No Child Left Behind: School Processes Associated With Positive Changes, Collaborative Partnership, And Principal Leadership,
2010
Fort Hays State University
No Child Left Behind: School Processes Associated With Positive Changes, Collaborative Partnership, And Principal Leadership, Thienhuong Hoang
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Parent involvement is one of the key components of the NCLB Act. Under NCLB, every school district is mandated to develop processes to ensure meaningful ways to engage parents. The requirements for parental involvement rest on the premise that parents acting as informed advocates to hold schools and school district accountable. The value placed on family involvement at the federal, district, and local school levels reflects decades of research showing the connection between family involvement and positive student outcomes. Studies on family involvement have concluded that students’ home environment and family involvement are important predictors of a variety of academic …
Innovations In Management Training: Training Business Personnel Along The Structural Method,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Innovations In Management Training: Training Business Personnel Along The Structural Method, Papiya Deb, Madhav. Welling
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Trained manpower that can infuse order into the system is the need of the hour. This could be the most important contribution of well-managed companies that have developed a sound management cadre. Commercial organizations are best equipped to play a critical missionary role for two reasons- their vast and influential presence as also sound environmental management which is good business. Issues of social perspective now occupy important boardroom space. Corporate houses traditionally employing managerial skills to enhance the bottom line and shareholders value are increasingly reexamining their managerial skill and policy mix. There is yet unrecognized but a significant corporate …
Strategic Planning And The Principal-Agent Issue In Higher Education Leadership,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Strategic Planning And The Principal-Agent Issue In Higher Education Leadership, Douglas Auld
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Strategic planning is well entrenched in colleges and universities around the globe. It is not only essential for effective resource allocation but in some jurisdictions, legislation requires that strategic plans be submitted to government as part of the funding approval process. The difficulties associated with strategic planning and indeed planning in general in colleges and universities has not gone unexplored. It is our contention and the thesis of this paper that the failure to develop and execute strategic plans flows from the distinctive aspects of the principal-agent framework within which many higher education institutions work. Understanding and responding to the …
Rti In A Middle School Culture: Fitting And Tailoring The Approach Through Leadership,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Rti In A Middle School Culture: Fitting And Tailoring The Approach Through Leadership, Elizabeth Alderton-Manzi, Jean Erdmann
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Educational rhetoric often focuses on assessment, scores, and performance components which can be treated as being discrete. Response to Intervention (RTI) however, provides an opportunity for schools to look at sound, research based educational practices that support student learning through the use of tiered interventions. The tiers are interrelated and action driven. Assessment is one tool within the tiered approach to learning. One of the most important aspects of RTI is that it is meant to be a collaborative, school wide approach to education that brings together teachers, specialists, special education experts, and administration in an effort to help improve …
Resident Block-Rotation In Clinical Teaching Improves Student Learning,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Resident Block-Rotation In Clinical Teaching Improves Student Learning, Ralitsa Akins, Gilbert Handal
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
In 2007, a new block-rotation in clinical teaching was implemented for the third-year residents in the pediatric residency program at Texas Tech HSC in El Paso, Texas. We describe the design and implementation of this rotation, as well as its impact on student learning and satisfaction. During 2.5 academic years, the teaching residents supported the experiences in the pediatric clerkship of 129 medical students. Evaluations of teaching residents and clinical teaching rotation, as well as written feedback indicate improved student learning and satisfaction. Our clinical teaching rotation presents a structured approach to “teaching residents to teach” with an ample time …
The Evolving School Improvement Fund,
2010
Fort Hays State University
The Evolving School Improvement Fund, Anne-Maree Ruddy, Ellen Prusinski
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The School Improvement Fund (Section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) recognizes that schools with high percentages of students in poverty may require additional support in order to help their students achieve academic proficiency. As such, the 1003(g) School Improvement Fund has since 2007 provided competitive funding opportunities to Title I schools considered to be in improvement status under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The Fund has provided vital financial support necessary to make critical improvements in the teaching and learning environment of grantee schools, including enhancing professional development for teachers, …
The Relationship Between Organizational Culture And Sovereignty Of Merit Principle In Iran National Company Of Petrochemical Industry,
2010
Fort Hays State University
The Relationship Between Organizational Culture And Sovereignty Of Merit Principle In Iran National Company Of Petrochemical Industry, Gholamreza Jandaghi, Seyed Borghei, Hossein Khanifar, Maryam Eslampour
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
It is needed in new world today that organization for their survival should search for new ways. One of these factors which help the organization in this aim is meritocracy. This happening is not accomplished in vacuumed. Other factors also have roles in this process; especially the culture of every organization may make the basic of sovereignty of merit principle because the unique culture of every organization shows the way of understanding and give meaning to event for individual.
