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Full-Text Articles in Education
Systemic Bias In Public Education: The Exception Of African American Males Enrolled In Gifted And Advanced Placement Courses, Luther Johnson Edd, Karen H. Larwin Phd
Systemic Bias In Public Education: The Exception Of African American Males Enrolled In Gifted And Advanced Placement Courses, Luther Johnson Edd, Karen H. Larwin Phd
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
This study aims to examine the representation of African American males in AP, honors, and gifted courses in secondary education. The current investigation represents a causal-comparative investigation of 2017-2020 school district data from a large metropolitan school district regarding the number of African American males selected for inclusion in gifted and/or AP studies. This study's significance is to bring to the forefront a systemic practice within public schools, which has served to permanently deny African American males their ability to achieve academically at their level. Findings support that there is a lack of African American students currently enrolled in advanced …
Coaching Initiative For Beginning Teachers (Bt): Lessons Learned From One District’S Bt Support Program, Kathleen Brown, Monica Davis, Casey Elrod, Evan Hill, Derrick D. Jordan
Coaching Initiative For Beginning Teachers (Bt): Lessons Learned From One District’S Bt Support Program, Kathleen Brown, Monica Davis, Casey Elrod, Evan Hill, Derrick D. Jordan
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
Instructional coaching is a way to support classroom teachers in their efforts to provide high quality instruction across academic content areas. Because of beginner teachers’ needs for extra support, many districts are now embracing instructional coaches to provide specific pedagogical feedback to their beginning teachers via job-embedded, individualized, and sustained professional guidance. This initial, exploratory study employed mixed methods to gain both qualitative and quantitative insights into one district’s Beginning Teacher Support Program in general and Coaching Program in particular. Results indicate that, without a laser-like focus on instruction, the impact of coaching on student achievement and teacher retention is …
The Correlation Between Mushroom Management Approach And School Leadership Behavior Of School Administrators Based On Teacher Perceptions, Gönül Şener, Seda Gündüzalp
The Correlation Between Mushroom Management Approach And School Leadership Behavior Of School Administrators Based On Teacher Perceptions, Gönül Şener, Seda Gündüzalp
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
In this study, starting from the studies in the literature, it was found worthy of the research to determine the level of school leaders 'adoption of the mushroom management approach according to the teachers' perceptions. For this purpose, teachers employed in preschool, primary, secondary and high schools in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia Region during 2018-2019 academic year were selected as the study sample with random and disproportionate cluster sampling methods. Relational screening model was used in the study. To determine the extent that the mushroom management approach adopted by school administrators predicted their school leadership levels, a literature-assisted model was …
A Correlational Study Of School Report Card Grades And Degrees Of Poverty, Morgan V. Blanton
A Correlational Study Of School Report Card Grades And Degrees Of Poverty, Morgan V. Blanton
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
This study explores the ways in which public schools are evaluated and the results are reported in North Carolina. Currently using a formula that calculates a summative score based on academic achievement and academic growth, the impact of poverty and the complexity of school evaluation is investigated using demographic and testing data from schools across the state. Furthermore, recommendations to alter current practices of school evaluation and reporting as well as suggestions for future research are discussed based on this study’s findings.
