Many school leaders with decision-making authority over discipline have been historically traditional in their approach to misbehavior with the default consequences involving classroom removals and the wide-spread use of zero-tolerance policies (Skiba et al., 2014; Skiba, 2015). Unintended negative consequences have emerged as a result of these…

Research has shown that high levels of emotional intelligence and resonant leadership can reduce workplace stress and increase the health, wellness, satisfaction, and performance of employees. Many K-12 principals face a myriad of challenges that tend to produce chronic stress, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, it is unclear how the…

Low African American male student graduation rates in the United States have been a concern for higher education administrators, and more strategies to address their challenges are needed. This basic qualitative study addressed the experiences of African American male students who persisted to graduation at a predominantly Black institution in the…

Over 27% or 13.6 million students self-identify as Latinx (Condition of Education 2019, n.d.). Nonetheless, teachers have struggled to use pedagogy that sustains the cultures of these historically underserved students. The use of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) has emerged as a powerful way to better serve this group of students. The purpose…

The school-based occupational therapy practitioner's role is to support children and youth's participation in the school environment (Cahill, 2020). To do this, practitioners must use evidence-based practice, which includes being up to date and knowledgeable with current strategies, interventions, and understanding how to implement those with the…

A robust research literature exists on the importance of quality leadership in education, especially in the principalship. However, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners have systemically overlooked women's leadership in education, focusing on the contributions of White men. Undeniable and dramatic shifts have taken place in students'…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is threefold. Firstly, a new concept, teacher buoyancy, is introduced. Based on the significance to study how teachers bounce back from minor and frequent setbacks (vs. major adversities emphasized in resilience) in their daily work and the research on buoyancy by Martin and Marsh, a dual-component framework to…

This study examined teacher leaders' perceptions of their impact and future role in a large suburban high school in Southeast Texas. The research questions focused on participants' perceptions of the transitional waves of the teacher leader role, the consideration given to their voice by different levels of administration, the understood impact of…

This qualitative case study was centered around the experiences that five rural superintendents shared after being coached as part of the Illinois Association of School Administrators School for Advanced Leadership (ISAL) program. The research problem examined the challenges of coaching and development in relationship to transformation. The…

Principals are essential in any institution of learning. Great schools do not exist in the absence of a great principal, which demonstrates the importance of strong leadership. However, due to complexities and the demanding nature of their jobs, there has been an increasing deficiency in the supply of these professionals. Schools have recorded…

This dissertation explores the use of temporal storytelling within an online teacher professional development to understand how engaging in archaeology of self practices (Sealey-Ruiz, 2019), radical dreaming and world building (brown & Imarisha, 2015), might offer a lever of change for teacher transformation. Asking two companion research…

Student life and pedagogy; faculty research, well-being, and diversity - nearly every aspect of the modern university have been, and continue to be, the subject of scholarly research and study. While extant literature is full of studies and data regarding students and faculty, research questions regarding non-instruction/professional staff are few…

Culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) has been implemented in classrooms and schools across Canada and the United States to address the inequity that has caused an academic achievement gap between Black and Indigenous students and those students who self-identify as White. The purpose of this paper, which draws upon a larger instrumental case study…

This article describes the PDS partnership between George Mason University and Daniels Run Elementary School, which are located in Fairfax, Virginia. In the spring of 2020, during their fifth year together, the partnership was awarded the National Association of Professional Development Schools Exemplary PDS Award. The Mason PDS program structure…

This article investigates the value of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) candidates' prior industry networks and experiences as they intersect with doctoral study, as assessed by a group of HASS PhD graduates. While the phenomenon of industry engagement in PhDs across HASS and STEM is widely recognised, the value of these relationships…