When surveying teachers on the multiple domains of leadership for learning, teachers cluster into three different patterns of responses correlated with teaching experience, job satisfaction, and workload stress. Examining these clusters of teacher response patterns, and how they relate to the other teachers in the school and the principal,…

Informing teachers about identifying students at risk is necessary and important for effective application of interventions in the pre-referral process. The purpose of this study was to determine the adaptations that elementary school teachers did for their students at risk in the pre-referral process and to determine these teachers' experiences…

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to develop an understanding of the lived experiences of educators who are responsible for implementing SEL strategies in alternative education settings serving kindergarten through twelfth grade students. The daily education practices and strategies in SEL continuously change, and the new…

This study advances our understanding of the supervisory needs of Generation Y teachers specifically to remediate the increasing rate of teacher attrition in schools across the nation. This dissertation is motivated by two research questions: (1) What are the lived experiences of Gen Y public-school teachers with individualized support from school…

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the lived experiences of faculty of color and to determine which practices used by administrators at Historically White Parochial/Private Institutions (HWPPIs) in Texas successfully recruited and retained them. The researcher sought to explore recruitment and retention practices that…

Teachers across the United States and worldwide found themselves in unprecedented educational situations during the early response period to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring of 2020. Efforts to quarantine and provide social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease brought mandated school closures throughout the United States, and teachers…

As an indigenous serving institution, the University of Hawai'i (UH) serves all indigenous groups including Pacific Islander groups. Continual and practical training of emerging educational leaders at the UH is critical to the ongoing success of Hawai'i's only public post-secondary institution. Employing the oral history methodology, I examined…

Cooperating teachers and student teachers share a unique internship that allows the development of skills for both individuals. The literature states that cooperating teachers can grow from student teachers; however, there are a few sources that state the areas in which this growth occurs. The purpose of this study was to determine if growth or…

The purpose of the current study was to determine if there was a significant difference in teacher efficacy between teachers immersed in leadership development at the Leader in Me schools and teachers at schools not associated with the Leader in Me initiative. The Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale measured overall teacher efficacy and efficacy for…

Increasingly, ethnically diverse teachers were found to exist at lower rates in classrooms where student demographics were indirectly proportional. The purpose of this study was to cross-examine the relationships between variables of teacher job satisfaction, teacher experience as measured in years of service, and perceptions of teacher support…

Reflecting on one's own emotions and seeing teaching as an emotionally complex engagement can enrich a teacher's experience, pedagogy, and students' motivation and response in class.

As more and more women are being employed as faculty in institutions of higher education, tenure track positions are declining and most of the positions women find themselves in are clinical non-tenure track or part-time adjunct positions. With less traditional academic positions available and more women in the field the result is increased…

Academic advising has received a considerable amount of attention as a tool for student retention, development, and academic achievement in higher education. The faculty advisor model is the most commonly used advising model with over 75 percent of institutions utilizing faculty to deliver advising services. While research shows the positive…

The research project was designed to understand the lived experience of general elementary teachers teaching art when they are minimally trained and art education is devalued in schools and educational policy. The research follows hermeneutic phenomenology as it explains and gives voice to the lived experience. The heuristic foundation of this…

The Flipped Classroom is a teaching model where content attainment is shifted forward to outside of class, to be followed up by the teacher in class. In Sweden this way of teaching has become very popular during recent years. But what is gained by this way of teaching? Research on the Flipped Classroom in the context of the Swedish High School…