Kolb’S Experiential Learning As A Critical Frame For Reflective Practice,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Kolb’S Experiential Learning As A Critical Frame For Reflective Practice, Elizabeth Turesky, Diane Wood
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
David Kolb’s conception of experiential learning has informed wide-ranging studies and practices in education, business, organizational development, and leadership studies for over two decades now. His work has guided the work of trainers, teachers, and scholars, affording significant insights into both individual and organizational learning. Because deep and sustained change in human settings requires that people learn, Kolb’s penetrating analysis of the complexities involved in human learning has provided clues about the notorious difficulties surrounding change in both individuals and organizations. In an era where the newest ideas tend to have special cache, Kolb’s work has had remarkable staying power. …
Full-Day Kindergarten: Ontario,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Full-Day Kindergarten: Ontario, Anne Jefferson
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
January 2010 the Premier of Ontario announced the province was introducing full-day kindergarten as of September 2010. The transition would be over a five year period with 39 schools phasing in full-day learning for four and five year olds at the start of the 2010-2011 school year. What is full-day kindergarten? Miller (2005) provides a clear explanation: “A full-day kindergarten program is a program in which a child attends school each weekday for approximately six hours. Two other types of programs are half-day kindergarten programs, in which the child attends school each weekday for 2½-3 hours in either the morning …
Teachers Identify And Support At-Risk Gifted Students,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Teachers Identify And Support At-Risk Gifted Students, Theresa Monaco, Danna Eichenold, Victoria Kasper, Claudi Gonzales
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Six experienced teachers in the regular classroom, who happen to have one, or more students that was identified by the school as having gifted characteristics or students that teachers felt should have been identified as a gifted student, develop their way of helping students overcome personal challenges. It is our hope that a research documented approach will catch the eye of other teachers and motivate them to do the same. Each teacher documented research as it relates to his/her student(s). In the absence of a school identification process, other researched identification processes served as benchmark for teacher support. Following are …
Table Of Contents - Summer 2010,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Table Of Contents - Summer 2010, Fort Hays State University College Of Education
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Academic Leadership Journal Summer 2010 table of contents
A Principal’S Dilemma: Instructional Leader Or Manager,
2010
Fort Hays State University
A Principal’S Dilemma: Instructional Leader Or Manager, Bettye Grigsby, Gary Schumacher, John Decman, Felix Iii Simieou
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
This study focuses on the emphasis principals’ place on the design and delivery of curriculum and instruction on individual campuses and the extent federal regulation has impacted principal behaviors as instructional leaders. The transformation from the principal’s role of manager to that which is inclusive of instructional leadership is due to the steady increase of the regulations governing the accountability system culminating in No Child Left Behind. In fact, “ … one in three principals says implementation of NCLB is the most pressing issue he or she is facing” (Sergiovanni, 2009, p. 44).
An Investigation Of Successful Football Bowl Subdivision Coaches And The Disproportional Academic Achievement Of Their White And African-American Football Players,
2010
Fort Hays State University
An Investigation Of Successful Football Bowl Subdivision Coaches And The Disproportional Academic Achievement Of Their White And African-American Football Players, Peter Finley, Jeffrey Fountain
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The purpose of this study was to identify and discuss the coaches and programs that have been successful on the field over the past five years, qualifying for bowl game participation, while simultaneously having low graduation rates for African-American players. The contractual incentives for athletic and academic achievement included in the coaches’ contracts are also presented for discussion purposes.
Cell Phones Are Ringing, Will Educators Hear?,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Cell Phones Are Ringing, Will Educators Hear?, Rebecca Fortner
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Teachers often participate in professional development opportunities to remain on top of the technology used to teach their students. Staying on top of this technology assures that students will be able to compete in the world work force and maintain the technological standards comparable to the rest of the world. A technology that has increasingly integrated itself into the lives of students and often misunderstood and underused by educators is the cell phone.
