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Educational Leadership Newsletter May 2016, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• Southern Maine Partnership Update: Upcoming Assessment for Learning Conference
• Summer 2016 Schedule
• Fall 2016 Schedule

An Examination Of Teacher Understandings Of Technology Integration At The Classroom Level, Shawn M. Carlson Phd

All Student Scholarship

The purpose of this dissertation is to describe and understand how teachers describe the changes in their practices as a result of ten years participation in a one-to-one environment. This research study focuses on one successful middle school’s adoption of laptops to support teaching and learning. A qualitative study using interviews of key participants was undertaken with teachers and administrators. The Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework was used in conjunction with Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation framework to understand from the participants’ perspective changes to their practice. The results indicate teachers underwent changes in their use of technology to …

Educational Leadership Newsletter March 2016, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools 2016
• Thinking About Internship?
• Summer 2016 Schedule
• Fall 2016 Schedule

Educational Leadership Newsletter February 2016, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools Fall 2016
• Thinking About Internship?
• Summer 2016 Schedule

An Investigation Into The Accessibility Of Ap Calculus, Brian Austin Dodge

Capstones, Research Projects, and Curricula

This is a mixed methods ethnographic study conducted to determine what obstacles students face when approaching AP Calculus. I focused my study on home economics, peer pressure, ELL status and home support. Overall, I found that being a student who is ELL (hereafter defined as a student who was or currently is required to take ACCESS testing) had the most negative effect of the previously listed factors. Home economics and peer pressure were inconclusive or often had no effect. Finally, having a supportive home life in the form of parents who value education, encourage goal-setting, and set high expectations had …

Educational Leadership Newsletter December 2015, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Alumni News
• Two Cohort Programs to Begin Fall 2016
• Thinking About Internship?
• PhD in Public Policy with a Concentration in Educational Leadership and Policy New Cohort Starting Fall 2016
• Spring 2016 Schedule

A Simulation To Improve The Clinical Nursing Instructor’S Teaching Of Ethics To Students In The Clinical Setting, Cynthia S. Randall Dnp

All Student Scholarship

Ethical knowledge and skill is crucial to the discipline of nursing and is considered foundational knowledge for nursing practice (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2008). Nurses who assume roles in clinical teaching may be clinically competent but may have limited nursing education experience or knowledge in clinical instruction. The purpose of this project was to improve the educational experience of clinical instructors in the teaching of ethics to students in the clinical setting. This DNP capstone was a quality improvement project with a mixed method design using simulation as a teaching strategy. Eight clinical instructors from a university based baccalaureate nursing …

Educational Leadership Newsletter November 2015, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• USM Teacher Leadership Cohort
• Balancing Home and Work
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Thinking About Internship?
• PhD in Public Policy with a Concentration in Educational Leadership and Policy New Cohort Starting Fall 2016
• Spring 2016 Schedule

Educational Leadership Newsletter October 2015, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• USM Professional Educator Program
• Southern Maine Partnership
• Spring 2016 Schedule

Educational Leadership Newsletter June 2015, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• Southern Maine Leadership End of Year Report 2014-15
• Congratulations 2015 Graduates
• Fall 2015 Schedule

Educational Leadership Newsletter May 2015, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• PhD Topics - Southern Maine Partnership Dine and Discuss
• Southern Maine Partnership Principals Meeting
• Leadership Projects
• Fall 2015 Schedule

Educational Leadership Newsletter March 2015, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• Pilots Belong on TV and in Labs, not at Schools
• Thinking About Internship?
• EDL New Student Advising Night
• Wanted - Educational Leaders Interested in Becoming School Superintendents in Maine
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Fall 2015 Schedule
  
  

Exploring Principal Leadership In Improving Elementary Schools, Brian A. Porter Phd

All Student Scholarship

As schools in Maine, and across the nation, are increasingly held to greater standards of accountability in terms of insuring higher levels of student academic growth and achievement, some schools are improving and some are not. Even beyond the constraints of tightening financial impositions and increasing accountability mandates, some are "defying the odds" and producing positive results. This research study sought to explore and understand the characteristics of principal leadership in improving elementary schools in Maine.

