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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)"”.
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A Quantitative Analysis of the Factors Associated with Teacher Attitudes and Perceptions towards Job Satisfaction
<p>The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the factors associated with teacher attitudes and perceptions towards job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. While taking into consideration other reasons for teacher shortages, this study sought to determine if teacher attitudes and …
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Investigating the Professional Values of Teachers: The Differential Impact of Accountability on Teachers' Career Decisions
<p>Education reform and policy efforts have focused a great deal on teachers over the past decade or more. Reform efforts focused on accountability have altered how teachers are paid, how they spend their time, how they are evaluated, what they are accountable for, and what sort of control they …
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Contributory Factors to Teachers' Sense of Community in Public Urban Elementary Schools
… SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN PUBLIC URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that contribute to teachers' sense of community within public, urban, elementary schools. Becauseprevious research has touted the benefits of teacher communities within …
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Teacher attrition and mentoring: an examination of teacher attrition and first year experiences: implications for policy
… of Education has become concerned with attrition and retention in our teacher workforce. Very low retention, particularly with that of new teachers, is linked to poor quality of education for students. Regular examination of these conditions utilizing the Department of Education's Schools and …
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An Institutional Ethnographic Account of Mandatory Professional Development in New Mexico
… yet few have focused on teachers experiences of mandatory PD. Furthermore, researchers (Adams, 2014; Elmore, 2002; Hargreaves, 2011) have shown numerous points of disconnection between the prescribed policies for teacher PD and the de facto policies reflected in teachers' experiences of PD, …
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Performance pay and teacher selection: do performance pay programs attract higher-ability teachers?
… is mixed in the case of the effort effect and nonexistent in the case of the selection effect. This study is the first to attempt to empirically test for the existence of a teacher selection effect resulting from performance pay programs. I show that the existence of a selection effect may …
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Teacher Reported Preparedness: A Study of One Midwest Metropolitan School District
… ultimate purpose of school lies in the success and achievement of its students. Therefore, efforts must be made to continuously improve achievement for every student. What the teacher knows and can do in the classroom is the most powerful factor in increasing a student’s achievement (Cunningham …
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Dewey, Disability, and Democratic Education
… coalesce around the topics of Dewey, Disability, and Democratic Education. Each manuscript is formatted for publication and the dissertation itself is prefaced by information that explains my background and how it connects to my current research. As such, the work contained in this dissertation is …