Browsing College of Education by Author "Militello, Matthew"
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTS AND EDUCATORS ON DARE COUNTY SCHOOLS’ SPANISH DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM
Parker, Keith (East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)Bilingual education is an emerging trend that can be found in many American public schools. Increasingly, schools are looking towards dual language immersion programs to foster increased cultural awareness, stronger literacy ... -
AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT: A RURAL COMMUNITY’S JOURNEY TO CROSS-SECTOR AGENCY COLLABORATION
Combs, Esther M (East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)Bringing a community together for the purpose of healing creates a vision of hope. Translating this hope into a commitment for change requires intentional action and consistent reflection. Few models detail such a ... -
Beliefs and Relationships Matter: Critical Pedagogy Tenets As A Foundation For Changing Teacher Practice
García, Luis Enrique Rodríguez (East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Teaching and learning processes often reflect traditional practices that do not meet the academic needs of historically underserved students, especially Latinx and Black students. The goal of the participatory action ... -
BUILDING BRIDGES: IMPROVING BEGINNING TEACHERS’ CULTURALLY RELEVANT TEACHING PRACTICES
Matkins, Jerry Taylor, Jr (East Carolina University, 2021-04-20)Schools across the United States are becoming more diverse and the way they respond to that diversity could make all the difference in the success of future generations. The purpose of this participatory action research ... -
BUILDING GRANTEE CAPACITY THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE-PROCESS-DRIVEN, PEOPLE-CENTERED-EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
Sorrells, Mark (East Carolina University, 2018-03-07)Program evaluation is an essential function for grant-seeking organizations, yet many struggle with measuring the impact of their work. The form of program evaluation is also an ongoing challenge for funders. Many grant-seeking ... -
Calculating and Coaching School Organizational Health
Jethro, Jakki S (East Carolina University, 2018-08-01)To date, most studies of teacher turnover in high-poverty schools have focused on the characteristics of the students and their teachers, rather than on the organizational health of the schools where they teach. The purpose ... -
Collaborative Curriculum Development and Implementation: Inquiry-Based Learning as a Centerpiece for School Change
Halligan, Kristin (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, ... -
CONNECTING THE DOTS: THE INTERSECTION OF TEACHER READINESS AND PRINCIPAL ACTIONS
Palmer, Michael R (East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)The goal of the participatory action research study was to improve the conditions in which students have equitable access to and increased rigor in learning by focusing on teacher practices. However, as an effective ... -
CULTIVATING BRAVE SPACE: HOW NETWORKS FORTIFY SCHOOL LEADERS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR BLACK YOUTH
Quadros Meis, Myra (East Carolina University, 2021-04-28)School leaders regularly receive district mandates with little support or opportunities to engage the community that the policy is meant to serve. In a participatory action research (PAR) project and study, I analyzed how ... -
DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNING: USING FIRST LANGUAGE AS A SCAFFOLD FOR SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LEARNING
Hotaki, Zarmina (East Carolina University, 2021-04-20)For most English language learners, translanguaging strategies applied in a fully inclusive classroom are most effective for acquiring second-language competency. However, teachers of non-language subjects such as math and ... -
EQUITY AGENTS: CREATING AN INNOVATIVE LEARNING CULTURE WITH FOREIGN TEACHERS AND LĂOSHĪ 老师 WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Killoran, Tosca (East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)Educators within international school contexts are proponents of equity and believe that they listen to and advocate for the local teaching assistants, aides, and staff. However, issues of power, organizational structures, ... -
ESPACIO SANO: HOW SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATIONAL LEADERS CULTIVATE CARING AND SHARING
Velasco, Christina (East Carolina University, 2021-05-04)Healthy equitable schools need healthy social justice leaders. The study is the story of how we innovated structures and pedagogies to better support educational leaders who actively work for equity, excellence, and social ... -
Family Stories Matter: Critical Pedagogy of Storytelling in Fifth-Grade Classrooms
Machado, Moraima (East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Critical race pedagogues and culturally responsive educators advocate for greater emphasis on the voices of Students of Color that invoke their lived experiences, cultural knowledge, ancestral wisdom, and supportive familial ... -
Fits and Starts: One Elementary School's Journey toward Trauma-Informed Leadership
Rosenthal, Lihi (East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)Across the country, passionate educators strive to meet the needs of diverse students within welcoming and inclusive community schools. It is no easy feat. For schools disproportionately impacted by the disenfranchising ... -
GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN: REIMAGINING THE ROLE OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR AS ADAPTIVE LEADERS
Hernandez, Janette (East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)To create conditions for high school principals and the principal supervisor to successfully lead career-themed pathways, a principal supervisor established a Community of Practice (CoP) and differentiated equity-focused ... -
GRADUATES OF AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: PERCEPTIONS OF COLLEGE READINESS
Woods-Weeks, Gloria (East Carolina University, 2017-11-29)This study used Q Methodology to identify and examine the Early College High School graduates’ perceptions of college readiness after completing year one of college. The data acquired was obtained from 34 former graduates ... -
HEARING FROM THE 8%: PERCEPTIONS OF PRE-COLLEGE EXPERIENCES FROM SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM LOW AND MODERATE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS
Hodgkins, Lawrence (East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)A college degree is an important gateway for entering our modern economy; the net value of a college degree is more than $800,000 above a high school diploma. Nationally only 8% of students from families in the lowest ... -
IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN A K-12 SCHOOL
Thomas, Darryl, Jr (East Carolina University, 2022-08-19)The purpose of this research is to describe how sustainable restorative practices focused on the intention of using inclusive school leadership, curriculum, wrap around supports, transformative community engagement, high ... -
Inquiry: A Pedagogy for Personal Empowerment, Collaboration, and Democracy
Simon, Ken (East Carolina University, 2019-11-27)Purpose: Inquiry-based pedagogy is rare within the educational landscape. It is even more rare for students who face multiple challenges to success, including racism and poverty. Inquiry- based pedagogy substantially ... -
LANGUAGE IS NOT MY HURDLE: IMPROVING EQUITABLE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES ONE CLASSROOM AT A TIME
Cooper, Robbin T (East Carolina University, 2023-04-21)Language should not be a hurdle for English language learners in mathematics. The participatory action research study focused on how first-grade teachers identified, planned, and implemented discourse strategies to support ...