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Rural Education And Election Candidates: Three Questions, Devon Brenner, Catharine Biddle, Erin Mchenry-Sorber
Rural Education And Election Candidates: Three Questions, Devon Brenner, Catharine Biddle, Erin Mchenry-Sorber
The Rural Educator
This issue's policy brief suggests that it is important to evaluate election candidates' platforms and views about rural education and rural communities.
Teaching Science In Rural Elementary Schools: Affordances And Constraints In The Age Of Ngss, Doron Zinger, Judith Haymore Sandholtz, Cathy Ringstaff
Teaching Science In Rural Elementary Schools: Affordances And Constraints In The Age Of Ngss, Doron Zinger, Judith Haymore Sandholtz, Cathy Ringstaff
The Rural Educator
Providing science instruction is an ongoing priority and challenge in elementary grades, especially in high-need rural schools. Nonetheless, few studies have investigated the factors that facilitate or limit teachers’ science instruction in these settings, particularly since the introduction of the Next Generation Science Standards. In this study we investigated affordances and constraints to elementary science instruction in high-need rural schools. Data sources included semi-structured interviews and survey responses from 49 teachers from 30 different rural schools. Through a primarily qualitative analysis, we identified four teacher reported categories of affordances and four categories of constraints to teaching science. One category of …
Inspiring Rural High School Students To Consider Careers In Medicine And The Health Professions, Morgan Cari Dunn, Norma Susswein Saks
Inspiring Rural High School Students To Consider Careers In Medicine And The Health Professions, Morgan Cari Dunn, Norma Susswein Saks
The Rural Educator
The United States is experiencing a physician shortage and rural areas are especially impacted. Programs exist to recruit college and medical students to work in rural areas, but few programs are focused on the high school “pipeline.” Medical students, residents and physicians who have lived in rural areas are more likely to practice in those areas. This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a workshop to educate rural high school students about preparing for health professions careers. Evaluations of the workshop were positive and indicated increased knowledge and interest in careers in medicine and health professions. It is …
Against The Grain, Jessica Gallo
Against The Grain, Jessica Gallo
The Rural Educator
This study explored the question “What roles does rurality play in the professional lives of teachers in northern Wisconsin?” Using narrative analysis of four participants’ interviews about their lives working in rural schools, this paper compares participants’ stories with dominant narratives about rural schools and communities. Common depictions of rural people, places, and work often oversimplify the complex relationships among school, community, staff, and students. This study found that participants a.) feel a sense of belonging in rural places despite the challenges of living and working there, b.) create and maintain a strong professional family in order to mitigate rural …
Leveraging The Perspectives Of Rural Educators To Develop Realistic Job Previews For Rural Teacher Recruitment And Retention, Henry Tran, Suzy Hardie, Simone Gause, Peter Moyi, Rose Ylimaki
Leveraging The Perspectives Of Rural Educators To Develop Realistic Job Previews For Rural Teacher Recruitment And Retention, Henry Tran, Suzy Hardie, Simone Gause, Peter Moyi, Rose Ylimaki
The Rural Educator
Rurality is perceived by many to be a deficit or challenge when it comes to teacher recruitment and retention. However, recently, some have argued that moving away from a deficit model and treating rurality as an asset may hold promise for teacher staffing. Drawing on Person-organization (P-O) fit theory, we extend this argument in our study by investigating the perceptions of teachers from the rural Lowcountry of South Carolina, a region with documented severe teacher shortages, concerning rural teaching advantages and challenges. These reflections provide the data necessary to develop realistic job previews (RJP) that can be highlighted in the …
Supporting Gifted Education In Rural Schools, Amy Price Azano, Carolyn Callahan, Erika Bass, Michelle Rasheed
Supporting Gifted Education In Rural Schools, Amy Price Azano, Carolyn Callahan, Erika Bass, Michelle Rasheed
The Rural Educator
In this “promising practices” piece, we draw from lessons learned from a larger research study exploring how alternative identification processes and curricular interventions might influence gifted education programming for students in rural school districts. In the larger study we sought to (a) increase the number of rural students identified for gifted education services and (b) provide support for those programs in the form of a place-based language arts curriculum. As we implemented an innovative identification and curricular option for historically underrepresented students from low-income rural areas, we encountered hurdles stemming from four sources: conceptions of giftedness, teacher time and expertise, …
Coaching For Continuous Improvement, Matthew B. Courtney
Coaching For Continuous Improvement, Matthew B. Courtney
The Rural Educator