Distributed Leadership Influence On Professional Development Initiatives: Conversations With Eight Teachers,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Distributed Leadership Influence On Professional Development Initiatives: Conversations With Eight Teachers, Jeffrey Pedersen, Stuart Yager, Robert Yager
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Achieving the kind of balance that encourages all children to learn, work, and contribute to their fullest potential has been a continuing challenge as the world grows more complex and our communities enveloped with various challenges of socio-political and economic disintegration. With rapid changes in technology and global competition in all facets of human endeavour, it is more crucial than ever that adolescents are fully equipped to compete for knowledge and technology based jobs. When students are not well prepared for the challenges ahead most especially from the secondary school stage of education, the cost to individuals and the implication …
Effect Of Simulation On Technical College Auto-Mechanics Trade Students Academic Achievement In Lagos State Nigeria.,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Effect Of Simulation On Technical College Auto-Mechanics Trade Students Academic Achievement In Lagos State Nigeria., Olufemi Olayinka, Anthony Oyenuga, Joseph Owoso
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
A flood of emails from various list serves filled our in-boxes with the shocking news: One of the world’s most prominent African American scholars, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. of Harvard University, had been accused of breaking into his own home. After America’s psychological honeymoon prompted by election of the first President of African descent, some were forced to grapple with questions of whether racism still exists. The aforementioned incident answers these inquiries with a resounding, “Yes.” Examples of accounts of continued racial prejudice and discrimination suggest the need for support systems and advocacy groups such as minority academic and …
Emotional Intelligence And Self – Esteem As Predictors For Success In Teaching Practice Exercise,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Emotional Intelligence And Self – Esteem As Predictors For Success In Teaching Practice Exercise, Hassan Modupe, A. Ositoye
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
This paper examines how to develop positive self-concept and self-esteem promote at work-place. The bearing of positive self-concept and self-esteem cannot be over emphasizing in the existence of man because it summarizes the whole issue of his social identity. Also encompassed in it is the total expression of his sense of relevance in any organization he belongs to. It is important to note that his contributions to that industrial or organizations will depend majorly on his achievement of positive self-concept and self-esteem. In most establishments, though the significance of positive self-concept and self-esteem has been sub merged under the surge …
Gender And Antiretroviral Drug Effects On The Hive-Self Efficacy And Health Locus Of Control Of Patients Living With Hive/Aids,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Gender And Antiretroviral Drug Effects On The Hive-Self Efficacy And Health Locus Of Control Of Patients Living With Hive/Aids, Bola Ogunyemi, Okwuazu Udonadi
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The HIV-AIDS epidemic is perhaps one of the greatest challenges to countries of the world today. Since it was first diagnosed in 1981, it has become a significant threat to everybody throughout the world irrespective of gender and sexual orientation. The widespread of the disease especially in the African continent has become a major source of concern to government and non-governmental agencies and others concerned with curtailing the pandemic disease. In fact in hard hit areas of Africa, infection rate has been higher in teenage groups than that of adult (Hopkins, 2000). In 2008 alone, an estimated 3 million people …
Globalisation, Good Governance And Democracy: The Interface,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Globalisation, Good Governance And Democracy: The Interface, Dare Arowolo, Folorunso Aluko
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Globalisation has been an important factor in accelerating democracy’s growth in recent decades. In this globalised world, rapid development and global proliferation of new technologies and telecommunications, and integration of the world economy through trade and investment, have increased the role and power of regional and global institutions (Cheema and Maguire, 2004). This promoted and strengthened the spread of democracy while also providing the leverage for good governance. Globalisation impacts on the mode of governance that a country operates either as a symbol of universality or for uniformity. This unstoppable trend has homogenised governance on a global scale while depicting …
Influence Of Universal Basic Education (Ube) Facilities On Classroom Control And Discipline And Teaching-Learning Atmosphere In Ogun State Public Primary School.,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Influence Of Universal Basic Education (Ube) Facilities On Classroom Control And Discipline And Teaching-Learning Atmosphere In Ogun State Public Primary School., Lasun Gbadamosi, Muyiwa Adeyemi
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Studies over the years have shown that classroom control and discipline and learning atmosphere of schools can be occasioned by the nature and level of facilities provided and that these equally have its influence on academic performance (Ajayi,1998; Adamu, 1998 cited in Dike, 2002; www.nigeriafirst.org, 2004 & Adeyemi, 2007).
