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Williams, Ramsey Louis – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this research study was to design school profiles of two elementary schools in order to investigate the potential relationship between school climate dynamics and levels of student achievement. The research design for this study included a mixed method approach of quantitative and qualitative techniques. These techniques included…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Correlation, Academic Achievement, Elementary Schools
Best, Marguerita L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Framed in the critical race theory of structuration (CRTS), this sequential explanatory mixed methods study seeks to identify the socialization practices by examining the realities of practices of assistant principals and the ways in which they impact the disciplinary actions of assistant principals at middle and high schools. The mixed methods…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Educational Change, Socialization, Critical Theory
Williams, Leslie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Between 2002 and 2007, data showed that 33% of alternatively certified teachers within a Florida school district withdrew from the profession within their first three years, and up to 40% of teachers withdrew within their first five years. In response, this study explored the causes for the retention and attrition of alternatively certified…
Descriptors: Mentors, School Districts, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Persistence
Snyder, Troy Ernest – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Analyzing the effects of the Equine Essentials discipline model by examining measurable differences in teacher holonomy at schools applying the model with varying degrees of intensity was the purpose of this study. The study decomposed the analysis into tests for the presence of each of the five dimensions of holonomy: efficacy, craftsmanship,…
Descriptors: Test Results, Teacher Effectiveness, Correlation, Program Implementation
Ford-Little, Monica – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study is to examine an Africentric rite of passage program's impact on African-American male high school students. It is intended to determine whether a rite of passage program will affect attendance, discipline and achievement. The study also investigates the development of a school-based Africentric program as well as its…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, African American Students, Males, High School Students