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The Impact Of A Mentoring/Financial Incentive Program On At-Risk High School Students, Sean Timothy Galvin
The Impact Of A Mentoring/Financial Incentive Program On At-Risk High School Students, Sean Timothy Galvin
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This mixed methods study describes some outcomes of "Champions of Wayne," a privately funded mentoring/incentive program at an impoverished high school near Detroit. Over 500 students enroll in the program annually. The program involves providing high school students who choose to participate both adult mentoring and a $200 incentive to improve one's grades each semester. The quantitative component of this study analyzes GPA data, while a multiple case study of six participants explores mentoring relationships and experiences. In a comparison of the GPA of participants versus non-participants, program participants significantly improve their grades when compared to those student who do …
Self-Efficacy And Instructional Leadership: Does Mentoring Make A Difference?, Julie Diane Helber
Self-Efficacy And Instructional Leadership: Does Mentoring Make A Difference?, Julie Diane Helber
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
The responsibility of principals has shifted significantly over the past few decades. During 1960s and 1970s school leaders were expected to be organizers and managers of schools and to serve as buffers to the organization to protect a weak technical core. Standards-based reform, beginning in the 1980s, was in direct conflict with this mindset. Instead of protecting a weak technical core, school leaders had to focus on instruction guided by standards and demonstrate alignment to such standards. Today, there is an increased attention on academic achievement and accountability in schools (Leithwood, Jantzi, & Steinbach, 1999). Principals are being held responsible …