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An Action Plan To Build Jupiter Elementary, Joseph F. O'Brien

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This MARP project was conducted to address the need to construct Jupiter Elementary School. A mission statement was written prior to construction activities to provide a focus throughout the MARP implementation phase. The components of the mission statement comprised three tracks that were: (1) school construction. (2) purchasing and procurement. and (3) staff selection, staff-development, and program implementation. The demographic factors for this plan consisted of two elementary feeder-schools with similar communities located within a radius of six miles from one new school site. Both feeder-schools' student populations exceeded the plant capacities.

The following strategies were designed based on the …

The Calendar - November 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

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Development, Evaluation, And Plans For Implementation Of An Orientation Model Directed Toward Improving The Overall Adjustment Of Students To A Job Corps Program., J Edward Brown

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The idea of examining the initial orientation of Job Cops students had been discussed at some length by the North Carolina Department of Human Resources (NCDHR) Job Corps staff. It was of primary importance to the Department to do an investigation of this orientation, since it was directly related to the overall adjustment and satisfaction of the students, once they were actually enrolled at a particular: Job Corps center. In order to address the initial orientation, the proposed research study utilized data from several populations in the design and creation of a new formalized model orientation that alleviated disparities which …

The Nova Lawyer, Fall 1991, Volume 5, Number 2, Nova University - Shepard Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

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The Calendar - October 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - Fall 1991, Volume 19, Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Gang - Awareness Program/And A Middle School Gang Prevention Curriculum, Donald J. Samuels

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The first segment of this report describes a program for improving the awareness of youth gangs in our schools and in the community. The program was designed to team school personnel with law enforcement agencies and other allied groups in a systematic plan to increase the awareness of parents, school staff, and members of the community of youth gangs and their activities in Broward County, Florida. In a survey of teachers and administrators during a Youth Gang Conference which was held in February of 1989, it was revealed that the majority of the participants indicated a need to be trained …

Nova University Sports News - Issue 1, September 17, 1991, Nova University

Nova University Sports Newsletters

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The Calendar - September 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

The Development, Implementation, And Evaluation Of A Remedial Program For High Risk Students Attending The Basic Skills Education Program At Fort Bragg, Alexandrine P. Nash

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Army Education Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has enrolled a large number of soldiers who are academically deficient in reading and mathematical skills in the Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP). Although a verbal courses of the BSEP are offered at Fort Bragg during the yeas, a great number of students is not raise their initial general technical scores (GT) to the minimum acceptable level of 100, and many students do not even complete the course. Because of the complexity of military operations, the technical nature of equipment and communication, and the current political and economic situation that calls …

Reducing The High School Drop-Out Rate In The New Britain Public Schools Through Establishing An Alternative School, Gerald E. Neipp

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program designed to reduce tia high percentage of students dropping out of school! in Grades 9 through 12 in the New Britain Public Schools. A review of the dropout rate at New Britain Senior High School, as compared with high schools in other towns of comparable size and student population, indicated a need to develop a program that would address that need and ultimately reduce the 13.9% dropout rate experienced before January 1990.

Based on the profile of the identified at-risk students, a flexible program was developed that would allow students who had dropped ou: of …

The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue I, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Empowering Staff, Students, Parents And Community Leaders To Improve The Academic Learning Climate At East End Middle School, William H. Joyner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the process used by Bast End Middle School to develop and implement a positive academic learning environment. Areas of need addressed included low teacher morale and low student achievement. Probable causes of the low teacher morale and low student achievement were identified as: inconsistent attendance monitoring and lack of parent notification, Ineffective classroom instruction, lack of adequate alternative programs, low student participation in extracurricular activities, poor parent and community Involvement, Inadequate provisions for diverse learning styles, inadequate reward, inadequate recognition program and frequent changes in school administrators. A review of the literature and interviews were conducted as …

Development Of A Model For A Classroom Instructional Complex In The College Of Education At Alabama State University., Essie L. Harris

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this study was t develop a model of an instructional resource complex in the College of Education at Alabama State University (ASU) for the enhancement of learning outcomes of students.

