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Direct linkAmelia Marie Cowart – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Exploring Perceptions of Peer Mentoring, Stress, and Confidence of Associate Degree in Nursing Student Mentors During Clinical Learning ExperiencesDue to a critical nursing shortage, the nursing profession needs many new graduate nurses prepared for practice. Many preparation strategies exist, yet there is a gap in nursing research regarding peer…
Descriptors: Mentors, Stress Variables, Self Esteem, Associate Degrees
Greene, Jordan; Seefeldt, Kristin – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2023
Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) help connect youth to opportunities for career exploration, skill development, and mentorship. Despite heightened investment in SYEPs, research regarding positive impacts is limited. Most of the common SYEP evaluation strategies are rooted in deficit thinking and focus on outcomes such as reducing violent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Employment Programs, Summer Programs
Thiry, Heather; Zahner, Dana Holland; Weston, Timothy; Harper, Raquel; Loshbaugh, Heidi – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2023
Vertical transfer from community college to a university offers a promising, although unrealized, pathway to diversify STEM disciplines. Studying how successful transfer-receiving universities support STEM transfer students can offer insights into the institutional practices that promote transfer student retention and success. Using institutional…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, STEM Education, College Role, Student Needs
Shapiro, Sandra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In the context of the nursing and faculty shortages, recommendations have been made to increase the number of highly educated nurses who are qualified to teach. A lack of nursing faculty has been reported at all levels of education. Because the majority of nurses enter into practice with an associate degree, the professoriate at the associate…
Descriptors: Faculty, Teacher Role, Nursing Education, Associate Degrees
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"Success Boston Coaching" is a coaching intervention for students who are traditionally underrepresented in college to help them transition from high school to college and progress in college. Students are paired with a dedicated coach starting as early as the spring of their senior year of high school and receive coaching through their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Transitional Programs
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
"Success Boston Coaching" is a coaching intervention for students who are traditionally underrepresented in college to help them transition from high school to college and progress in college. Students are paired with a dedicated coach starting as early as the spring of their senior year of high school and receive coaching through their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Transitional Programs
White, Jeffry L.; Massiha, G. H. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2015
As a nation wrestles with the need to train more professionals, persons with disabilities are undereducated and underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The following project was proposed to increase representation of students with disabilities in the STEM disciplines. The program emphasizes an integrated…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities, College Students
Hirsch, Eric; Rorrer, Andrea; Sindelar, Paul T.; Dawson, Shirley Ann; Heretick, Jennifer; Jia, Cai Lun – National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2009
In this paper, the authors review and analyze state policy regarding beginning teacher mentoring with a focus on special education. Mentoring policies guide the selection, assignment, and training of mentors and the process with which novice teachers are matched with veteran mentors. Mentoring is a component of induction; but induction also…
Descriptors: Mentors, Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Professional Development
Johnsson, Mary C.; Hager, Paul – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the nature of learning discovered by recent graduates participating in a symphony orchestra-initiated development program that is designed to nurture them through the transition to becoming professional orchestral musicians. Design/methodology/approach: Using a qualitative case study approach, the authors…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Young Adults, Transitional Programs
National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2009
The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) was assigned the task of compiling, analyzing and summarizing the data for Indicator 2--Dropout--from the FY2007 (2007-08 school year) Annual Performance Reports (APRs) and the revised State Performance Plans (SPPs), which were submitted to Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Disabilities, Dropouts, Special Education
Peer reviewedStowitschek, Joseph J.; Cheney, Douglas A.; Schwartz, Ilene S. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2000
This article calls for a rethinking of inservice education for teachers of children with disabilities as well as an investment in experimental modes of teacher renewal. Examples are presented of short-term internships where teachers are immersed in exemplary practices by host teachers in early education and school-to-adult life transition…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Practices
National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2007
The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) was assigned the task of summarizing and analyzing the data for Indicator 2--Dropout--from the 2005-06 Annual Performance Reports (APRs) and the revised State Performance Plans (SPPs), which were submitted to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in February…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Disabilities, Dropouts, Special Education
National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2006
The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) was assigned the task of summarizing Indicator 2--Dropout--for the analysis of the 2005-2010 State Performance Plans (SPP), which were submitted to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in December of 2005. The text of the indicator is as follows: Percent of…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Disabilities, Dropouts, Special Education