Since 2015, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has provided schools across the state with access to highly skilled instructional coaches. Primarily working in rural settings, these coaches provide a voluntary, integrated coaching model that focuses on building sustainable systems. Coaches provide a range of services, including systems design, strategic planning support, whole-team professional learning, professional learning community (PLC) LC facilitation, and fidelity monitoring. This article describes the theory of action for KDE’s Continuous Improvement Coaching program, presents two case studies of rural elementary schools who utilized the program, and discusses the key features of the program and its relevance …
“From School Of Crisis To Distinguished”, Molly Fisher, Ben Crawford
“From School Of Crisis To Distinguished”, Molly Fisher, Ben Crawford
The Rural Educator
Despite conditions that would work against a small and rural school in an impoverish rural area of the United States, Fairway Elementary School has managed to excel in its accountability measures. Through interviews with faculty, staff, teachers, students, and parents of children at Fairway Elementary School a model was developed through the lens of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It was found that a new administrator at the school started with the physiological needs of the children and are now working within the esteem stage of Maslow’s Hierarchy. Details from each stage of the hierarchy are provided as a promising practice …
The Inaugural Year Of The Whippoorwill Book Award For Rural Ya Literature, The Whippoorwill Committee
The Inaugural Year Of The Whippoorwill Book Award For Rural Ya Literature, The Whippoorwill Committee
The Rural Educator
About the Whippoorwill Award for excellence in young adult literature. List of this year's winners.
Google It, Cristin Marie Hall, Rebecca F. Bertuccio, Timothy M. Mazer, Christieanna O. Tawiah
Google It, Cristin Marie Hall, Rebecca F. Bertuccio, Timothy M. Mazer, Christieanna O. Tawiah
The Rural Educator
Violence prevention is of the utmost concern in some schools. For various reasons, rural schools face a number of challenges that may prevent them from implementing strong, evidence-based violence prevention initiatives. Given that the Internet houses a plethora of cost-free resources on threat assessment and violence prevention in schools, rural educators may consult the internet for information. However, because little is known about the composition and quality of such resources, it is important that they are properly evaluated. As such, the purpose of the present study was to compare existing, free, online school-based threat assessment resources to an evidence-based threat …
Teachers Bridging The Digital Divide In Rural Schools With 1:1 Computing, Jillian R Powers, Ann T. Musgrove, Bryan H Nichols
Teachers Bridging The Digital Divide In Rural Schools With 1:1 Computing, Jillian R Powers, Ann T. Musgrove, Bryan H Nichols
The Rural Educator
This article shares the findings of a mixed method study about the implementation of 1:1 computing in a small rural Florida school district. Researchers used multiple regression analyses to examine whether Davis’ (1989) Technology Acceptance Model helped explain teachers’ adoption of 1:1. The results indicated that the rural teachers’ perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of 1:1 were significant predictors of both whole class and individualized instructions with 1:1. The qualitative phase of the study explored the ways in which the teachers integrated 1:1 into their instructional practices and what factors motivated them to do so. The analysis showed …
The Rural Rise (Rural Initiatives Supporting Excellence), Matthew A. Ohlson, Shane C. Shope, Jerry D. Johnson
The Rural Rise (Rural Initiatives Supporting Excellence), Matthew A. Ohlson, Shane C. Shope, Jerry D. Johnson
The Rural Educator
Faculty from two universities in Florida and Ohio designed, developed and implemented programs to work with youth from their respective service regions to support college and career readiness initiatives. Both programs were directed by university faculty and utilized university resources to support K-12 students’ career development skills. In this paper, we examine the programs’ design, implementation, and results, including feedback from students, school personnel and local stakeholders. Attentive to results and the relevant literature, we hope to ignite a long-term discussion on how universities can create effective outreach programs that help support transitions from high school to college or directly …
Lessons Learned From Online Plcs Of Rural Stem Teachers, Tony Durr, Jennifer Kampmann, Patrick Hales, Larry Browning
Lessons Learned From Online Plcs Of Rural Stem Teachers, Tony Durr, Jennifer Kampmann, Patrick Hales, Larry Browning
The Rural Educator
This exploratory study of a Title II grant funded project analyzed the design and delivery of online professional learning communities (PLC) for rural STEM teachers. This research identified the frequency a video posting, the type of videos posted, and the style of reflection questions, as critical aspects to the engagement to participating teachers. Additionally, teachers showed an increase in teacher efficacy as a result of being part of the online PLCs and they indicated strong enjoyment and value in participation of the program.