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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:

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:

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:

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

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:

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