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Direct linkMichael Joseph Ruff – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate how principal workload, job isolation, mentoring, autonomy, and compensation impact the perceived job satisfaction of rural elementary (K-8) principals in Illinois. Principal job satisfaction is strongly driven by one's working conditions. Principals who find more satisfaction with their working…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Rural Schools
Johnson, Carrie; Rose, Amy D. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2015
This article describes the findings of a qualitative study that investigated the perceptions and views of faculty teaching adult accelerated courses. The analysis of the data revealed two overarching themes relating to the incorporation of innovative practice. It was discovered that these experienced faculty members all came to see their teaching…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education), Qualitative Research
Young, Ella Flagg – Schools: Studies in Education, 2014
This article from the archives of "Schools: Studies in Education," presents a biography of Ella Flagg Young, a dynamic and inspirational leader in American education, with a career that spanned more than 50 years. Young was one of the most outstanding educators during the period that saw the rise of universal education in the United…
Descriptors: Biographies, Teachers, Administrators, Professional Autonomy
Elliott, Shanti – Schools: Studies in Education, 2014
This piece explores questions of power, conflict, and community in education through a story of Chicago educators engaging in experiential inquiry processes. One of these processes is a "Theatre of the Oppressed" exercise for dealing with conflict in education settings. The other process described here focuses on a text that emerged from…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Inquiry, Experiential Learning, Conflict
Peer reviewedLehr, Arthur E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
A case study explored availability of collaboration benefits and the difficulties teachers experienced in attaining them in a traditional comprehensive high school that hosts a career academy and a school-within-a-school. Administrators should encourage teachers' voluntary participation, allow adequate planning time, provide training, and increase…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Case Studies, High Schools
Wise, Paula Sachs; Cruise, Tracy K.; Kelly, Ruth M. – Rural Research Report, 2000
A survey of 71 rural Illinois school psychologists examined the frequency of their professional contacts, their level of computer knowledge, and their access to technology. Results indicate that although rural school psychologists serve an average of 1,620 students, practice in an average of 5.5 schools, and work for 2.2 school districts,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Collegiality, Computer Literacy, Electronic Mail
