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Farjahan Rahman Shawon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
While many schools are revisiting the importance of CTE in the K 9-12 curriculum, many face constraints in the form of instructional and laboratory resources. 22 school districts of North Central Idaho and Southeast Washington region struggle to provide access to Career and Technology Education program programs due to geographic challenges,…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Vocational Education
Castleton, Tate – ProQuest LLC, 2022
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2021), more than half of all public-school districts and nearly one-third of all public-school students attend rural schools in the U.S. This study identifies characteristics of the physical environment of rural schools, considers how the physical environment of rural schools compares to…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Educational Environment, Rural Schools, Rural Areas
Saffle, Elisa – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Structured mentoring programs for new principals are designed to support and enhance their professional abilities. Providing mentoring support for new principals has benefits that extend beyond the novice principal to the mentor, school, and school district. Although the benefits of principal mentoring are established, mentoring of new principals…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Administrator Attitudes, Principals, Mentors
Ryan J. Faulkner – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The need for institutions of higher education to increase enrollments and provide more access to students, especially in rural areas, makes distance education very important to nearly all institutions of higher education. Yet few studies have been conducted on the leadership characteristics of the directors of distance education programs even…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Leadership Styles, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Miller, Denine V. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This case study (Stake, 1995) examined the perceptions of long-term Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) to identify factors influencing their decision to remain employed as EMTs for the duration of a career. EMT retention plans frequently utilize data from either employee exit interviews or workers with intent to leave, and since privacy law…
Descriptors: Emergency Medical Technicians, Persistence, Case Studies, Labor Turnover
Orr, Cynthia K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
If a school is able to retain its teachers, the school has the potential to function as a team and create a positive learning environment. Brown and Schainker (2008) indicate, "Most teacher turnover, whether through attrition or migration, is costly and has negative effects at the school level" (p. 13). If a school has high turnover, the…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Elementary School Teachers, Rural Areas, Action Research