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An Investigation of School Social Worker Perceptions toward School Security Personnel
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Cuellar, Matthew J.; Elswick, Susan E.; Theriot, Matthew T. – School Social Work Journal, 2017
School social workers and school security personnel are increasingly being integrated into U.S. schools; however, there is little available literature concerning the interactions between school social workers and school security personnel. This article will report descriptive findings of a study that investigated school social workers'…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, School Safety, School Social Workers, School Security
More Funding Needed to Fix Tennessee School Staff Shortages. Fair School Funding: A Resource Equity Report
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McKillip, Mary; Farrie, Danielle – Education Law Center, 2020
Tennessee's school funding formula does not adequately support the state's schools. This report analyzes the impact of underfunding on staffing levels and the resulting inequities created between high- and low-income school districts. The state's school formula funding, even when supplemented by local funding above the required local share,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, School Personnel, Supply and Demand
Broadly Trained but Narrowly Used? Factors That Predict the Performance of Environmental versus Individual Tasks by School Social Workers
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Dupper, David R.; Rocha, Cynthia; Jackson, Rebecca F.; Lodato, Gayle A. – Children & Schools, 2014
National and state surveys over the past several decades have concluded that school social workers, despite an awareness of and training in macro level practice strategies, are highly individualistic in their practice focus. Although clinical skills are necessary, they are insufficient for effective school social work practice in the 21st century.…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Intervention, Administrative Organization, Sociocultural Patterns
Validation of Selected NTE Core Battery Tests and Recommended Performance Standards for Initial Licensure of Professional School Personnel in Tennessee.
Bowman, Harry L.; And Others – 1989
A study conducted for the Tennessee State Department of Education by Memphis State University addressed two objectives with respect to the Professional School Service Personnel endorsements for initial licensure for non-teaching professional personnel: to determine the validity of the National Teacher Examination (NTE) Core Battery tests for…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Data Collection, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education