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Holding Power: Middle School Vs. Junior High School, Burton Erickson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This was a study of three variables and their effect on two groups of students who dropped out of school during the tenth grade. One group had attended three full years of junior high school in Owensboro while the other group had attended three full years of middle school in Owensboro. The study also reviewed the programs and emphases of the junior high school and the middle school.

The students were compared on mean cumulative grade point average, mean percentage of absenteeism, and incidence of dropout during the tenth grade.

Statistical analysis of the respective sets of data showed that …

A Comparison Of Role Performance & Role Expectation Of Supervisors In Selected Public School Districts In Kentucky, Mae Mefford

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The study had two major purposes. The first purpose was to define the role performance of supervisors by identifying their assigned responsibilities. The second purpose was to determine the level of agreement that exists between the role performance and role expectation of supervisors.

Educational Facility Space Guidelines For Seventh-Day Adventist Schools, K-12 In The United States, George P. Babcock

Dissertations

Problem. There is a lack of definitive educational facility space guidelines that Seventh-day Adventist church groups may follow in their planning for new school plants. Since re­ quests constantly arrive at the denomination's headquarters for assistance in the planning of school facilities, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists through its Department of Education has requested that a set of guide­ lines relative to minimum space requirements be developed to cover grades K-12 in the United States. Therefore, the primary purpose of the study was to develop minimum space guidelines for the planning of school facilities for the United States portion …

A Feasibility Study For The Development Of A Career Educational Instructional Cooperative For The High Schools Of Crawford County, Illinois, Gerald Eugene King

Masters Theses

A primary objective of the field experience consisted of conducting a feasibility study for the establishment of a Career Education Instructional Cooperative for the high schools within the Crawford Educational Service Region, Illinois.

Major employers, students in each Crawford County high school, and randomly selected parents of county high school students were surveyed as part of the study. The results indicated a need for skilled workers to fill a void in Crawford County businesses and industries. Projections were made by the employers surveyed to 1985. Employers favored the establishment of a Career Education Instructional Cooperative. Positive data were also retrieved …

Parent Visitation As A Public Relations Tool, Franklin Jack Kenny

Masters Theses

This paper is primarily a description of a daytime parent visitation program conducted at Stephen Decatur High School, Decatur, Illinois for parents of students new to the school. A traditional night time parent visitation program is described in less detail.

The daytime parent visitation was held over the lunch hour so parents could eat in the school cafeteria at the same time and the same food their children were eating.

The paper also details other activities of the program such as: a slide presentation, a tour of the building, an explanation of the course selection process and a question and …

The Preparation Of A Student Handbook, Kenneth L. Miller

Masters Theses

The purpose of the field study project was to develop a functional student handbook for use at Crestwood School in Paris, Illinois. Crestwood School is a kindergarten through 8th grade elementary school and the initial intention was to produce a handbook for use at all nine grade levels. As the project took form, however, differences between the needs for grades K-5 and 6-8 became extensive to the point that it became obvious that separate handbooks would be required to fulfill the desired purposes. This project became, then, the production of the handbook for the middle school (6-8) grades.

Handbooks currently …

A Study Detailing The Progress Of The Neoga Community Unit Number Three Junior-Senior High School Building Project From Its Inception To The Groundbreaking Ceremony And The Beginning Of The Construction Phase Of The Project, Richard B. Green

Masters Theses

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The Administrative Procedures Surrounding Computer Scheduling At M.L. King Junior High, Diedrus U'Vonne Brown

Masters Theses

The use of a computer system to schedule students in a junior high school was the subject of this particular field study. This process has only been used for one year at Martin L. King Junior High School, and the administrative procedures surrounding this had not yet been spelled out, especially in specific terms. It was through observations and conferences with the principal, administrative assistant, and TIES (Total Informational Educational Service) personnel, that I felt a need to look more closely into the scheduling process and develop some guidelines for the administrator to follow.

