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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"School Climate and Culture"”.
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Qualitative Exploration of Principal Behaviors in Elementary Schools Classified with High Climate and High Achievement
… purpose of this study is to gain a clear understanding of principal behaviors in high achieving/high climate elementary schools in North Georgia and the impact of these behaviors on future principal professional learning practices. This research study was conducted using a qualitative case study …
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The Role Of School Leadership In Preparing High School Teachers To Engage In Restorative Practices
<p>In schools across the United States, student discipline policies have traditionally been punitive, removing students from the educational. Researchers have shown that punitive consequences are often assigned inordinately to subgroups of students (e.g., Black or Brown students and special …
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Principal Leadership Practices Influence on Teacher Retention in Urban, Hard-to-Staff Schools
Teacher retention is a growing issue that plagues schools across America (Grissom, 2011). Consequently, urban high poverty, high minority schools face even greater challenges as they expect to lose approximately 50% of their teachers within their first five years on the job. According to Grissom …
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Developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for the mentoring component of the Principals Academy Trust
… on improving the leadership competencies of school principals in poor and marginalised communities in South Africa largely through mentoring. While PAT collects quantitative data to monitor the performance of the schools in their programme, currently no data is collected to measure the extent …
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International School Leadership: A Phenomenological Study Of Climate And Culture
<p>The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the phenomena of international school leadership and school climate and culture. It proposed to identify key leadership strategies and techniques that can be implemented to initiate change which will foster a positive school culture and …
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Statutory intervention: perceptions of New Zealand primary school principals and their experiences
Each year, a small number of New Zealand schools are identified as underperforming and require external leadership assistance, usually from the Ministry of Education. This support is implemented through a statutory intervention mechanism aimed to address underpinning issues such as governance and …
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Exploring and Understanding Factors Contributing to the Success of a Single Gender School for African American Males
Urban, suburban and rural school districts across the country are all grappling with issues concerning the plight of students of color and in particular males of color who continue to lag academically behind their female counterparts and in particular their same age male complements. This …
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A Cross-case Analysis of The Implementation And Impact of Smaller Learning Communities in Selected S.C. Public Middle Schools
… CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES IN SELECTED S.C. PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOLS</bold></p>
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The Evaluation of the Jostens Renaissance Incentive Program and the Impact it has on Students at a Southwest Florida High School
… achievement continue to become more rigorous, school administrators and counselors strive to create positive school environments. Therefore, administrators and counselors must find creative incentive programs tailored to meet the needs of respective school settings, such as the Jostens …
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The Influence of Community Demographics on Student Achievement on the Connecticut Mastery Test in Mathematics and English Language Arts in Grade 3 Through 8
… United States for decades through the use of standardized state assessments. The purpose of this study was to examine which combination of 15 out-of-school community demographic variables best predicted and accounted for the most variance in a Connecticut school district’s percentages of …