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Koinonia, Kate Bowman Johnston, James Spiegel, Glen Kinoshita, Todd Ream, Jesse M. Brown

Koinonia

Spotlight Feature
The Cult of Cool: Rejecting Relevance and Pursuing Faithfulness, Kate Bowman Johnston

Reflection
Faith and the Problem of Suffering, James Spiegel

ACSD Summer 2006
Photos from ACSE

Author Interview
Our Place at the Table: The Role of White People in Racial Reconciliation: An Interview with Doug Schaupp, Glen Kinoshita

Thinking Theologically
Thinking Theologically: The Seasons of Hope's Redemption Part I, Todd Ream

Book Review
Skin Games, reviewed by Jessie M. Brown

Features
The President's Corner

Editor's Desk

How Teacher Attitudes And Administrator Behaviors Affect Levels Of Technology Integration In The Classroom, Sheri Leigh Bradshaw

Dissertations

Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to evaluate how well teachers’ attitudes predict levels of technology integration into the classroom. This study also investigated whether perceived support from the administrator as the instructional leader was related to teachers’ levels of technology integration into the classroom. The population for this study included identified school districts in rural North Georgia. Utilizing the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for the 2002-2003 school year, the researcher identified 5 peer districts: Franklin County, Gilmer County, Stephens County, Union County, and White County. All middle and high school teachers within a district were invited to …

Superintendents ’ Perceptions Of Clinical Supervision Practices In A District-Wide Implementation Program, Myrna Rae Ladner Bourgeois

Dissertations

In 1990 a new idea swept through the educational industry. Forty-nine school districts in Pennsylvania instituted a new form of organizational management called clinical supervision. In effect, this was a change in the relationship between administration and teachers concerning instructional behaviors. Formerly, when teachers were supervised and evaluated by administrators, they felt intimidated. They also felt their privacy was being invaded. Clinical supervision is an attempt to organize the methodology of teacher supervision while improving instruction. The purpose of this study was to provide data to the participating school districts for use in developing supervision, evaluation, and involvement training modification …

The Levy Process And Your Constituents: Know The Issues, David Alan Dolph

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

School levies and bond issues have dramatically increased across the country. State funding formulas that limit inflationary growth in revenue, more man- dates that require additional resources, and changes in tax laws all contribute to this growing phenomenon.

More and more, school boards are turning to their constituents for financial support through the levy process. School business officials and other education leaders are looking at a variety of approaches and techniques for increasing the likelihood of voters’ approving levies. One technique is to survey constituents to determine the issues foremost on their minds. Data collected through statistically accurate survey techniques …

Developing And Implementing A Higher Education Quality Initiative, Monica W. Tracey

Administrative and Organizational Studies

The Oakland University School of Education and Human Services' Quality Initiative is discussed in the context of the history of higher education and quality management, with comparison to initiatives at Fordham University, Lienhard School of Nursing, the College of Nursing at Rush University, the University of Alabama, Oregon State University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Digital Equity In Education: A Multilevel Examination Of Differences In And Relationships Between Computer Access, Computer Use And State-Level Technology Policies, Jonathan D. Becker

Educational Leadership Publications

Using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) state assessment and a survey of state-level technology policies, this study examined digital equity in education as a multilevel organizational phenomenon with data from 70,382 students in 3,479 schools and 40 states. Students in rural schools or schools with higher percentages of African American students were likely to have less access to computers. With respect to computer use, girls and students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch were more likely to use computers more frequently when computers are available in the classroom. With respect to relationships between computer access and …

The Relationship Between Leadership Practices Of Principals And Student Achievement, Serena L. Starcher

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This study sought to determine if a significant relationship existed between the leadership practices of school principals and student achievement in mathematics and reading. The leadership practices of principals were measured using Kouzes’and Posner’s Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) which measures leadership practices in five distinct areas: modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act and encouraging the heart. Student achievement in reading and mathematics was determined using the percentage of students proficient in reading and mathematics as measured by the state of West Virginia’s standardized exam, the West Virginia Educational Standards Test (WESTEST) for …

Koinonia, Bill Millard, Todd Ream, Cara Copeland, Melanie Hulbert, Tony Marchese, Canaan Crane, David Johnstone

Koinonia

Conference Spotlight
A Life Calling Conceptual and Developmental Model, Bill Millard