The Case For Mandatory Literacy Training For Elementary Education Principals, Catherine Mcgeehan, Meganlyn Norris
The Case For Mandatory Literacy Training For Elementary Education Principals, Catherine Mcgeehan, Meganlyn Norris
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
The focus of this study was to examine how well Educational Leadership programs prepare principals to serve as literacy leaders. The role of a school leader is complex and multifaceted involving managerial duties and resource allocation (Jenkins, 2009). Yet, the primary role of the school leader is “…to promote the learning and success for all students” (Lunenburg, 2010, p. 1). In a 2017 report commissioned by the Learning Policy Institute, Sutcher, Podolsky and Espinoza noted a strong positive correlation between instructional leadership and student achievement. This raises questions and concerns regarding the extent to which leadership preparation programs are preparing …
Leadership Styles Of Superintendents In The Developmental Disability System In Ohio, Kristine Hodge Edd, Karen H. Larwin Phd
Leadership Styles Of Superintendents In The Developmental Disability System In Ohio, Kristine Hodge Edd, Karen H. Larwin Phd
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
The county boards of developmental disabilities in the state of Ohio have experienced significant change in vision, mission, programs, services, and funding over the last several years. In times of vast change, the ability to successfully lead an organization becomes challenging. In an effort to identify the leadership behaviors and styles of superintendents of county boards in the changing environment, the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire Form 5X ([MLQ Form 5X], Bass, 2007) was administered and analysis was conducted. The most common self-identified leadership style is transformational, followed by transactional and laissez-faire Implications of this study support the transformational leadership style in …
Elementary Principals’ Knowledge Of And Expectations For Specialized Literacy Professionals, Abbie Mahaffey, Zora Wolfe, Katia Ciampa
Elementary Principals’ Knowledge Of And Expectations For Specialized Literacy Professionals, Abbie Mahaffey, Zora Wolfe, Katia Ciampa
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
Specialized literacy professionals, guided by the International Literacy Association’s (ILA) Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017, fulfill many roles within the elementary school setting to support the literacy development of students. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to investigate elementary principals’ knowledge of and expectations for the specialized literacy professionals’ roles and responsibilities compared to the ILA Standards. This study included 36 elementary (K-5) principals. Data was collected using an online survey adapted from a survey developed by Bean, et al. (2015) and voluntary follow-up interviews to further explore responses. Findings revealed that elementary principals consider the …
Preparing North Carolina Principals For Trauma-Sensitive Leadership, Tawannah G. Allen, Anthony Jackson, Dustin Namath Johnson, Derrick D. Jordan
Preparing North Carolina Principals For Trauma-Sensitive Leadership, Tawannah G. Allen, Anthony Jackson, Dustin Namath Johnson, Derrick D. Jordan
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
Childhood trauma is an all-too common factor in the lives of students and their families. Schools and communities across America are more likely to serve families that have experienced trauma (Anderson, 2016). Although trauma or toxic episodes can impact families across the economic spectrum, children living in poverty, in socially isolated areas, and in economically distressed communities are often disproportionately affected. Statistics offered by the National Resiliency Institute (2018) are as equally dismal, in that 72% of children and youth will experience a traumatic episode caused by abuse, neglect, the loss of their homes to hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, incarceration, parental …
Supporting Professional Development Through Digital Principal Leadership, William Sterrett, Jayson W. Richardson
Supporting Professional Development Through Digital Principal Leadership, William Sterrett, Jayson W. Richardson
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
A core role of the K-12 school leader is to support and nurther the growth of others. That growth is commonly thought to be at the student level. However, school leaders must also focus on the growth of their teachers. School leaders are adjusting to a world where technology has crept into many aspects of the profession. And sometimes, technology innovation comes during a time of sudden disruption, such as the COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020 where digital learning and leadership become the new norm, even when uncertainty and change were omnipresent. As such, while it is clear that principals …
The Partnership Imperative For Preparing Effective Principals In North Carolina Schools, Martinette Horner, Derrick D. Jordan
The Partnership Imperative For Preparing Effective Principals In North Carolina Schools, Martinette Horner, Derrick D. Jordan
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
The extant literature highlights the impact principals have on daily operations, visioning, school climate, academic programming, instructional monitoring, and numerous other areas. The need for well-trained principals at the helm of schools, particularly those with large concentrations of at-risk students, has been identified as a critically important factor in improving academic outcomes. Underdeveloped leaders often struggle to improve schools and are unable to show adequate progress among the students they serve. They are also more prone to early burnout, increasing turnover rates. As such, the need to strengthen principal preparation programs has become even more evident in recent years. A …
Letter From Guest Editor, Steven Bingham
Letter From Guest Editor, Steven Bingham
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
As in many states, educational leaders in North Carolina are reimaging their standards for educator preparation and practice. Nearly two years ago, the NC General Assembly and State Board of Education appointed eighteen education stakeholders to the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission, including principals, superintendents, HR directors, teachers, and university faculty.
