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“Give Them A Firm Handshake, Look Them In The Eye, Try To Make A Connection”: Critical Graduate Perspectives On School Advancement Practices Of De Marillac Academy, Alicia M. Tapia

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation engages graduates of De Marillac Academy, a NativityMiguel school in San Francisco, in critical inquiry regarding school advancement practices. Graduates were asked how they participated in school advancement practices face-to-face with guests and donors, through media, on-campus and off-campus at their Annual Scholarship Benefit. Graduates engaged in photo and video elicitation interviews, in which photos and videos were used to spark commentary regarding their thoughts and experiences in advancement settings. As Catholic school educators, we are called to investigate the effects of a student’s formal and hidden curriculum in all aspects of their educational experience. This study found …

Perceptions Of Archdiocese Of San Francisco Principals Regarding The Implementation Of "Partners In Faith: Parish, School And Family" (2000), Eileen Anne Emerson-Boles

Doctoral Dissertations

The Catholic Church consistently affirms the rights and responsibilities that parents, the Church, and its schools have in passing on the faith to children. While Church teaching holds that parents are the primary educators of their children, it also maintains an important role for parishes and schools in nurturing faith formation. The relationship among these three partners provided the focus for this study.

In 2000, the Council of Priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco published the "Partners in Faith: Parish, School and Family" report to address the relationships among parishes, schools and families in the Archdiocese’s parish schools. In …

African American Children In An Urban Foster Care System : Perceptions Of Disproportionality And Demographics, Jeffrey W. Timms

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The Teller's Tale : The Role Of The Storyteller In The Life Of The Story, Rachel Cummings Klein

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Latino Students' Experiences In Comprehensive And Continuation High Schools, Maria Rosa Navarro

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Student Satisfaction And Empowerment Through Complaining In Institutions Of Higher Learning, Farbod Karimi

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The Impact Of Care : Young African American Males' Perceptions Of In-Home, One-On-One Tutoring, Aaron Lamont Horn

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The Perceptions Of Volunteers Regarding Their Motives, Rewards, And Challenges At The Saint Anthony Foundation In San Francisco, California, Godbertha K. Muganda

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Touching The Spirit As A Motivating Factor For African American Students To Achieve Academic Excellence, E'Leva D.H. Gibson

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