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OBTAINING AND SUSTAINING SUPERINTENDENCIES: AN EXAMINATION OF SUPPORT RECEIVED BY NOVICE SUPERINTENDENTS
(2016)
Turnover is a serious problem facing the American public school superintendency. Relatively little research has been done to identify and describe the types of support that superintendents and aspirants would find beneficial. ...
Leading for Social Justice: A Principal's Utilization of a Rigorous College-Prep Curriculum to Challenge Injustice and Inequity in an Urban, High-Poverty High School
(2016)
Nowhere is the nation’s commitment to equity of opportunity and outcomes more tested than in urban, high-poverty high schools. In considering efforts to address the persistent issues plaguing these schools, one distinct ...
Improving Teacher Hiring in a High-Needs Urban School District: A Study on Adopting a High Reliability Organization Framework within a Human Resources Department
(2017)
Improving Teacher Hiring in a High-Needs Urban School District: A Study on Adopting a High Reliability Organization Framework within a Human Resources Department
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by Mary Teresa Templeton, Ed.D.
Washington State ...
Evolution of Elementary Highly Capable Programs in the Era of NCLB: A Comparison of Three School Districts
(2012)
This study began as an action research project to determine if the elementary highly capable program should be altered or redesigned in Camas. Questions raised during the study led the researcher to expand the project to ...
DEVELOPMENTAL ADVISING FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY
(2013)
The purpose of this action research study was to understand, evaluate, and improve the developmental advising practices used at a Washington State community college. This action research study endeavored to strengthen the ...
Lost in Translation: An Anatomy of American Minority Schooling
(2015)
This autoethnography utilizes Critical Race Theory to examine one Mexican-American's experiences as a socioeconomically disadvantaged student in the American k-12 system and later as a middle-class, minority instructor in ...
DESCRIBING A PRINCIPAL'S WORK TOWARD RESILIENCY: THE NATURE OF MINDFUL LEADING
(2012)
Heightened accountability has amplified a need for principals to transform schools into resilient organizations capable of sustaining the organizational learning essential to increasing school reliability and subsequent ...
Reducing Exclusionary Discipline: Alignment of Administrator and Staff Perceptions and Implications for the Work
(2018)
As schools, districts, and government entities seek to improve outcomes and equity in our public school system, increasing attention has focused on exclusionary discipline practices that have a discriminatory impact on ...
National Board Certification: An Analysis of Multiple Variables on Pass Rates
(2016)
National Board certification is generally accepted as the hallmark of accomplished teaching. As a result, many states offer a financial incentive to those who achieve this title. Several studies have been conducted on the ...
Mindful Teacher Collaboration: Strategies to address the call for school reform
(2015)
Over the past two decades public schools have faced an unrelenting demand for reform. In response to this call for change, researchers have identified two strategies that hold great promise – organizational mindfulness and ...