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The Impact of Stand-alone Professional Development Versus Job-embedded Professional Development on Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Program Evaluation
Get PDFSchool leaders throughout the United States use various methods to create professional learning opportunities that lead to effective teaching practices. The purpose of my study is to evaluate the impact of stand-alone professional development on teacher self-efficacy of teachers who have attended or incorporated professional development in their learning environments. The context of this evaluation is elementary, middle, and high schools in the United States. My study demonstrates outcomes of a disconnect between instructional leaders and teachers in the perception of job-embedded professional development and its effect on teacher self-efficacy. My study also demonstrated an outcome that there is a need for all educators to understand job-embedded professional development
The Impact Of Moral Injury And Moral Distress On Spirituality From A Military Perspective
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to gain greater insight and understanding of how moral injury, moral distress, and shame can influence spirituality and to determine ways to effectively improve treatment to support and serve those carrying these unspeakable wounds. The experience of loss, betrayal, uncertainty, and fractured spirits can affect an individual’s beliefs about the self. The primary aim of this study was to explore how veterans now view themselves in the eyes of God or their Higher Power or why they so choose not to partake in their spirituality. Results were based on aggregate analyses and summations of veterans’ responses. A full determination of the impact of spirituality can only be gained through an in-depth analysis of veterans’ verbal accounting of moral injury and moral distress
Supporting New Teacher Development Through a Quality Beginning Teacher Mentor Program
Get PDFThe purpose of this mixed methods study was to evaluate the perceptions of beginning teachers and mentors to improve the components and supports provided to mentees through Birch Lake School District (BLSD) induction and mentoring practices. Qualitative data was collected through transcripts of 5 separate focus group sessions that included 9 mentees and 7 mentors. Quantitative data was collected through a survey that included 10 mentees and 13 mentors. Study results indicated that impactful components revolved around seven key themes: program set-up, materials, collaborative session dates/locations, assignments, activities observational coaching, mentor/mentee meetings/interactions, content of the sessions. Study results indicated that impactful supports revolved around five key themes: stipends, professional development offerings, release time, interactions with mentor(s)/mentees, support from local administration and program coordinators. Overall three recommendations stemmed from these results. The first recommendation includes that survey data on assets and needs is collected from the mentees and mentors prior to the Beginning Teacher Mentor Program (BTMP). The second recommendation is that there is more collaboration between the BTMP coordinators and local building administrators for maximum program effectiveness. The third recommendation supports intentional release time for mentees and mentors to complete assignments and conduct/reflect on observations together. These three recommendations would develop quality components and supports that can maximize the impact that new teachers in the BLSD/BTMP experience
Two for the Price of One! A Study of Persistence of Adult Education Students pursuing a High School Equivalency Credentiial and a Study of the Researcher\u27s Experience Conducting that Study.
Get PDFThis two-in-one study was an exploration of persistence. The quantitative study explored the relationship between the self-efficacy and persistence of adult learners pursuing a high school equivalency credential. Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy and Lewin’s Force Field Analysis offered an effective framework for considering this relationship. The findings of this study were statistically insignificant due to the low response rate.
The second study, a qualitative study, was added to understand my experience trying to gather data during the quantitative study and to explore the implications of data collection, sharing, and use in the adult education field. Resource Dependence Theory (RDT) and Equity Theory offered helpful frameworks for considering how program staff responded to the request to participate. Findings suggest that 1) a wide variety of communication methods are used by programs to connect with students, both current and former and communication challenges exist at every stage of enrollment; 2) adult education practitioners wish they had a better understanding of the factors that impact student persistence so that they could devise appropriate interventions and 3) the field of adult education exists in a “data desert” which has multiple lush “data oases” but they are difficult to navigate to and through. Resources, or lack thereof, have a key role to play in how programs respond to challenges in these three areas. The findings in this study have direct implications for adult education practitioners, funders, policy makers. Specific recommendations for action are provided, as well as implications for further research
Institutional Factors That Prolong The New Degree Program Approval Lifecycle: Insights From Continuing And Professional Education Administrators In Higher Education
Get PDFContinuing or professional education administrators regularly participate in their university’s degree program approval process, as their schools serve adult learners who desire career-oriented education. Speed and efficiency to market are critical factors in ensuring high-quality, relevant, continuing or professional education programs; however, higher education decision making can be process laden and time consuming. There is limited scholarly research about the institutional factors that constrain and contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the new degree program approval process and its cycle time, even though it plays a critical role in institutional new product development. This phenomenological study foregrounds the perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs that continuing or professional education administrators have regarding their university’s new degree program approval process and cycle time. The findings advance our understanding of their lived experiences and emphasize that the new degree program approval process performs suboptimally; it is foremost a people-centered process, and governance and organizational autonomy influence its cycle time. Specific recommendations to streamline decision making and increase agility are offered, and suggestions for future research are presented
