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In Search of How Principals Change: A Qualitative Study of Events That Help and Hinder Administrator Support for School-Wide PBIS
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McIntosh, Kent; Kelm, Joanna L.; Canizal Delabra, Alondra – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2016
Research has shown principal support to be a critical variable for implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices. However, there remains little understanding of the factors that may influence a principal's personal decision to support a practice. The purpose of the current study was to examine events that influenced principals' support for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Practices, Administrator Attitudes
In Search of How Principals Change: A Qualitative Study of Events That Help and Hinder Administrator Support for School-Wide PBIS
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McIntosh, Kent; Kelm, Joanna L.; Canizal Delabra, Alondra – Grantee Submission, 2016
Research has shown principal support to be a critical variable for implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices. However, there remains little understanding of the factors that may influence a principal's personal decision to support a practice. The purpose of the current study was to examine events that influenced principals' support for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Practices, Administrator Attitudes
Critical Success Factors: How One Multinational Company Develops Global E-Learning
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Nathan, Edward Pavel – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2011
This research study examined how a multinational company determined what the critical success factors (CSFs) were for developing global e-learning. The study analyzed how these CSFs were grouped together to make their management more efficient. There were 21 participants in the study who were key stakeholders from the United States, Europe, Latin…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Performance Factors
An Exploration of the Implementation of Restorative Justice in an Ontario Public School
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Reimer, Kristin – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2011
This qualitative case study explores the implementation of restorative justice within one Ontario Public School. Restorative justice is a philosophy and a process for dealing with harmful behaviour, viewing such behaviour as a violation of relationships, not rules. My research seeks to present how restorative justice has been implemented in one…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Case Studies
Relationships in Reform: The Role of Teachers' Social Networks
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Daly, Alan J.; Moolenaar, Nienke M.; Bolivar, Jose M.; Burke, Peggy – Journal of Educational Administration, 2010
Purpose: Scholars have focused their attention on systemic reform as a way to support instructional coherence. These efforts are often layered on to existing social relationships between school staff that are rarely taken into account when enacting reform. Social network theory posits that the structure of social relationships may influence the…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Educational Change, Social Networks, Role Perception
Making Sense of the Role of Culture in School Improvement.
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Angelides, Panayiotis; Ainscow, Mel – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2000
By exploring the nature of school cultures and how they affect daily classroom encounters, this article illustrates how critical incidents can be analyzed to help educators understand themselves and influences shaping their practice. Critical incidents methodologies can transcend external monitoring systems to help schools develop self-review…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Critical Incidents Method, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education