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Author:

Duncan, Angela Lydia

Title:

Assessing the Impact of Legal Issues on Private Boarding Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

boarding schools
law
ethics
decision-making
turbulence theory
independent schools

File:

Download A_Duncan-_final_submission_to_thesis_office.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Preston Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Daniel Robert Cahoy, Committee Member

Author:

Taylor, Catherine Freiday

Title:

Conceptions of Time and Competing Priorities in the Principalship: The Challenge of Staying Focused on Learning

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
No Child Left Behind legislation
New principals
Leadership in education
Instructional leadership
Instruction
Expectations
Email
Elementary schools
Elementary principal
Education
Decision making
Curriculum and instruction
Conceptions of time
Best interests
Availability or absence of time
Assessment results
Administration of schools
Achievement
Accountability in education
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
Principal
Priorities
Qualitative research
Rural schools
Students
Student learning
Suburban schools
Technology
Time
Time management
Teachers
Theories and principles
Urban schools

File:

Download CFTaylor-Dissertation-ThesisOffice.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul T Begley, Professor Of Education, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Ackerman, Christine Marie

Title:

Zero Tolerance: Development of an Instrument to Measure How Zero Tolerance is Defined and Implimented in Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

school discipline
zero tolerance

File:

Download ackerman.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Ackley, Carly R.

Title:

Leadership in Green Schools: School Principals as Agents of Social Responsibility

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Ecological Literacy
Environmental Education
Educational Leadership
Sustainability
Green Schools

File:

Download Ackley_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Paul T Begley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul T Begley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Glover Queenan, Carla

Title:

Perceptions of Alternative School Teachers and Administrators About the Impact of the No Child Left Behind Act

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

administrators
teachers
at-risk students
Alternative School
No Child Left Behind

File:

Download GloverQueenandissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Preston C Green, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Hermann, David Laurence

Title:

SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPERVISION: PERCEPTIONS OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN PENNSYLVANIA CHARTER SCHOOLS

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

ROLES
PERCEPTIONS
SUPERVISION
SPECIAL EDUCATION
CHARTER SCHOOLS

File:

Download Dissertation-Final_Corrected_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Leroy French, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member

Author:

Schochor, Daniel Ross

Title:

Leadership Perspectives on Independent School Culture

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Private/Independent Schools
School Culture
Leadership
Accountability
Competence
Community
Off-Campus Factors

File:

Download DISS_ON_TEMPLATE_page_numbers_corrected_1_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Jaqueline Stefkovich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Begley, Committee Member
Preston Green Iii, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Puri, Dipali

Title:

The Formation and Development of Moral Literacy as a Component of Pre-service Teacher Identity

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

moral literacy
teacher education
pre-service teachers
professional socialization

File:

Download Puri_Dipali-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Paul Begley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul Begley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member

Author:

Crary, Foy Matthews

Title:

Why Are African American Parents Choosing Charter Schools: New Evidence from North Carolina

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

charter schools
choice in education
minority choice
African American choice in education

File:

Download FoyCrary.pdf

Committee Members:

Emily Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
George Farkas, Committee Member

Author:

Mackey, Hollie Jonel

Title:

An Analysis of the Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Zero-Tolerance Court Decisions in K-12 Public Education

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

school safety and order
school discipline
ethics
education policy
education law
zero-tolerance
school violence
restorative justice

File:

Download Mackey_Legal_and_Ethical_Dimensions_3_24_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Preston Green Iii, Committee Member
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member
Dr Anthony Normore, Committee Member