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LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS OF SENIOR LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SETTING
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Completing GED is often a stepping-stone towards more life opportunities. Many adults who complete the GED say they do so in order to continue their education, but according to Taylor (2001) few actually go on to enter ...
VALIDATION OF THE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP SCALE WITH LEADERSHIP EDUCATORS
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
The Socially Responsible Leadership Scale (SRLS) was designed by Tyree to measure leadership in college students as espoused by the Social Change Model of Leadership Development (SCM). The purpose of this quantitative study ...
EMPHASIZING PROFESSIONALISM TO ADDRESS TEACHER TURNOVER AT DILLARD MIDDLE SCHOOL
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-19)
The dissertation examines the effects professional learning communities can have on improving teacher retention in a high needs school. The goal is to positively impact teacher retention by emphasizing and encouraging ...
DESIGN OF NOVICE PRINCIPAL INDUCTION FOR A CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
(East Carolina University, 2017-06-22)
School districts across the nation are grappling with the issue of high principal turnover coupled with a decrease in number of experienced applicants to fill vacancies (Guterman, 2007; Hall, 2008; Johnson, 2005; United ...
A COMPARISON OF COPING AND PERCEIVED STRESS AMONG STUDENTS BY FIRST GENERATION AND CONTINUING GENERATION STATUS, RACE/ETHNICITY, AND GENDER
(East Carolina University, 2014)
While the number of first generation and racial/ethnic minority students enrolled in higher education has increased over the past several decades, the level of stress students are reporting, compared to students in previous ...
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 ...
EQUITY AND ACCESS : EXAMINING OPPORTUNITIES OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This research study used Invitational Education Theory to examine the attitudes and perceptions educators have concerning college-level coursework and the potential impact these attitudes and perceptions had on the ...
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 ...