LEADER DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (HIM) PROFESSIONAL
Get PDFThis study contributes to the body of knowledge in leader development by examining how higher education programs in a female dominated profession assist learners in developing person-related characteristics that support leader development. A ten-part online survey was sent to directors of health information management (HIM) programs accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM). Results suggest an opportunity for improvement in the curriculum for development of person-related characteristics critical for leadership positions. In the interest of the progression of women these results should be taken into consideration
The Effect of the Layered Curriculum on Students’ Academic Achievement and Retention of Learning
Get PDFIn this study, it is aimed to determine the effect of the layered curriculum activities on students\u27 academic achievement and retention of learning and to determine the students\u27 views regarding the applied program. The research was carried out with random experimental model with pretest-posttest control group. In addition to quantitative data, qualitative data were collected through the interview method and quantitative data were explained and deepened in this way. The study group of the research was composed of 24 students who were studying in 10th grade of the “information technologies” field in a vocational and technical high school in a city center of Turkey in 2014-2015 academic year. The data of the research were collected by the achievement test and semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher. As a result of the research, it was observed that there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group between the averages obtained from the posttest and permanance test of the students in the experimental group where the activities based on the layered curriculum were applied and the students in the control group where the activities based on the existing program were applied. Students stated generally positive opinions about the layered curriculum process
Perceived Discrimination Within The Patient-Provider Relationship And Its Impact On Help-Seeking Behaviors
Get PDFRacial and ethnic minorities have faced discrimination for hundreds of years. When patients experience discrimination in healthcare settings, help-seeking behaviors decrease. Many patients choose to refrain from seeking treatment until their psychological or physical health issues are unmanageable, often resulting in acute visits to the emergency department. Patients that have experienced previous discriminatory encounters with health care providers are more likely to choose not to seek help for physical or mental health concerns, resulting in overall poorer physical health and mental health outcomes. With the use of critical evaluation of previous studies, this paper has demonstrated that perceived discrimination negatively impacts help-seeking behaviors and health care outcomes for patients of color. Additionally, the author of this paper has developed a measure for mental and physical healthcare providers and patients of color to identify perceived difficulties within the patient-provider relationship
Resilient Leadership in Chicago Hotels: Case Study in a Global Pandemic
Get PDFThe impact of COVID-19 on the hotel industry has been catastrophic and like elsewhere, the Chicago hotel market has faced steep declines in occupancy, revenues and profitability, resulting in severe staff cuts and drastic operating changes. Yet many hotels continued operating, albeit at a reduced level. What factors made it possible for hotels to adapt to these conditions? To answer this question, a case study was developed from in-depth surveys with 16 Chicago hotels combined with interviews with 7 leaders from these hotels, providing a snapshot of resilient leadership in the Chicago hotel market before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicated that hotels demonstrated characteristics of resilient leadership throughout in their responses in the areas of crisis management, communication, staff engagement, decision-making and innovation, although they struggled to project optimism and maintain staff morale. The hotels also reported higher levels of teamwork and collaboration, engagement with the industry and outside partners, and overall greater resilience of leadership and teams
Comparison Of Counselor Job Satisfaction By Setting: Agency, Private Practice And Online
Get PDFTo answer the research question – “What intrinsic and extrinsic factors increase job satisfaction in private practice, online counseling, and agency practice?” – a survey was administered to assess demographic information and to rate 25 intrinsic and extrinsic components of job satisfaction. Individual components of job satisfaction with the strongest correlation to overall job satisfaction were identified, for the entire study sample and within the three different work settings (agency practice, private practice, and online practice). Due to the small sample sizes of demographic and work setting groups, no correlations with individual components of job satisfaction were statistically significant (all such p values were greater than 0.26). Participants in this dissertation study reported higher overall job satisfaction than participants who completed the MSQ (1967), with a 95% statistical significance (p = 0.5). Nine individual components of job satisfaction with the strongest correlation to overall satisfaction were identified. The single most influential component, “Trust between employees and senior management”, by itself had a strong correlation (r = 0.76) with overall job satisfaction. Overall job satisfaction within each work setting was primarily influenced by the same nine most influential individual components. A small number of other individual components have the potential to influence job satisfaction within each work setting differently, but they are eclipsed by the influence of the nine most influential components