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Tyre, Ashli D.; Feuerborn, Laura L. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2017
Low staff support for schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS) is a barrier to implementation and sustainability. In this qualitative study, we identify staff opposed to SWPBIS among staff in 36 schools across 9 districts in western Washington. Nonsupportive staff (n = 44) are compared to supportive staff (n = 1,166) on…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, School Personnel, Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis
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Kohn, Marlana; Belza, Basia; Petrescu-Prahova, Miruna; Miyawaki, Christina E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
This study examines the expected and experienced benefits among participants in Enhance®Fitness (EF), an evidence-based group physical activity program for older adults. We also describe the implications for program dissemination (reach, implementation, and maintenance) within the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Exercise, Program Implementation, Health Programs
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DeBray, Elizabeth; McDermott, Kathryn A.; Frankenberg, Erica; Blankenship, Ann Elizabeth – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education made grants to eleven school districts under the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans (TASAP) program. The impetus for the program came from the Council of Great City Schools, which was concerned that school districts would respond to a recent Supreme Court decision by dismantling policies…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Technical Assistance, School District Spending
Brown, Chris L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe secondary teachers' perceptions of online learning in Washington. This was done by distributing a survey to three districts in the State of Washington to identify the advantages and challenges of online learning according to participating secondary teachers. In addition, the teachers provided…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Electronic Learning, Teacher Surveys
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McIntosh, Kent; Kelm, Joanna L.; Canizal Delabra, Alondra – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2016
Research has shown principal support to be a critical variable for implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices. However, there remains little understanding of the factors that may influence a principal's personal decision to support a practice. The purpose of the current study was to examine events that influenced principals' support for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Practices, Administrator Attitudes
McIntosh, Kent; Kelm, Joanna L.; Canizal Delabra, Alondra – Grantee Submission, 2016
Research has shown principal support to be a critical variable for implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices. However, there remains little understanding of the factors that may influence a principal's personal decision to support a practice. The purpose of the current study was to examine events that influenced principals' support for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Practices, Administrator Attitudes
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Wolpow, Ray; Johnson, Natalie N.; Wognild, Kristin N. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2002
Changing demography and ensuing incidents of backlash, growing intolerance, and prejudice led a group of educators from seven different schools in two rural counties of northwestern Washington State to organize a National Endowment for the Humanities sponsored series of Holocaust education inservice workshops. The obstacles they overcame in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Workshops