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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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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