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The Impact Of Title I Designation On Teacher Morale In Middle Schools, Jennifer Lyons
The Impact Of Title I Designation On Teacher Morale In Middle Schools, Jennifer Lyons
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative study was to determine the impact on Title I designation on teacher morale of middle school, grades 6 through 8, English and math teachers in school districts in Virginia. The study focused on two research questions using the Purdue Teacher Opinionaire. A Mann-Whitney U test was conducted to determine if there is a difference in the morale of middle school English and math teachers in Title I versus non-Title I designated schools, and a Kruskal-Wallis test was conducted to determine if there is a difference in the morale of middle school English and math …
Principal Leadership In High-Performing, High-Poverty Elementary Schools, Marc J. Cohen
Principal Leadership In High-Performing, High-Poverty Elementary Schools, Marc J. Cohen
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The focus of this mixed methods study was on Maryland Title I elementary principals who led schools to achieving adequate yearly progress during the 2011-2012 school year. At the time of the study, slightly more than one third of the Title I elementary schools in Maryland and throughout the U.S., achieved this status (U.S. Department of Education, 2013).
In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty-five principals from Title elementary schools in Maryland. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) Leader Form was administered to the participants as well.
This study findings indicated,
- Principals of high-performing, high-poverty elementary schools were more transformational in …