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Improving Faculty Capacity To Support Student Mental Health, Nishma Bhaloo
Improving Faculty Capacity To Support Student Mental Health, Nishma Bhaloo
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
Mental health issues are on the rise among students at postsecondary institutions (PSIs), necessitating a campus-wide initiative to address growing concerns about mental health problems among students. Extending the circle of care model to include faculty ensures the timely delivery of support and services to address students’ mental health needs. This integrated approach also enables faculty to respond to students’ needs and direct students to the appropriate resources. However, faculty must be equipped with the knowledge needed to recognize the signs of mental health issues among students to positively impact students’ overall health and well-being. Improving faculty capacity to support …
Fostering Collaboration Between Local Heis And Global Professional Engineering Organization, Helder F. Pinheiro Mr
Fostering Collaboration Between Local Heis And Global Professional Engineering Organization, Helder F. Pinheiro Mr
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
This organizational improvement plan (OIP) proposes a change process to foster collaboration between a not-for-profit engineering organization and higher education institutions (HEIs) situated in the Central Ontario Region. This OIP will help students create successful conditions to transition from HEIs to workplaces by providing them with support from a multidisciplinary team, including professional engineers. Support will be needed to engage students in events that underscore creativity, critical thinking, communication, and other leadership competencies for facing 21st-century challenges. As a section chair, I will work as a change initiator/participant with a guiding coalition encompassing students, faculty members, HEI administrators, and executives …
Citizenship Education In Neoliberal Times, Elissar Gerges
Citizenship Education In Neoliberal Times, Elissar Gerges
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
In pursuit of continuous rather than episodic change, this organizational improvement plan uses Kotter’s (2014) framework for organizational change, embedded within the PDSA cycle, to create a professional development community at the school. The school’s mission is focused on citizenship, but implementation is still an area of action. The compliance culture at the school and the dominant transactional leadership approach have influenced the enactment of the school’s mission throughout the various high school departments. Using a conceptual framework adapted from Hackman’s (2002) framework for building a collaborative environment, this improvement plan explores how a private school in Ontario can implement …
Increasing Collaboration Between Noncredit Staff And Credit Faculty, Dimitra Fotopoulos
Increasing Collaboration Between Noncredit Staff And Credit Faculty, Dimitra Fotopoulos
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) focused on two specific stakeholder groups within a liberal arts postsecondary institution in western Canada: the noncredit faculty (NCF) and academic faculties. A third group, the external community, is also a key stakeholder that will benefit from the OIP through relevant programming for work-ready graduates. The NCF, in which noncredit certificates, diplomas, and professional development programs are offered, is tasked with revenue generation. It is an outward facing arm of the organization, with a strong focus on building relationships with the business and nonprofit community. The goals of the academic faculties are to develop and …
Autonomy And Empowerment To Be Creative And Engaged In A Collaborative Culture, Mohamed S. Hanif
Autonomy And Empowerment To Be Creative And Engaged In A Collaborative Culture, Mohamed S. Hanif
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
This document is an Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP). The purpose of the OIP is to address a specific problem of practice (PoP) at a private career college in Ontario (the College). The PoP at the College is the need for instructors to have autonomy and empowerment to be creative and engaged in a collaborative culture. An organizational analysis at the College determined that the present functionalist theoretical organizational framework and its hierarchical structure inhibit collaboration. After a comprehensive review of scholarly literature, this OIP recommends that a postmodernist theoretical organizational framework and a follower-centric approach to leadership using the transformational …