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Factors Predicting Teacher Satisfaction And Retention In The Hampton City Schools Teacher Induction Program, Gale A. Lee

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

This descriptive and correlational study used a mixed methodology of both quantitative and qualitative data collection strategies to identify factors that predict new teacher satisfaction and retention in the Hampton City Schools' teacher induction program. In the first phase of the study, a researcher-developed questionnaire was mailed to 657 Hampton City Schools' elementary, middle, and high school teachers with 0–5 years of experience and was returned by 40 percent (n = 226) of the sample. The first phase of the study utilized a 31-item teacher questionnaire. The first section of this questionnaire requested demographic information, which helped to categorize teachers …

Evaluation Of 2+2 Alternative Teacher Performance Appraisal Program In Shanxi, People's Republic Of China, Weiping Wang

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Studies

This dissertation examined the effectiveness of the 2+2 Alternative Teacher Performance Appraisal System that has been implemented as one of the educational reform efforts in Shanxi province in China. All 78 teachers in Grade One in the six schools participated in the study. The outcomes investigated in the dissertation included teachers' pedagogical beliefs and attitudes, the teachers' professional performance, teachers' collaboration, and the 2+2 feedback. A mixed research design incorporating both quantitative and qualitative approaches was used to evaluate the program. Data triangulation was achieved through varied data sources including focus group meetings, 2+2 feedback forms, observations, and questionnaires. Six …

Creating The Online Learning Community For Distributed Education Doctoral Programs, Miguel Ramlatchan

Distance Learning Faculty & Staff Publications

Many colleges and universities now readily embrace the Internet as a viable distributed learning delivery model. As such, the Internet is a valuable tool to attract the highest quality students to an institution’s academic programs. However, while this may work well at the undergraduate or master’s level, many institutions maintain a required residential or internship requirement as part of a doctoral program. This interactive learning community is a vital aspect of a quality doctorate program. This paper presents a means to create an online learning community to replicate the residential graduate student experience. This goal is accomplished through the collaborative …

Virginia Quality Institute's Conflict Management Training, Marguerite Inscoe

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The purpose of this study was determine if Virginia Quality Institute's conflict management training attendees were successful in using the recommended conflict strategies and verbal techniques to mitigate difficult conversations and conflict situations at their job.

The Attitudes Of Students Enrolled In Riding Instruction Preparation Classes, Bethanne Ridgeway

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following goals were established to guide this study: 1. Identify the outcomes students desire to accomplish in a riding instruction class; 2. Determine if the students believe a riding instruction class will be crucial to their career success.

A Study To Determine If The Tech Prep Program At Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Has Academic Benefits Using Grade Point Average As A Predictor, Susan H. Carper

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study was to compare the grade point averages of students in the Tech Prep program at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in Clifton Forge, Virginia, to students not in the Tech Prep program to determine if this career and technical education program has academic benefits.

The Demand For Industrial Technology And Technology Education Faculty Professors At United States Universities, Cleo Hicks Jr.

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

To guide this study, the following goals were developed: 1. Identify the positions available at the university level for professors of Technology Education and Industrial Technology; 2. Determine the demand of Industrial Technology faculty professor positions during the past five years; 3. Deter the demand of Technology Education faculty professor positions during the past five years; 4. Identify the different types of skills and requirements sought in these professions; 5. Determine the technical areas where the greatest need for faculty exists.

Business And Industry Training Employment Opportunities In Chesapeake, Virginia, Jessica E. Ingram

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine the number of business and industry training opportunities in Chesapeake, Virginia. To answer this problem, the following questions were established: 1. What are the employment opportunities available in the business and industry training field? 2. What are the job title categories that companies are advertising? 3. In each category of advertised positions, how many people were currently needed at this time and what were the needs projected to 2010? 4. What are the business and industry training employment opportunities for undergraduate degree completers in the Chesapeake, Virginia region?

Factors Contributing To Virginia Marketing Education's Low Participation In State Deca Competitive Written Events, Eric R. Keiser

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

To guide this research the following objectives were established: 1. Identify Virginia DECA chapters who traditionally participate in competitive written events at the state level; 2. Identify Virginia DECA chapters who experience success in written events at the state level; 3. Identify what student demographic characteristics exist in DECA chapters who consistently participate in written competitive events.

Factors That Contribute To Turnover Of Sales Professionals In South Hampton Roads, Monica Miccio-Vieira

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

By completion of this study, the following goals will have been answered: 1. What are the attitudes of Human Resource Directors towards turnover in South Hampton Roads? 2. What are the costs of employee turnover to an organization? 3. What recommendations can be made to Human Resource Directors to reduce employee turnover?