Alabama State University, a historically black institution, has a total student population of approximately utilizes an “open admission” policy. Because of this policy, a large number of students are admitted to the College of Education. Admission standards for entering teacher education programs are much higher than those required by other colleges within the university. The following are among the requirements to be admitted to a teacher program: …

An Action Plan For Opening A New School, Larry C. Payne

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This major applied research project describes a practical action plan developed to assist in the opening of a new secondary school In a suburban area with diverse population characteristics. The results of a student survey indicated resistance on the part of students leaving their existing schools to attend the new high school. Comments and responses from community informational meetings revealed anxiety about curriculum, staffing and extracurricular activities.

The related literature supported an action plan that provides intensive public relations activities designed to increase the visibility and positive image of the new school. Areas of need which were addressed included the …

Interview With Peg Juran Mayor, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

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1991 Commencement - 22nd Annual Commencement Exercises - Undergraduate Program, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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Nova University Graduate Education Modules (Gem) Master's And Educational Specialist Degrees And Graduate Courses In Education 1991–1992, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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Raising Student Scores On The Iowa Test Of Basic Skills Through The Development And Implementation Of A Parent-School Cooperative Program., Diane S. Lenartowicz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This proposal describes a series of planned strategies comprising a home-school learning program to facilitate preparation for increased student achievement in grades kindergarten through fifth on the district testing instrument the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Problems originally noted that 50% of the kindergarten children tested in April, 1988 at River Plaza Elementary School, Middletown, New Jersey achieved below the district accepted passing score in mathematics while 83% of the first grade students fell below the cutoff in reading and 92% in spelling, Additionally, in all grades, except third, declines in the cluster areas of reading, mathematics and writing were …

A Systematic Program To Improve Attendance At Alice Drive Middle School., Jack P. Cook

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

From 1986 to 1989 Alice Drive Middle School was one of the lowest among nine schools in Sumter School District 17 in average daily attendance. The problem was documented each year in a report issued by the District Attendance Supervisor to the members of the school board and to the South Carolina State Department of Education.

State, school district, and Alice Drive Middle School policies, laws, and other related documents were examined in an effort to gain insight into the problem. Recent state level educational reform through legislation was determined to contribute to the problem rather than alleviate it.

Non …

The Calendar - May 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

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Improving Physical Fitness For Fifth Grade Students At China Grove Elementary School., Alan D. King

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

During the spring of the 1988-89 school year, all 115 fourth-grade students at China Grove Elementary School were given the American Alliance Physical Fitness Test. The students were also given blood-cholesterol screening and blood-pressure tests. The tests were given because of concern by faculty members anu school administrators that the students were physically unfit and this may be affecting academic performance.

Formal interviews were conducted with all 115 target group members during the 1988-89 school year. Health and exercise practices by students and parents were discussed. Students candidly participated in the interview.

All fifth-grade students during the 1989-90 school year …

Moving Toward Effective Teacher Empowerment Through Improved Decision Making At A Secondary School In Wyoming, Fran Mayeski

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes an intervention in the implementation of strategies for group decision making by two committees in a secondary school. Teacher unrest with the decision-making process existed at this school as measured by responses on a school wide self-evaluation tool. questionnaires, comments made in meetings, interviews, letters end the faculty successfully petitioning to rescind a decision that had been made by a committee.

The intervention was designed to increase the group decision-making skills of the members, including the principal, of the Faculty Advisory Council (FAC) and the department chairs. A skill development model of training, practicing, monitoring, receiving feedback …

Nova University: Organization, Programs, And Services, John M. Flynn

NSU Fact Book

No abstract provided.

Interview With W. Edwards Deming, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

The Nova Lawyer, Spring 1991, Volume 5, Number 1, Nova University Shepard Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - April 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume I: Xii, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume I: Issue Xii April Fools, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

April Fools issue

Developing And Implementing A Program To Raise Verbal Scholastic Aptitude Scores Of High School Seniors In A Non-Public School., Janne B.H Banks

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Flint River Academy is a private, independent school with enrolled of 410 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. This major research project describes a program that was designed to raise the Verbs’ Scholastic Aptitude Scores of seniors in high school. Students at Flint River Academy consistently scored below the national mean verbal score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The writer documented this disparity for the 1982-89 school years. Interviews with parents, students, and staff indicated concern about the verbal scores being lower than the national mean verbal score.

Probable causes of the existing problem were: students were not being taught …