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Promoting Children's Writing For Publication, Minnie Mary Mckay Merrill
Promoting Children's Writing For Publication, Minnie Mary Mckay Merrill
All Master's Theses
The main emphasis of this project was a description of a writing program "Promoting Children's Writing for Publication" as it evolved at Grass Lake Elementary School, Kent School District, Kent, Washington.
Study Skills For School Success, Terry Mills Tanneberg
Study Skills For School Success, Terry Mills Tanneberg
All Graduate Projects
"Study Skills for School Success" is a project study focusing on the skills characterized by effective study. The specific nature of study skills and the influence of the home environment are also examined. A major product of this project study is a handbook entitled "Study Skills for School Success." Focusing on the parents of elementary children, the step-by-step handbook is designed to serve as a resource guide for the effective implementation of a home study skills program.
A Handbook For Orientation Of First Year Teachers In The Walla Walla School District, Robert C. Maib
A Handbook For Orientation Of First Year Teachers In The Walla Walla School District, Robert C. Maib
All Graduate Projects
The transition from student teacher to becoming a professional teacher can be a very trying experience. Research, interviews and studies were done to point out problems beginning teachers have in their first year of employment. Due to these problems, beginning teachers need to know where to go for help. Administrators, secretarial services and custodial services can be very beneficial to aid the beginning teacher in the first year of employment. The aim of this project is to create a handbook for beginning teachers in the Walla Walla School District with the research discussed.
A Performance Appraisal Model For Postsecondary Education, Peggy Connolly
A Performance Appraisal Model For Postsecondary Education, Peggy Connolly
Dissertations and Theses
Purpose. Although performance appraisal is an important factor in the successful operation of organizations, it is often a difficult and threatening task. Traditional approaches to evaluation have proved to be neither effective nor in legal compliance. This problem affects postsecondary institutions, where customary subjective appraisal contributes to undesirable employment discrimination.
This study provides postsecondary administrators with an effective and legally defensible model of performance appraisal. Research addressed these questions: (1) What does statutory law mandate in appraisal? (2) What issues, patterns, and decisions concerning appraisal have been identified through the judicial process, and what degree of consistency has been shown …