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Scaling Work-Based Learning: Quality Criteria For Continuous Improvement And Equity, Dania Ibrahim, Heather Penczak, Emily Won

Practitioner Toolkits and Resources

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Quality Criteria For College And Career Pathways Implementation, Laura Monteagudo, Emily Rusca, Liam Lawson

Practitioner Toolkits and Resources

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A Micro-Internship Model For Engaging High School Students: A Pilot Of The Illinois Math Badging Initiative, Dania Ibrahim

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Caminatas Comunitarias Para Enseñar Matemáticas En La Costa Caribe Colombiana: Un Enfoque Rural, Ricela Feliciano-Semidei, Kevin A. Palencia Infante, Jonathan A. Cervantes Barraza

Faculty Books & Book Chapters

Este libro recopila la experiencia vivida por docentes de matemáticas e investigadores que participaron del proyecto Pedagogías basadas en la comunidad rural para la enseñanza de las matemáticas en áreas rurales de la costa caribe colombiana. Los autores contextualizan estas experiencias para que puedan ser replicadas por otros docentes. Para lograrlo, se guía al lector con teorías educativas, políticas educativas, reflexiones y ejemplos alineados al currículo colombiano actual. Los ejemplos sirven de modelo y motivación para crear otras lecciones utilizando estas teorías. Este libro invita a los lectores a transformar las experiencias de los estudiantes de áreas rurales en recursos …

Employer Resources For Hosting High School Interns, Heather Penczak

Practitioner Toolkits and Resources

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Examining The Rockford Public Schools' Master Scheduling Process As An Open System To Achieve Sustainability, Renee E K Schott

Dissertations of Practice

Master scheduling is a high-stakes process that plays a critical role in a school’s ability to effectively deliver instruction to students. Proper care is required to ensure students have equitable access to courses and staff assignments are maximizing the functionality of the schedule. Despite its significance, however, there is little extant literature or research on the topic of master scheduling itself or its agents, Master Schedulers. The scope of this research strives to fill that gap by analyzing the master scheduling processes of a Midwest, urban, public school district through the lens of Systems Theory. Through this study, strengths and …

Online Education And Lessons Learned In K-12 Urban Schools During The Pandemic Era: A Three-Article Study On Students’ Views, Principals’ Views, And Factors Impacting Student Achievement, Michael Kuran

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional K-12 education worldwide, forcing a rapid shift to emergency remote teaching and learning. This dissertation utilizes a three-article approach and investigates the multifaceted impact of the pandemic on urban charter high school students and their principals in under-resourced communities. The first article employs the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to explore the relationships between social presence, engagement, and achievement of students in asynchronous online classes during the pandemic. The second article, framed by Transactional Distance Theory (TDT), delves into factors influencing students' online learning experiences by using quantitative and qualitative methods to capture the nuances …

An Investigation Of The Impact Of Esser Relief Funds On Illinois High Schools, Douglas J. Wildes

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

During and in the immediate years after the global COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has given school districts across the United States millions of dollars through a series of three final grants called the Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) Grant to help improve education, decrease student learning losses suffered during the shutdown, and make educational facilities safer for students and staff. This study examines ESSER Grant dollars and academic achievement data from 57 Chicagoland high school districts and assesses whether a correlation exists between how these funds were allocated and student achievement performance. A Pearson correlation coefficient was …

Transitional Math Implementation In Illinois: Investigating Secondary And Postsecondary Implementation And Data Utilization, Xiaodan Hu, Benjamin Creed

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Early Pathways Into The Education Profession: A Comprehensive Evaluation Framework, Benjamin Creed, Marissa Renee Bamberger, Kelly H. Summers

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State Of Illinois Model Programs Of Study Guides: 2023 Utilization Report, Meagan Mitchell

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Resources And Guidance For Supporting Young Women In Manufacturing, Dania Ibrahim

Practitioner Toolkits and Resources

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Pace, Ccpe, And Ccri Crosswalk, Emily Rusca, Edith Njuguna

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Career Development Experience Toolkit – Resources Bundle, Heather Penczak

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Middle School Grow Your Own Teaching Program, Andrew J. Vondran

Dissertations of Practice

Middle School Grow YOur Own Teaching Program

This dissertation addresses the teacher shortage in the United States of America. The profession of education has struggled to find teachers to fill vacancies and it is being felt throughout the country. This is not just in the rural areas or areas of low socioeconomic status. Even high paying districts are feeling the squeeze. Many school districts are trying to combat this problem in different ways, especially Grow Your Own teaching programs. Many of these programs run by school districts are focused on high school students, although there has been a lack of …

