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Hogue, Lindsey B. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Managing a caseload of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) is a demanding working condition for special education teachers (SETs). Large and unmanageable caseloads are important because of the connections to the instability of the SET workforce, including the longstanding SET shortage. Researchers have recommended hiring more…
Descriptors: Faculty Workload, Special Education Teachers, Resource Teachers, Individualized Education Programs
Reeves-Wymer, Linda S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Developmental education is the starting point for many 1st-year college students, especially from underrepresented, low-income, and first-generation populations. One such 1st-year program linked block-scheduled academic skill-development courses with a required interdisciplinary general education science course where instruction was provided…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Block Scheduling, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen
Berg, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In this qualitative descriptive case study, strategies used to manage special education administrative duties and current perspectives of administrative responsibilities of three veteran special education teachers were investigated. The three participants were also identified as teacher leaders within the department of special education for their…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Administration, Experienced Teachers, Qualitative Research
Norton, Mary Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The number of public high schools implementing a semester 4 x 4 block scheduling design within the state of South Carolina has tripled since 2005. However, minimal local research has been conducted regarding the impact of block scheduling on student academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences exist…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, High Schools, Block Scheduling, Exit Examinations
Raines, Jerry Randolph – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As schools continue to strive to meet federal testing requirements, many schools have been looking at ways to improve. During the 1990's many school districts thought they had found the method, tool, or program, with which to accomplish this goal: the "block schedule". This study was a comparison of the teaching strategies and attitudes of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, High Schools, Block Scheduling, Teacher Effectiveness
Walsh, Margaret A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of principals whose schools were granted innovation status in accordance with the "Colorado Innovation Schools Act of 2008" (CISA). The CISA created a statewide system that allowed individual schools and entire districts to increase autonomy and…
Descriptors: Leadership, Principals, Phenomenology, Innovation