Letter From The Editor, Jim Palermo
Letter From The Editor, Jim Palermo
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
That was then, this is now. Oh, what a difference a few months can make. When, in the Fall of 2019 we put out a call for articles on the state of principal preparation none of us considered the possibility that an 800 pound gorilla named Covid 19 was about to take up residence. Now it is the presence that we cannot ignore.
To Empathize, Or Not Empathize In Educational Leadership, Mei Jiang, Shulan Lu
To Empathize, Or Not Empathize In Educational Leadership, Mei Jiang, Shulan Lu
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
In this paper, we discuss transformational leadership and propose that empathy is at the heart of transformational leadership. We review the research on empathy and discuss the implication of these insights in educational leadership. We highlight the multifaceted and interconnected nature of empathy and discuss components of empathy that are most relevant to educational leaders. Recognizing one’s constraints on the empathy scale could protect leaders from burnout and poor decision making.
Leading For Social Justice: A Call To Action To Improve Society., Teresa L. G. Warner
Leading For Social Justice: A Call To Action To Improve Society., Teresa L. G. Warner
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
School leaders are required to prepare students for a globally competitive society, and act ethically to facilitate a shared vision of school practices that serve all students equitably. Social justice leadership provided in school and teacher leadership preparation programs is a way to meet the standards for school executives and teachers. The decision to lead for social justice can be made as a result of district mandates while some leaders are motivated by personal experiences. Leaders are distracted from the importance of leading for social justice due to the pressures of accountability testing and the political outcry of the day. …
Letter From Editor, Jim Palermo
Letter From Editor, Jim Palermo
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
Though submissions ebb and flow in the tidal cycle of the academic year JOEL readership remains strong and reminds me that there is a place for scholar-practitioners in the academic world of educational leadership.
Introduction To Research In Biology (Cell & Molecular Bio 150), Jessica L. Swaringen
Introduction To Research In Biology (Cell & Molecular Bio 150), Jessica L. Swaringen
Lesson Plan Repository
This plan describes the lesson EKS Librarians teach BIO 150 students. The lesson includes classifying articles as research or review, developing search terms and search strings, recommended databases to search, and citing sources in CSE style.
Allocation Of Faculty Among Nursing Programs At A Community College, Jessica Ivey Msn
Allocation Of Faculty Among Nursing Programs At A Community College, Jessica Ivey Msn
Education Projects
Organizational structure is important in any business to ensure that organizational mission and goals are being met. The structure defines roles, establishes a hierarchy, and creates the culture for the organization. Establishing the structure will assist with communication, decision-making and the overall culture of the organization. Gaston College expressed a need to redesign their structure by combining all their nursing programs to create a School of Nursing. Currently, each nursing-related program is separated into their own departments/programs. This includes faculty and staff assigned to one program instead of allocating staff to multiple programs. This project consists of defining new roles, …
Academic Program Performance: An Evaluation Model For Community Colleges, Lori H. Metcalf
Academic Program Performance: An Evaluation Model For Community Colleges, Lori H. Metcalf
Education Projects
Educational institutions began a journey of systematic review of programs and strategic planning sixty years ago. During that time the assessment and evaluation movement has produced copious complex models with numerous motivators, such as accreditation requirements and accountability. The objective of the consultancy project was to create a program evaluation model and process to provide community colleges with a clear picture of the health of academic programs with a goal of continuous improvement, including highlighting program strengths, areas for improvement, and specific action plans. A model and process were created to consolidate the data and ultimately tell the story of …
Workforce Development In The 21st Century For High School Students, Bruce Mack
Workforce Development In The 21st Century For High School Students, Bruce Mack
Education Projects
