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Karen L. Schwartz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
For over 100 years, youth mentoring has grown to be an evidenced based prevention strategy for youth, demonstrating positive youth outcomes through strong relationships with caring adults. While trusting relationships are the mainstay of the positive impacts achieved through mentoring, the difficulty in recruiting volunteer adults has not met the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Youth Programs, Volunteers, Individual Characteristics
Daniel J. Adney – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Purpose and Method of Study: The purpose of this nonexperimental quantitative study was to determine the level of teacher self-efficacy and the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) ratings among CAP Tulsa teachers. Descriptive analysis was utilized to identify the level of teacher self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Community Action, Community Programs, Classroom Environment
Giselle Batista – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Within most models of multi-tiered systems of support, Tier 3 supports are the most intensive supports public schools can provide to their students. These supports may be delivered to address academic, behavioral, or mental health concerns. Because many schools do not have the mental health personnel to effectively deliver Tier 3 mental health…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Public Agencies, Community Involvement, Public Schools
Orton, Judy – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The present research involved two studies that considered "ecology-centered experiences" (i.e., experiences with living things) as a factor in children's environmental attitudes and behaviors and adolescents' ecological understanding. The first study (Study 1) examined how a community garden provides children in an urban setting the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Community Programs, Gardening
Walz, Amber – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The American disability service system is predicated on underlying assumptions and beliefs which are dominant in the majority culture. Consequently, minority families, such as families from India, living in America sometimes experience dissonance with respect to the services provided to their family due to their varying cultural values. As such,…
Descriptors: Indians, Disabilities, Minority Groups, Cultural Relevance
Taylor-Mendoza, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to identify instructional strategies and support services of five learning community programs that focus on the retention of African American students at California Community Colleges. Empirical research indicates that colleges and universities have historically structured their curricula, student services programs,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, African American Students, Mentors, Community Colleges