Perceptions On Detracking Secondary Mathematics Classes And Individual And Collective Teacher Efficacy Beliefs For Teaching In Heterogeneous, Inclusive Classes, Melissa A. Dudic

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore secondary mathematics teachers’ perceptions of detracking including benefits, challenges, and needed support as well as their individual and collective efficacy beliefs for teaching in a detracked class. Shifting to heterogeneous and inclusive secondary mathematics classes is a significant shift from past practice, and thus, teachers’ beliefs about their individual efficacy for such a change can impact the success of detracking reform. By understanding the areas of strength and areas for growth through the lens of individual and collective teaching efficacy, leaders can better understand the professional learning and support needed to sustain …

Interventions Utilized To Improve Attendance Amongst Secondary Students Experiencing School Refusal Behaviors, Kristen E. Bronke

Dissertations of Practice

INTERVENTIONS UTILIZED TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE AMONGST SECONDARY STUDENTS EXPERIENCING SCHOOL REFUSAL BEHAVIORS

This study examined the interventions utilized to improve attendance amongst secondary students at a Midwest suburban high school as well as their relationship to the research-based interventions presented in the literature review. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 student services faculty members to identify what interventions are being utilized to help students with school refusal, which interventions they felt worked best for returning students experiencing school refusal behaviors to consistent attendance, and in what ways the school district can best support school student services personnel when working with …

Forest County’S Historically Underrepresented Rural Students And Barriers To College, Tracy Ash

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This study used newly collected survey data from the Perceptions of Educational Barrier Scale – Revised (PEB-R; Gibbons, 2005) to examine the reported educational barriers of students who are currently enrolled at the University of Midwest and who graduated from one of the five designated rural high schools in Forest County, Illinois. The research sample consisted of 29 students. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between the PEB-R mean scores of reported educational barriers to post-secondary opportunities of historically underrepresented students who graduated from any of the five rural high schools in Forest County and …

Covid-19 Online Learning: Characteristics And Perceptions Of Newly Struggling High School Students, Kristine Webster

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The COVID-19 pandemic caused worldwide closures of schools resulting in a sudden shift to online instruction for a large population of students. For many students, this shift caused a decrease in academic performance. This four-paper dissertation explores the impact of this shift on newly struggling high school students. These students earned a D or F as their final course grade in two or more classes during the first semester of 2020 online learning but earned zero or one D or F final course grade during the first semester of 2019 with in person instruction.Using a correlational research design, the first …

Scaling Education Pathways In Illinois: Student Voices Evaluation, Benjamin Creed, Natalie Young

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Career Development Experience Toolkit – Facilitation Guide, Heather Penczak, Dania Ibrahim

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Hb3296 Overview, Emily Rusca

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Postsecondary Course-Taking And Academic Performance Of Transitional Math Completers: A Quantitative Study Of Students In Illinois, Gina Caronna

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This quantitative study investigated the academic outcomes of high school students from one community college district in Illinois who took a high school transitional math course designed to give them direct placement into a college-level math course. The goal of successful completion of a transitional math course is to allow students direct placement into college-level math courses. This study provides a correlational analysis of specific academic success metrics between students who took transitional math and those who did not at one Illinois community college. The sample for this study included 100 students who completed a transitional math course and 525 …

Teachers’ Perspectives On The Inclusion Of Global Citizenship Concepts In Arabic-Language Secondary Curricula In Saudi Arabia, Ebtesam Altwejery

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This basic qualitative study utilized Freire’s (1973) theory of critical consciousness to aimed to explore Arabic-language teachers’ perspectives of the inclusion of global citizenship concepts in the Arabic-language secondary school curricula at a selected international school in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Three research questions addressed the purpose of this study and helped bridge a gap in the existing literature. In-depth individual interviews, document analysis, and two focus group were utilized to collect data from 10 participants who met the inclusion criteria for the study (Arabic-language teachers at the selected school; at least five years of teaching experience at K-12 …

Strengthening Supports For Dual Credit Instruction In Chicago: Takeaways And Promising Practices, Ginger M. Reynolds

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Scaling Education Pathways Initiative (Sepi) Analysis, Ginger M. Reynolds

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Illinois College And Career Pathways: School Readiness Framework, Juan Jose Gonzalez

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Local Advisory Panels For Transitional Instruction: Processes, Promising Practices, And Lessons Learned, Ginger M. Reynolds, Heather Penczak

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Career Development Experience Toolkit – Companion Piece, Caroline D'Andrea, Carl Schneider, Heather Penczak

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Statewide Transitional English Course Parameters, Competencies, And Policies, Education Systems Center

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