Workforce Development is a critical component of economic development in Cleveland County. During the time of this project, Cleveland County was experiencing job growth in manufacturing-related jobs requiring post-secondary experience. My project is a collaboration between Cleveland County Schools, Cleveland Community College and local industries in the county. This project is two-fold: (1) prepare graduating high school students with the skills needed for employment after graduating high school, and (2) help them identify a career in manufacturing.The project is the development of the Advanced Manufacturing Academy. This Academy selects rising high school juniors to dually enroll in high school and …
Creating A Personal Training Studio, Silje Storstrand
Creating A Personal Training Studio, Silje Storstrand
Education Projects
The purpose of this project was to create a personal training studio that would provide a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for clients as well as help the owner create strategies for obtaining and retaining clients. I partnered with a local personal trainer, Joseph Adkins, who was aspiring to open his own personal training studio. Joseph has a degree in personal training and years of experience in the industry as a personal trainer and assistant manager at a large franchise gym and, most recently, as an independent personal trainer at a local gym. Joseph was not satisfied with the environment, …
You Belong: A Focus On Cultural Awareness, Inclusivity, And Diversity In Schools To Improve Recruitment And Retention, Keicha Chandler-Smith
You Belong: A Focus On Cultural Awareness, Inclusivity, And Diversity In Schools To Improve Recruitment And Retention, Keicha Chandler-Smith
Education Projects
The educational system in the United States of America is under attack. The attack is not in physicality but is being caused by abnormally high teaching shortages. The shortage has become an area of concern nationally, including within my home state of South Carolina.Over 6,700 teachers left the profession in the year 2017 for a variety of reasons. This type of attrition is only expected to continuously increase because universities and colleges globally have reported and that less students are aspiring to be teachers year after year. Thirty-eight percent of South Carolina’s teachers left their jobs in their first five …
Flie (Future Leaders In Education), Jacqueline J. Norton
Flie (Future Leaders In Education), Jacqueline J. Norton
Education Projects
The United States is currently in a state of crisis, as it has become increasingly challenging to recruit and retain high-quality educators in the public school setting. Over the last 10 years, fewer high school graduates have shown an interest in pursuing a career in education (Christensenet al.,2019). Overall, more than half of teachers voluntarily leave the profession for reasons other than retirement, which deprives students of experienced teachers in the classroom but is also an enormous expense to taxpayers by continuing to replace teachers (Sutcheret al., 2016). Attracting and retaining teachers will require strategic and consistent practices to alleviate …
Development Of An Experiential Leadership Curriculum Using The Absorb, Do, Connect Model, Sarah Norris
Development Of An Experiential Leadership Curriculum Using The Absorb, Do, Connect Model, Sarah Norris
Education Projects
Numerous leadership development programs exist in both the educational and workforce sectors. However, many organizations, specifically nonprofit and governmental agencies, do not have access to hands-on leadership development curriculum that fits their needs. Often, they either send new leadership staff to off-site “leadership training” that does not provide a transfer of learning aspect to be practiced and applied on site,or they create “make-shift” leadership training sessions that do not show validated improvements. The purpose of this project was to develop and betatest anexperiential learning curriculum for emerging leaders using the Absorb, Do, Connect model (Horton, 2012). The curriculum is generic …
Creating High Performing Teams In A Professional Practice, James O. Gist
Creating High Performing Teams In A Professional Practice, James O. Gist
Education Projects
Latta Family Dentistry is a small rural dental office located in Latta, South Carolina. The owner, Dr. Kareem Sprattling, is looking to provide affordable dental care and would love to open another office in a similar town. In order for him to open a new office, he must first improve the effectiveness of his current team and improve on structures already in place such as technology, the website, and the current efficiency while attracting new patients. Challenges this dentistry faced ranged from a revolving door of new employees, people working within a silo, the need for a much updated website, …
Capturing The Culture Of A Behavioral Health Organization, Pamela Lucas
Capturing The Culture Of A Behavioral Health Organization, Pamela Lucas
Education Projects