Educational Leadership Newsletter December 2014, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside the issue:

• From the Chair
• Special Education Law for School Leaders: EDU 659
• Thinking About Internship?
• Southern Maine Partnership Update

Educational Leadership Newsletter September 2014, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• From the Chair
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Educational Leadership Faculty Awarded Faculty Senate Research Grant
• Thinking About Internship?
• Advising Questions?

Maine’S Charter School Law: Predicted Impacts On Waynflete School Enrollment, Kelsey Robinov

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

The aim of this study is to predict the impacts of Maine’s recently enacted charter school law on the enrollment at Waynflete School, a private co-educational day school in Portland, Maine. National data on current public and private school enrollment trends were examined, as well as existing data on the effects of charter schools on enrollments at these schools. The intent at looking at this data will be to determine what, if any, factors can predict in what areas charter schools are likely to flourish and pull students from private schools in significant numbers and to compare the characteristics of …

Educational Leadership Newsletter May 2014, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside the issue:

• From the Chair: Classroom Assessment, the Arts, and Leadership
• Awards
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Thinking About Internship?
• Leadership Symposium
• Advising Questions?
• Fall 2014 Schedule

Educational Leadership Newsletter February 2014, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• News from the Program Coordinator
• Southern Maine Partnership
• The Savvy Principal: What Streetwise Principals Know
• Early Study-Aspiration Programs
• Thinking About Internship?

Educational Leadership Newsletter January 2014, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• News from the Program Coordinator
• Southern Maine Partnership
• GIFTS: Great Ideas for Teaching Students
• Thinking About Internship?
• Spring 2014 Course Schedule

Educational Leadership Newsletter Fall 2013, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• News from the Chair
• USM Pioneer Program: STEM Scholarships
• Faculty Highlights: Anita Stewart McCafferty
• Spring 2014 Registration

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter June 2013, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• Faculty Profile: Thanks, Lynne Miller!
• Alumni Spotlight: Leadership Symposium
• Southern Maine Partnership Glenn Cummings
• Fall 2013 Schedule
• Panel Discussion: Educator Evaluation Jeff Beaudry
• Summer Session Dates
• Faculty & Staff Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter April 2013, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside the issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• Thinking About Internship? It's not too late.
• Alumni Spotlight: Michael LeGage
• Ongoing Faculty Position Search: Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
• Fall 2013 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter March 2013, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• The Department Welcomes Dr. Glenn Cummings
• State Senator Addresses Opening Meeting of the Southern Maine Partnership
• Thinking About Internship?
• Summer 2013 Registration
• Ongoing Faculty Position Search: Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
• Summer 2013 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter December 2012, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside the issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• Alumni Spotlight: Rachelle Tome
• Featured Faculty: Arts Educators: Maine Arts Assessment Initiative
• Thinking About Internship?
• Spring 2013 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter November 2012, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• Meet the Staff: Jennifer Rock, Graduate Assistant
• Alumni Spotlight
• In Memoriam: Kenneth Nye
• Spring 2013 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter October 2012, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• Alumni Spotlight: John Jones
• Faculty Comment from Lynne Miller: The ABC's of School Success
• PhD Program Update from Lynne Miller
• Tentative Spring 2013 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter May/June 2012, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• Alumni Spotlight: Marco Alberti
• An Interview with Ken Nye
• Educational Leadership Symposium
• Fall 2012 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter April 2012, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• Alumni Spotlight: Grace Valenzuela
• Faculty Profile: Mary-Jo O'Connor
• Tentative Fall 2012 Schedule
• Summer 2012 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter March 2012, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this Issue:

• Letter from the Department Chair
• Faculty Profile: Andrew Dolloff
• Principals and Technology Survey Results
• Alumni Spotlight: Donna Lisnik
• Summer 2012 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory

Educational Leadership Program Newsletter January/February 2012, Educational Leadership Program, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Letter from the Program Coordinator
• Faculty Profile: James Curry
• Meet Our Staff - Kathie Bickford
• Alumni Spotlight: Kim Brandt
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Tentative Spring 2012 Schedule
• Notes of Interest
• Faculty & Staff Program Directory