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Levens, Dara M. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of the leadership behavior known as Complexity Leadership (CL) style among the principals of Alabama Torchbearer Schools that were successful in implementing and meeting the mandates of NCLB. The concept imposed by CL is concerned less with the effects of hierarchical control in operational…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Principals, Compliance (Legal), Program Implementation
Daniel J. Birdsong – ProQuest LLC, 2020
To study the implementation of and support for comprehensive school counseling programs (CSCP), I examined the perceptions and experiences of administrators and school counselors from programs awarded the Alabama School Counseling Program of Distinction. Through a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design, I explored the general research…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Program Implementation, Comprehensive Programs, Administrators
Tommye Easterly – ProQuest LLC, 2024
READ 180 was adopted by a school district in Southern Alabama (SDSA) in response to students' low state reading and comprehension scores statewide. However, after years of implementation, it is unclear whether the READ 180 curriculum and the instructional practices characteristics of the READ 180 have been implemented with fidelity across district…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Reading Programs, Barriers, Teacher Attitudes
Chandler, Keisha La'Rae – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The retention of Black teachers in the teaching profession remains challenging due to historical events and policies, low salaries, lack of support from administrators, and other school factors. This action research study aimed to investigate, develop, and implement a retention support program for Black teachers employed in their first-fifth year…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Novices, Blacks, African American Teachers
Spencer, Rosa Chiffon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This case study explored dual enrollment program implementation and student participation at a public high school in Alabama. The study gathered current data to describe the salient actions and cultural beliefs that influence dual enrollment program participation. The findings help to better understand the institutional practices that attract…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Participation, Dual Enrollment, Public Colleges
Robinson, Shaquanah – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore elementary school teachers' perceptions of their level of confidence and preparation for implementing Common Core State Standards in Alabama. The researcher used NVivo to identify common themes among the responses of the participants. The results of this study indicated five major themes:…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Rice, Tameka Shamery – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The effectiveness of the Instructional Partnership Network (IPN), a collaborative initiative that provides professional development to school principals, has not been previously measured. An investigation of the impact of this state initiative on teacher efficacy, teacher trust in colleagues and teacher trust in the principal was conducted. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Trust (Psychology), Teacher Administrator Relationship, Principals
Clark, Brandi – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative narrative study explored the unique lived experiences of K-12 educators implementing the Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI), a professional development and reading intervention program in the Black Belt region of Alabama. The study involved purposeful sampling of 32 participants from 16 schools in that region, 8 schools excelling…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
White-Harris, Kimberly L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of technology implementation of middle school teachers in one of the largest school districts in Alabama. This study examined if the use of technology had a positive influence on students' academic performance (reading and mathematics). Although several other studies are equivalent to this…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Academic Achievement, Reading Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
Capers, Gesa Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 2016, six of six American Nobel Prize winners in science were immigrants. The numbers of U.S. educated graduates who enter the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields have been on the decline, and policymakers and educators have continually sought new policies and programs to try resolve this problem with long-term…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Program Implementation, Student Interests, Scientific Attitudes
Views of the Common Core: An Examination of Upper Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Lived Experiences
Granthum, Celeste Faulkner – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study was conducted to investigate perspectives of upper elementary mathematics teachers on the Alabama College and Career Readiness Standards, the Common Core State Standards for Alabama. Participants in this study were six mathematics teachers from one school in a large school system in Alabama. Two third grade teachers, two fourth grade…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Experience
Andress, Blair J. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Each day, in schools across America, teachers willingly embrace the often daunting task of educating the nation's youth. Students who share little more than a common birth year are placed together with a teacher who is expected to take them from wherever they happen to be academically at the beginning of the year to where they simply must be by…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Nontraditional Education, Nontraditional Students
Adams, Lamar D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Teacher quality is one of the most important school related variables associated with student achievement. Therefore, raising the quality of the U.S. public education teaching force is essential to ensure that every child has the opportunity to achieve academic success. In order to accomplish this, significant analytical inspection of teachers is…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Teacher Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Edwards, LaWanda – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the extent to which school counselors in Alabama are engaged in accountability practices consistent with the ASCA National Model and other contemporary views of the school counselors' roles and responsibilities. This study includes a sample of 420 professional school counselors. Participants…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Counselor Role, Accountability
Ladnier-Hicks, Jamie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine if third grade reading performance of students enrolled in south Mobile County Title I schools improved as a result of the first year implementation of the Scott Foresman "Reading Street" program. Attempts were also made to identify predictors that may improve future reading performance and data…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement
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