The effectiveness of an organization is contingent upon the leadership’s ability to create a culture which can achieve organizational goals while meeting the expectations of the stakeholders. Behavioral health and other healthcare organizations have a responsibility to remain in compliance with federal, state, and other accrediting bodies. Langevoort (2017) stated that cultures of compliance refer to shared beliefs within an organization about the importance of legal compliance in relation to other pressures and goals. Behavioral health organizations tend to maintain a compliance culture regardless of the potential benefit of moving to a noncompliance culture. These organizations can experience rapid change …
Childcare As An Innovative Response To Recruitment And Retention For Teachers, Tia Savage Jones
Childcare As An Innovative Response To Recruitment And Retention For Teachers, Tia Savage Jones
Education Projects
This study focused on implementing exclusive childcare centers as an incentive to increase the retention rate of teachers in South Carolina. It highlights the key components contributing to the retention rate of teachers in the field of education—namely family stressors and financial strain. Many working parents have a childcare problem and are in search of a solution. According to Bright Horizons(2019), “Childcare tuition currently exceeds the cost of college in many places, available spaces are in severely short supply, quality care is hard to come by” (p.6). Teachers are working parents;and although they are employed in the field of education, …
Enhancing Board Governance And Engagement At The Upcountry History Museum, Jade Cox
Enhancing Board Governance And Engagement At The Upcountry History Museum, Jade Cox
Education Projects
The purpose of this consultancy was to assist the Upcountry History Museum in developing their board of directors into an engaged decision-making body. At the beginning of the consultancy, the museum was preparing to craft a strategic plan for the next ten years and had hopes of becoming accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in the future. Museum leadership requested help from the consultant in the areas of board governance and engagement. During the three-year project, the consultant worked to provide the museum with updated bylaws, a new onboarding program for new members, and the creation and implementation of …
Building Synchronous Student Support Services For Asynchronous Online Programs At A Small Private Liberal Arts Institution, Carly M. Pearce
Building Synchronous Student Support Services For Asynchronous Online Programs At A Small Private Liberal Arts Institution, Carly M. Pearce
Education Projects
Averett University was charted in 1859 and has a strong history of embracing innovation and disruptive change. Institutions of higher education that desire to thrive in the future must remain 100%student centered and market driven. Institutions that embrace technological advancements can provide relevant and current educational opportunities through an assortment of affordable and accessible learning technologies. Recognizing the need to continually update its learning technologies and employ every educational delivery system in current demand, Averett’s GPS program pivoted from an on ground teaching format to 100%asynchronous online in less than 5 years. However, the sudden shift in learning modality did …
Transformative Organizational Change In A Community College Facilities Department, David L. Forester
Transformative Organizational Change In A Community College Facilities Department, David L. Forester
Education Projects
Organizational change can be difficult and goals frequently are not met during times of change. The overriding theme of this Consultancy Project is the transformative leadership in an organizational change in a facilities department of a community college. Facilities departments have a myriad of challenges when attempting to be efficiency and effective in higher education along with working within budgetary resources provided.
Docstu: Creating An E-Mentoring Program To Support Current And Prospective Doctoral Students, Chelsea Cromartie
Docstu: Creating An E-Mentoring Program To Support Current And Prospective Doctoral Students, Chelsea Cromartie
Education Projects
Research describes mentoring as a best-practice for supporting overall student success for graduate and doctoral students.Unfortunately, faculty are not able to serve in a mentoring role for all of their students.The purpose of this project is to utilize university alumni who have successfully completed a doctoral program, to serve as mentors to prospective and current doctoral students. E-mentoring programs in particular,provide flexibility and have multiple, lasting benefits for everyone involved.Intended to start summer 2020, DocStu will include 20-24 people in the first cohort. DocStu was created as a way to provide holistic support to current and prospective doctoral students throughout …