Community Considerations
Thinking Theologically: Considering Community, Todd Ream

Women's Issues
Women, Work, and Family, Cara Copeland & Melanie Hulbert

Calling and Career
Vocational Realization Through the Discovery of Human Assets, Tony Marchese

Human Sexuality
Creating an Effective Human Sexuality Statement, Canaan Crane

Book Review
Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas, reviewed by David Johnstone

Features
The President's Corner; Editor's Disk

God & Mammon: When Revenue Becomes More Important Than Mission And Community In Higher Education, David M. Johnstone

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

A Validation Study Of The Administrator Data Use Survey, Francis Nicholas Sheboy

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

The purpose of this study was to create an original instrument, the Administrator Data Use Survey (ADUS), to assess practicing school administrators' perceptions of the importance of data to school improvement, the importance of data to their position, and the degree to which they feel their graduate preparation in educational administration adequately prepared them for the data use demands of their position. Validation panels were used to assess construct, content, criterion, and face validity of the ADUS. In addition, factor analysis was utilized for construct validation. The ADUS was sent to a random sampling of practicing administrators from New York …

Role Expectations Of The District Superintendent: Implications For Deregulating Preparation And Licensing, Theodore J. Kowalski, Lars G. Björk

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

At this juncture when policymakers are being asked to choose between deregulation and reform, problems affecting the superintendency need to be framed appropriately and policy decisions need to be based on evidence and not raw politics or emotion. Deregulating a profession clearly is a serious matter that is prudent either when the need for the state to protect the public from practitioners is no longer valid or when the underlying knowledge has been found to be fraudulent or irrelevant (Kowalski, 2004). This paper identifies role expectations and position requirements that have evolved for school district superintendents over the past 100 …

Why Are School Districts Abandoning The Core-Plus Mathematics Curriculum, Amber Rae Richgels

Mathematics Graduate Theses

In this paper, the author establishes that high schools are abandoning the Core-Plus Mathematics curriculum and determines the need for curricular reform and the motivation to develop such standards-based programs. She discovers that although Core- Plus is a nationally recognized, exemplary mathematics curriculum, school districts are deciding to discontinue the curricular option of Core-Plus. The author reviewed literature and interviewed teachers from schools that have recently decided to abandon Core-Plus in attempt to determine factors leading to these decisions. This paper discusses those interviews, provides suggestions for the future adoption of Core-Plus, and concludes with recommendations that further study be …

Developing Policy For Part-Time School Administration Faculty, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

This inquiry is an analysis of the trend toward infusing practitioners into the preparation of school administrators. Motives for increasing the number of part-time employees in higher education are identified and specific problems associated with the deployment of these instructors are discussed. The argument is made that the merits of this trend depend on the extent to which department policy addresses adjunct faculty employment, deployment and development in relation to a reform vision and strategy. Essential policy considerations related to involving practitioners are recommended.

Evolution Of The School District Superintendent Position, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Clearly, no issue is currently more crucial to the future of the position of school district superintendent than the battle being fought over professional preparation and state licensing. The intent of licensing professionals is to protect society and not the licensee. Consequently, a decision to deregulate a profession should not be made solely in political arenas in which self- and group interests are more likely to outweigh societal interests. This chapter is grounded in the belief that persons within a profession, regardless of their personal views, have a responsibility to ensure that policy debates of this magnitude will be objective …

Growth No. 5 (2005) - Full Issue

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

The full issue of the fifth edition of Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.

In A Strange Land? Educational Identity And The Market System, Todd Ream

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of The Use Of Dynamic Geometry Software On Student Achievement And Interest, Heidi B. Hansen

Mathematics Graduate Theses

This study examines the current research that exists on the effects that the use of dynamic geometry software has on student achievement and interest level in mathematics. Additional questions examined are whether using dynamic geometry software has a greater impact on high or low achievers, and what current methods of implementation are suggested by the research. A review of the relevant literature indicates that the use of dynamic geometry software does have a positive effect on student achievement, particularly achievement in areas of high-level thinking. Insufficient research has been done on the effect that the use of dynamic geometry software …

Koinonia, Tony Marchese, David M. Johnstone, Kerri Cissna, Michael Card, Jeff Doyle, Todd Ream, Skip Trudeau

Koinonia

Articles
Engaging the Meaning-Making Power of Reflection: An Evaluation of the Undergraduate Experience, Tony Marchese