The creation of this study was …

Retention In Salem Elementary Schools, Charles M. Raglin

Masters Theses

Social or chronological promotion has long been a practice of the public schools of the United States. The alternative, nonpromotion or retention, has in the opinion of most psychologists and sociologists led to emotional and sociological trauma for the child. Another and probably the most cogent objection, is many parents oppose nonpromotion and are unwilling to accept the social stigma of "flunking." Children's achievement is a status symbol which profoundly affects families in many communities.

The writer contends that unless parents are directly involved in the decision early in the nonpromotion year, retention will not culminate in satisfactory achievement. Cooperation …

Options For Facing Declining Enrollments In The Westfield School District, Michael S. Shonk

Masters Theses

The field experience consisted of presenting options available to the Westfield School District, Westfield, Illinois, when faced with the fact that in the school year 1982-83, the enrollment in Westfield high school district #201 will fall below an average daily attendance figure of sixty. At this point the district will no longer be eligible to receive revenue from the state of Illinois in the form of state aid.

The field experience began by compiling background information on the history of the district and general information about the community of Westfield. An unusual fact that the study had to deal with …

Administrative Experiences At Moulton Junior High, Andrzej Cichalewski

Masters Theses

OBJECTIVES

During the spring semester of 1979, Dr. Donald W. Smitley of Eastern Illinois University; Mr. Joseph Foster, Superintendent of Shelbyville School System Unit #4; and Harold O. Redicks, Principal of Moulton Junior High, agreed that the author would participate in an assortment of activities in order to gain meaningful experiences to prepare the author for a position as a school administrator. The author entered this program for the purpose of acquiring knowledge of being a school administrator and to work under the guidance of a successful superintendent and principal.

PROCEDURES

The author gained meaningful experiences by participating in and …

A Three Year Maintenance Schedule For The Junior-Senior High School Building Of The Beecher City School District, George M. Kohut

Masters Theses

There are two purposes of this field study. The first purpose of the field study is to predict the anticipated revenues available in the building fund of the Beecher City school district. The prediction includes building and life safety monies available through the end of the 1984 fiscal year. The main purpose of the field study is to provide a schedule for maintaining and refurbishing the junior-senior high school building for the school years of 1979, 1980, and 1981.

The field study is divided into four chapters. The first chapter conservatively predicts the assessed valuation that the school district can …

The Development Of A Board Policy Manual For The Edwards County Community Unit School District Number One, Mickey Roger Wright

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study was to develop a comprehensive, codified policy manual for the Edwards County Community Unit School District #1. Until the field study was completed, the district's policy manual was very sketchy and next to impossible to find a particular item since it lacked a proper coding system, page numbers, and index.

The problem was to point out to the Board of Education the advantages of written policies and the need for a comprehensive, codified policy manual in their district. The study goes into a short narrative on the advantages of written policies and the need …

An Outline Of The Procedures To Reduce Budget Expenditures In The Edwards County Community Unit School District No. 1 For The 1978-79 Fiscal Year, Gary J. Schurz

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to discover ways to reduce expenditures in the budget of the Edwards County Community Unit School District No. 1 for the 1978-79 fiscal year in the light of a projected loss of revenues complicated by inflationary trends.

The need arose due to three factors:

1. A loss of a portion of the district's state aid due to a previous overpayment.
2. A rise in the assessed valuation which would mean an additional loss of state aid: It was projected that local monies collected would not offset the loss of state aid.
3. Spiraling inflation was creating an …

Writing A Grant Proposal For Funding By The Title Iv, Part C Of The Elementary And Secondary Education Act, Elizabeth L. Smith

Masters Theses

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

This paper deals with the problem of developing and writing a grant proposal following the Title IV, Elementary and Secondary Education Act guidelines.

PROCEDURE

The writer explains the procedure she followed to develop her idea into the final project proposal that was submitted to the Title IV, ESEA office. Included in this narrative are: an explanation of how the proper funding was located, the development of the project, a copy of the evaluation process used by the Title IV office to determine which projects are funded, and copies of the·final evaluations of the project proposal.

CONCLUSIONS

The …