Tidewater Virginia Technology Education Teacher Professional Development Needs, Richard A. Nash

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following objectives were established to answer this problem: 1. Determine the types of professional development being sought by Tidewater public school technology education teachers; 2. Recommend specific types of professional development that should be made available to Tidewater technology education teachers.

Alternative High Schools On The Virginia Peninsula, Oliver Robertson

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

To guide this study the following research goals were used: 1. Identify the number of seats in Peninsula alternative schools; 2. Identify the academic resources of those schools; 3. Identify the admittance criteria to those schools; 4. Identify the credit and degree the student receives at completion of those alternative schools; 5. Determine the future capacity of alternative high schools on the Virginia Peninsula.

The Effects Of The Hampton Roads Women's Network Program On Its Participants At Bank Of America, Charlene T. Runner

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The goals of this study were to answer the following questions: 1. What is the value of Hampton Roads Women's Network Program to Bank of America women associates? 2. What are recommendations for increased professional development of Bank of America women associates through its Women's Network Program?

Directions Of Dissertation Research At Universities Preparing Future Technology Education Teacher Educators, David A. Sontos

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following goals were established to explore the dissertation directions and maintain focus on the problem: 1) determine if university faculties had focused research agendas in technology education teacher preparation for doctoral studies and what they were; 2) determine if university programs in technology education teacher preparation allowed students to determine their individual research dissertations and what they were.

Attitudes Of Potential Employers In Southwestern Virginia Toward Hiring Newly Licensed Physical Therapist Assistants Who Are Graduates Of The Wytheville Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Program, Julia S. Jackson King

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The research goals included: 1. Did employers of physical therapist assistants feel positively toward graduates of the Wytheville Community College Physical Therapist Assistant program? 2. Would an employer prioritize a new graduate from Wytheville over a new graduate from any other program if all other applicable experience was equal? 3. What did employers identify as the strengths and weaknesses of the Wytheville program?

Bioengineering Instructional Framework For Technology Education, Philip A. Reed, Technology Education Department, Old Dominion University, Virginia Bioengineering Writing Team

STEMPS Faculty Publications

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Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Perceptions Of The Achievement Gap, Linda Bol, Robert Q. Berry Iii

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to survey the perceptions of secondary mathematics teachers on factors contributing to the achievement gap and ways to reduce this gap. National Council of the Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) members were surveyed, and a total of 379 secondary teachers responded. Overall, respondents were most likely to attribute the achievement gap to student characteristics, such as differences in motivational levels, work ethic, and family support. Furthermore, teachers from schools with a higher population of White students were more likely to attribute the gap to student characteristics than were teachers in schools with higher percentages of …

Perceptions Of The Mathematics Achievement Gap: A Survey Of Nctm Membership, Robert Q. Berry, Linda Bol

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Supervisor Perceptions Of The Quality Of Troops To Teachers Program Completers And Program Completer Perceptions Of Their Preparation To Teach: A National Survey, William A. Owings, Leslie S. Kaplan, John Nunnery, Robert Marzano, Steven Myran, David Blackburn

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

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During winter/spring, 2005, 2,103 Troops to Teachers (T3) program completers and their school administrators from 49 states and the District of Columbia were surveyed to determine whether T3s were more effective in the classroom than traditionally prepared teachers who had comparable years of teaching experience. Respondents also returned information about their schools’ demographics, views about their teacher certification preparation program, and information about themselves, their teaching behaviors, and future plans. Sixty-one percent of the respondents returned completed surveys.

Effect Of Instructional Styles And The Duration Of Class Time On The Sense Of Classroom Community Of Military Urban Graduate Students, William J. Davis Jr.

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

This study measured the effect that instructional style, duration of class time, and repeated administrations of the Classroom Community Scale (CCS) had on the sense of classroom community of military urban graduate students (N = 263). The Instructional Styles Inventory (ISI) was used to determine instructional style, and the CCS was utilized to measure sense of classroom community. In addition, this research contained qualitative data that were extracted from a random sampling of participants during small focus groups.

Quantitative analysis of the data showed that duration of class time and instructional style had an effect on sense of classroom …

An Exploratory Analysis Of Post Strategic Plan Implementation Fidelity In Two Urban-Based, Nonprofit Health Education/Advocacy Organizations, Theodore N. Burke

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

This research is a multi case study examining the degree of fidelity (adherence) accorded to strategic plans following implementation in two, urban-based, nonprofit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) health education/advocacy organizations. The study was focused on the impetus and goals for strategic planning, the similarities and differences in the implementation processes, adherence (fidelity) to the plan once implemented, and finally what factors prompted the fidelity or lack of fidelity to the plan once implemented. Fourteen respondent participants from the two organizations were interviewed using a semi-structured interview format. Findings of this study indicated that post-strategic plan fidelity following implementation did exist. …