"The Classroom is Not Enough..." The Reason for Residence Life on a Christian Liberal Arts Campus, David M. Johnstone

Frugal Flushing: A Look at Stewardship in Student Development, Kerri Cissna

Conference Spotlight
Wishes or Hope, Michael Card

Book Review
Strategies for Staff Development: Personal and Professional Education in the 21st Century, reviewed by Jeff Doyle

Features
The President's Corner

Editor's Disk

Thinking Theologically: To Seek the Grace that Redeems, Todd Ream

Using Electronic Portfolios As A Pedagogical Practice To Enhance Student Learning, Yves P. Labissiere, Candyce Reynolds

University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Real learning transcends barriers of time and place. It can also provide a bag of tools one can take on the journey through life. Some students, unfortunately, leave college with empty toolkits, or ones they do not know how to open. Engaging students in the process of salient, transformative learning is a challenge, but one worth taking. Tagg (2004) speaks eloquently in a recent About Campus article about the need for faculty to use practices in the classroom that improve the quality of learning, and calls for faculty to help students claim their learning and engage in what Kegan (1995) …

Implementation Of An Assessment Center At A Post-Secondary Two-Year College: Faculty Stages Of Concern, Deanna L. King

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was twofold. First, the study attempted to predict how post-secondary two-year college faculty embraced change as measured by the Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ). Second, the study assessed whether formal training in the use of assessment centers would affect the concerns, attitudes and perceptions of college faculty at a post-secondary two-year institution about the implementation ofthe assessment center innovation in their institutions. This study used existing data collected by Ivy Tech State College- Wabash Valley Region. The population consisted of 44 faculty members from Ivy Tech State College- Wabash Valley Region who completed the SoCQ …

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative: Teacher, Student, And School Perspectives, Mid-Year Evaluation Report, David L. Silvernail Phd, Walter J. Harris Phd, Dawn M.M. Lane, Janet C. Fairman Phd, Paula B. Gravelle, Lori Smith, Katherine I. Sargent, Walter Mcintire

Education Technology

This report presents some early evaluation evidence on the effectiveness and impact of the implementation of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI). The goal of the Year One evaluation, which is being conducted by the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI), is to provide policymakers and practitioners with information that will assist them in determining whether or not, and to what degree, the vision and goals of the MLTI are being achieved. The Year One design is focusing primarily on the students who entered seventh grade in September 2002, and their teachers and schools.

The MEPRI evaluation team has focused …

The Roles Of Women On Campus: Contributing To The Development Of Student Values, Alyssa M. Tongg Weiler

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

Planning And Managing School Facilities, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Nearly half of the nation's school buildings need to be renovated or replaced. This book provides a knowledge base for administrators to plan and manage construction projects, and addresses specific planning tasks including public opinion polling, enrollment projections, financial planning, selecting architects and other professionals, and managing facilities once they are operational.

Theodore Kowalski addresses the administrative procedures associated with planning and managing school facilities. As noted at the outset, practitioner interest in school facilities has been growing rapidly in recent years because decades of neglect, poor planning, and cost cutting have created a situation in which large numbers of …

Growth No. 2 (2002) - Full Issue

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

The full issue of the second edition of Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.

Community And Technology, Skip Trudeau, Andre Broquard

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

Koinonia, Brent Ellis, Steve Austin, Randy Blackford, Brad Voyles, Sara Oyer, Rob Loane

Koinonia

Ways to Grow Our Profession
Vocational Education: A New Perspective, Brent Ellis

Forging Ahead in Student Programs, Steve Austin

Ways to Train Others
The Steps to Thinking Well are as Easy as 1-2-3, Randy Blackford

Ten Things Every RA Should Know, Brad Voyles

Ways We Have Learned
I Learned Too, Sara Oyer

One Year Later, Rob Loane

Regular Features
President's Corner

Editor's Disk

ACSD Accolades

Who Owns Our Values? Back To School, John Strassburger

Publications

This is the sixth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.

In Search Of A Seamless Partnership: A Response To Barnes, Tom Emigh

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

The State Of Christian Student Development, Skip Trudeau, Ginny Carpenter, Norris Friesen, Tim Herrmann

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

Growth No. 1 (2001) - Full Issue

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

The full issue of the first edition of Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.