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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:

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:

Burrows, Debra Casale

Title:

Teacher Use of Data to Guide Instructional Practice in Elementary Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

data driven decision making
data use
NCLB

File:

Download DBurrows_Dissertation-Teacher_Use_of_Data.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Butterfield, Jay Vance

Title:

THE PERCEIVED EFFICACY BY EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS OF THE MOVE TO SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES FROM LARGER COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

SCHOOL SIZE REFORM
STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS
CHANGE
REFORM
COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL REFORM
SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES
SWAS
SWS
LEADERSHIP

File:

Download jvb115_dissertation4.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member

Author:

Reese, Jillian P

Title:

EDUCATION VOUCHER PROPOSALS: A COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT LEGISLATION IN COLORADO AND PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

school choice
vouchers
voucher proposals
policy analysis
Kingdon
policy agenda setting

File:

Download JillianReese_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr William L Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Dr John W Tippeconnic, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Jinsu

Title:

Factors influencing the participation of Korean high school students in private tutoring activities under the implementation of the high school equalization policy

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

private tutoring
the high school equalization policy

File:

Download Thesis_final_Jinsu_Kim_.pdf

Committee Members:

William L Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John W Tippeconnic Iii, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Dady, Jr., Kenneth James

Title:

MEASURES OF WEALTH IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

wealth measures
funding education
aid ratios
funding formulas
equity in funding schools
adequacy in funding schools

File:

Download MoW_Dissertation_Final_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Preston Green, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Laura Josie

Title:

The Relationship of Personal Characteristics of Educational Leaders On Their Interpretation of Policy And Decision Making Regarding Zero Tolerance Weapons Violations In K-12 Environments

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Educational Leaders
Zero Tolerance Policy
Locus of Control
Trait Anxiety
Decision Making

File:

Download LauraMoore.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

REITZ, MATTHEW

Title:

THE COST OF PROFICIENCY: ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF NCLB AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Ingredients Model
School Finance
Accountability
NCLB

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_-_Reitz_11-11-07.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily Boyd, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Haskan, Melanie Lee

Title:

How The No Child Left Behind Act Impacted Bilingual Education In A Rural School With Navajo Children

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Bilingual Education
No Child Left Behind Act
Navajo children

File:

Download HaskanThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Tippeconnic, Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member

Author:

Hatten, Jr., Norman E.

Title:

Responses by Small, Rural, Low Income School Districts to Fiscal Pressures

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

fiscal pressure
school finance
revenues
expenditures
rural schools
small schools

File:

Download Norman_Hatten_Dissertation_11.11.11.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Trottier, Neil Wayne

Title:

AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF TRIBAL AND SCHOOL LEADERS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD HOW GAMING MONEY IS USED IN A TRIBAL SCHOOL

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

tribal school
gaming
perceptions

File:

Download Trottier_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John W Tippeconnic Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

JEON, SUE BIN

Title:

CHANGES IN MATH ACHIEVMENT GAPS UNDER THE ERA OF NCLB:BETWEEN DIFFERENT IMMIGRANT STUDENT GROUPS AND NATIVE-BORNWHITEAMERICANS

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

immigrant generation
race and education
achievement gaps
immigrant education
hierarchical linear modeling

File:

Download SUE_BIN_JEON__DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Susan C Fiarcloth, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Chiang, Yi-Ching

Title:

Taiwan's Ban on Corporal Punishment- Teachers' Perceptions of Impact and Meanings

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

corporal punishment
school discipline

File:

Download Chiang_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Murphy, Mark Patrick

Title:

Exploring support for the extracurriculum in a time of fiscal constraint and standards-based reform: A case study of one Pennsylvania school district

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

U.S. public schools
extracurriculum
extracurricular programs
financial crisis
economic recession
standards-based reform
decision-making process
co-curricular
case study
Pennsylvania school district

File:

Download Final_ETD_Murphy_3.19.12.pdf

Committee Members:

Preston Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Norman Jacob

Title:

The Perceptions of District Leaders of Cyber Charter Schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

cyber school
virtual learning
charter school
21st century learning
technology in the classrom
cyber charter school
school district leaders' perceptions on cyber charters
cyber charter case study
cyber charter challenge

File:

Download N_MillerFINALDISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kim, Keun Jin

Title:

The effectiveness of school type on students' academic achievement: Focusing on private high school of South Korea

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

school effect
private school
foreign language high school
OLS regression
propensity score matching

File:

Download Dissertation-Keun_Jin_Kim.pdf

Committee Members:

Preston Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Erica Frankenberg, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member

Author:

Stout, Wilbur L

Title:

School Level Factors Associated With Pennsylvania High Schools That Exceed PVAAS Growth Projections In Reading

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

PVAAS
Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment
Value-Added
Reading Growth

File:

Download W_Stout_Final_Dissertaton_.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Shrom, Tim

Title:

Object Lessons: Examination Of Spending and Revenue Patterns In Pennsylvania k-12 Public School Distircts: 1998 Through 2008

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

K-12 School Finance
Multi-Year Expenditure Study
Expenditure Share Changes over-time
Object and Function Expenditure Analysis
State Policy impact on School Expenditures

File:

Download August_1_2013_a_ftp_file_-_TO_-_Copy_-_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Preston C Green Iii, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Alsaleh, Amal

Title:

The relationship between the perception of distributed leadership and the degree of participation in Ministry decisions on teachers' organizational commitment in the State of Kuwait.

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Distributed Leadership
Organizational commitment
Kuwait Education

File:

Download Alsaleh_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Griffith, Brian Keith

Title:

The Financial Impact of Charter Schools' Enrollment on Traditional Public School Expenditures, Resource Allocation and Programming

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

charter school
tuition
enrollment
public school programming
fiscal impact
special education
public school finance

File:

Download 070214_Dissertation_Griffith_BK.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Erica Frankenberg, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Brion, Sarah Anne

Title:

Teacher Morale

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

teacher morale
education
measurement

File:

Download BrionDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Mccrea, Andrew Ernst

Title:

The response of central office leaders to the Teacher Effectiveness model.

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

education leadership
sensemaking
organizational learning

File:

Download McCrea_Responce_of_Leaders_Dissertation_Dec2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Ronald Robert Musoleno, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Perrin, Jason Christom

Title:

Pennsylvania Public Schools: The Fiscal Landscape A Descriptive Analysis 2008-2013

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Pennsylvania Public School Finance
Revenues
Expenditures
Fund Balance
Average District Wealth

File:

Download Perrin_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Ronald Robert Musoleno, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Mhando, Peter C

Title:

Gaps in Opportunity: Intra-district Non-monetary Resources Allocation Differentials in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Opportunity gaps
Non-monetary resource
Resource allocation
Learning-related resources
Intra-district resource allocation

File:

Download Dissertation_PETER_C_MHANDO_FINAL2016.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Armagost, Andrew Linford

Title:

An Exploration of the Role and Use of the Fund Balance and the Impact of Expenditure and Revenue Factors on Pennsylvania School Districts

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Fund Balance
School
Finance
Education
Armagost
Budgets

File:

Download Armagost_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Outside Member