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Jones, Jared S. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine what preparational experiences are necessary for assistant principals to effectively transition to the principalship. Fifteen principals completed a 21-item survey and answered seven interview questions to better understand how the North Carolina Standards for School Executives aligned with…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Principals, School Administration, Assistant Principals
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Corte, Ugo – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2013
Farrell's (2001) theory of collaborative circles provides a useful frame for analyzing the interpersonal dynamics that enable creative collaboration in small groups, but it leaves contextual factors of collaboration undertheorized. Using ethnographic data on freestyle BMXers in Greenville, North Carolina, this article demonstrates how resource…
Descriptors: Athletics, Physical Activities, Friendship, Innovation
Rosenbalm, Elizabeth M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Throughout this study, the researcher sought to find the key strategies needed to improve school culture and working conditions. These findings were measured by the 2010 and 2012 North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey (NC TWCS) data, as well as staff focus-group dialogue at three selected schools. The participant groups consisted of an…
Descriptors: School Culture, Teaching Conditions, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies
Bunch, Audrey Worrell – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative study examined a culture of teacher leadership that has evolved in North Carolina over the past 20 years, conveying the professional journey of teachers who had moved out of the classroom into other educational leadership roles after attainment of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification. The study…
Descriptors: National Standards, Teacher Certification, Instructional Leadership, Employment Opportunities
Lassiter, Vann Mizzelle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As education has changed to meet the needs of society and has been shaped by the enactment of new laws, various aspects included under the massive umbrella of education have also changed to maintain momentum One such educational program is career and technical education (CTE). Changes to CTE have been made to continually meet the needs of all…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Instructional Design, Sustainability, Administrators
Phipps, Maurice, Ed.; Hayashi, Aya, Ed. – Wilderness Education Association, 2009
The Wilderness Education Association (WEA) helps people enjoy and protect the nation's most precious resource: the wilderness areas. The WEA has been training and certifying outdoor leaders around the world for nearly 30 years, teaching students safely and effectively to lead groups in the outdoors without harming the environment. This document…
Descriptors: Outdoor Leadership, Outdoor Education, Physical Activities, Recreational Activities
O'Sullivan, Rita G.; Page, Bethany – 2000
North Carolina's Schools Attuned program offers teachers an instructional approach that helps increase students' classroom success by assessing strengths and weaknesses that influence learning. Approximately 400 teachers participated in the program's first year, 1998-1999, and an additional 400 began training in 1999-2000. Teams of teachers from a…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Professional Development
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Bradburn, Frances Bryant – T.H.E. Journal, 2004
When a state makes the decision to award a small number of high-dollar grants, the stakes are considerable. For North Carolina's IMPACT Model School Grant applicants, professional development started long before a single dollar was ever awarded. In light of these conditions, the state decided to issue a high-dollar, highly prescriptive grant, the…
Descriptors: Grants, Coordinators, Computer Software, Professional Development