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This study examined the effect of teacher characteristics on student achievement as measured by the 2011 North Carolina End-of-Course English I exam. The purpose of this study is to identify teacher characteristics with a ...
INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN A RURAL NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This case study examined the instructional leadership of principals as co-participants in professional learning with teachers in a rural school district in eastern North Carolina. Teacher and principal interviews were the ...
LONG-TERM SUSPENSIONS: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED IN SCHOOLING
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-21)
The purpose of the current study was to determine educational leaders' perceptions of effective strategies for keeping long-term suspended students engaged in learning. As school districts struggle with best practices to ...
UNDERSTANDING THE PERCEIVED EFFECT OF A MASTER OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION (MSA) PROGRAM ON INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-25)
The role of leaders in schools has changed over the last thirty years from managers to instructional facilitators (Leithwood & Rhiel, 2003; The Wallace Foundation, 2013). The move away from an industrial assembly line ...
COLLABORATION IN THE LOOSELY COUPLED ACADEMY
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-26)
This dissertation examines how loosely coupled university units collaborate in the achievement of institutional wide goals. Today's higher education institutions are being asked to do more with less as resources have ...
PARTNERSHIPS AMONG SCHOOLS AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS : IMPACT ON STUDENT SUCCESS
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived effect of faith-based mentorship on student academic and behavioral success by examining the impact of a specific partnership--the Uplift Mentor Program--a faith-based ...
PUMP UP THE VOLUME: AMPLIFYING STUDENT DIALOGUE IN 21ST CENTURY ELL CLASSROOMS
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-12)
This Focus of Practice aimed to create a new, equitable classroom environment for English Language Learner (ELL) students at the Thai Chinese International School. The study sought to: (1) create classrooms that are full ...
Collaborative Curriculum Development and Implementation: Inquiry-Based Learning as a Centerpiece for School Change
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)
Transdisciplinary, inquiry-based curriculum and pedagogy can positively affect teacher practice and student learning when educators collaboratively create a community of learners, engage in developing a cohesive curriculum, ...