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Author:

Meisinger, Amy Ann

Title:

The Influence of Small Schools High School Redesign on Teachers' Collective Efficacy Beliefs

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

small schools
collective teacher efficacy
high school redesign

File:

Download Meisinger_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Preston C Green, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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:

Baker, Betsy A.

Title:

The Role of Institution, Ideology, Interests, and Information in the Decision to Departmentalize in Elementary Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

departmentalize
horizontal organization
self-contained
elementary
departmentalization
elementary departmentalization

File:

Download BetsyABakerDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Preston Green, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Barbara Jean

Title:

The Changing Roles of School Counselors in an Era of School Accountability

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

school counselors
NCLB

File:

Download Barbara_Jean_Miller_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Hartman, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member

Author:

Clapper, Christy Ann

Title:

A Phenomenological Study of High Performing Middle School Students and Their Experiences of The Development of Their Relationships with Their Teachers

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

teacher-student relationships
student experiences of relationships with teachers
developing relationships between teachers and stud
middle school student-teacher relationships

File:

Download Christy_Clapper_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Jolynn Carney, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member

Author:

Butler, Craig Brian

Title:

Examining High Performing Advocacy Groups in a Large Public School

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

School Climate
Mentor
Advocate
Advocacy Group
Variability

File:

Download Craig_Butler_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Hartman, Committee Member
Shannon Patrick, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, 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:

Head-Dylla, Candace

Title:

EXPLORING THE READING MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVING ONLY AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

deficit views
pathologizing practices
educational leadership
Native American
American Indian
reading motivation
reading achievement and motivation
stratification
cultural and linguistic diversity

File:

Download Candace_dissertation_with_app.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr John Tippeconnic, Committee Member
Dr Susan Faircloth, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member