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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
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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
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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
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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 …
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 …
A Plan For Excellence: Building A Road Map For Developing A New Business Entity, Mary L. Affee
A Plan For Excellence: Building A Road Map For Developing A New Business Entity, Mary L. Affee
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Organizational designs, structures, and leadership are major factors that can impact an organization’s performance, profit, market sustainability, and how people work together in organizations. The purpose of this project was to develop a brand-new business that considers the development and all phases of a new business. This ongoing project has been experimental in community collaboratives, leadership development, client recruitment, employee and contractor onboarding, and financial structures and profit margins. Exploration and examination of the project initiative provided multiple opportunities for the owner to develop and strengthen in areas of leadership, organizational design development, marketing development and management, and employee/contractor management. …
Supporting Self-Efficacy Through After-School Progamming, Rene' J. Alford
Supporting Self-Efficacy Through After-School Progamming, Rene' J. Alford
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Over the years, much attention has come to the disproportionate achievement of minority students versus their other race peers. Although many initiatives have been implemented across the nation to address the achievement gap, our school systems still show a considerable difference in student achievement, specifically between White and Black subgroups. Although varying from school district to school district, White students across the country continue to score almost two grade levels higher than Black students on average (Barshay, 2019). To address this issue, school systems are realigning professional development practices to reflect more culturally responsive instruction, moving to a mentality that …