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Session II: Faculty Showcase Presentation 3 - Beware of Bogus Barcodes
Get PDFCertain DNA sequences are promoted as a barcode for easily identifying organisms. But actual biology is messier than that. I discuss some problems with this approach, as well as potential, reflecting issues encountered in my research
Session IIIC: Political Science/History Presentation 3 - Helping Women on the Homefront and at Home: The Charlotte YWCA’s Impact on Women During the World War Periods
Get PDFThis presentation follows the parallel paths of the Central Branch and the Phyllis Wheatley Branch as they help women and young girls during the World War period
2023, Mar 29 - Faculty Meeting Materials
No full textGardner-Webb University Faculty Meeting Materials from 2023, Mar 25. Meeting Materials inculde: Agenda, Minutes, Committee Reports, and Provost\u27s Report
2023, Sep 27 - Faculty Meeting Materials
No full textGardner-Webb University Faculty Meeting Materials from 2023, Sep 27. Meeting Materials include: Agenda, Minutes, Committee Reports, and Provost\u27s Report
Trauma and Grief: Developing a Framework for Equipping the Hispanic/Latino Churches as a Healing Community in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina
Get PDFThis project aimed to equip Hispanic/Latino congregations of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC) as a healing community to help people in recovering from loss and trauma in a healthy way. Participants in five-workshop sessions over four weeks explored stories of grief and trauma from the Old and New Testament along with contemporary grief and trauma theories. Each workshop presented what the Scriptures and mental health best practices teach about how to deal with grief and trauma. Also, the project sought to determine whether the participant’s training experience impacted their stress level
Changing Adult Behaviors: Examining the Factors of Change That Facilitate the MTSS Implementation Framework in a Small Rural School District
Get PDFThis mixed methods study sought to identify the incorporation of support for implementing evidence-based instructional practices within an MTSS framework among teachers and the impact on student growth outcomes in three K-2 schools. The study also determined teacher perceptions regarding how support in adult behavior change, which is the theoretical framework of the study, impacted a shift in their instructional practices utilizing a qualitative survey, one-on-one interviews, and two independent samples t tests. Participants in the study expressed that school climate, principal instructional leadership, purposeful PLCs, and their attitudes about new behaviors best supported them in adopting innovative instructional reading practices. Participants also expressed that students grew with the newly implemented practices; however, independent samples t-test data indicated no significant difference in student growth for teachers who perceived a high level of support with the instructional reading practices as compared to all other K-2 teachers. These findings suggest that adult change factors do support changes in teaching practices, but additional factors should be considered to see improvement in summative assessment data
A Contextual Analysis of the Self-Care Practices of School Principals in a Rural District
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate current self-care practices used by school principals and the correlation between school principal self-care practices and their alignment with the seven pillars of self-care. This study sought to bring awareness as to the barriers and motivations of current school principals and the impact of those barriers and motivations on effective implementation of principal self-care. In addition, this study provides the district of study and other rural school districts with potential recommendations in order to support current school principals in the proper implementation of self-care practices. A mixed methods approach was used to conduct this study. Data were collected through the use of the Self-Care Assessment Worksheet Survey located in Transforming the Pain: A Workbook on Vicarious Traumatization by Karen W. Saakvitne Laurie Anne Pearlman and individual interviews. All school principals within the study district were participants. Survey results were analyzed through the use of frequency of response tables. Participant responses from the interviews were coded and themed in order to gain a more thorough understanding of the correlation between the current self-care practices of school principals and the seven pillars of self-care framework. This research illuminates the multifaceted challenges and motivations that school principals face in practicing self-care, providing valuable insight for future interventions and systemic changes. It is evident that tackling these challenges necessitates a multi-pronged approach, targeting individual, organizational, and societal levels
The Essentials for Leaders to Motivate Volunteers and Workers
Get PDFMost organizations were created because there was a need for a service, product, or mission that would assist others in need. When considering what compels volunteers and workers to be consistent in organizations, motivation is imperative. The behavior of leadership, especially the ability to influence, has affected the volunteers and workers of the company in a positive or negative way. Leaders have played a chief role in drawing and retaining workers and volunteers. The purpose of this study was to show that our motivations are already inside of us, and this was key for leaders to realize the importance of finding out what the motivations were to connect and increase volunteers and workers consistency to remain with an organization. A mixed methodology was used with eight participants using a quantitative and qualitative analysis. The key findings include when you have workers that have esteem and self-actualization needs, giving them more leadership roles will enhance their consistency to the organization. This implies that when leaders meet those motivators, they win. The bonding that happens due to our common circumstances, interests, or conditions is essential for our engagement, which affects our health. This will add to their engagement and commitment to the organization. To be an effective leader, consideration of the workers’ or volunteers’ uniqueness and experiences prior to coming to that organization is a motivational incentive
Huntington’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Overview of Treatments
Get PDFHuntington’s Disease (HD) is a genetic neurodegenerative disease that is the result of a mutation of the huntingtin gene. The gene is passed in an autosomal dominant fashion and is the result of multiple Cystine, Adenine, and Guanine base repeats. HD symptoms manifest as motor, cognitive, and psychological symptoms that can range of chorea movements to depression or apathy. The disease progresses through various prodromal and clinical stages as the disease starts to manifest. The current technique to diagnose HD is the use of direct genetic testing, which counts the number of repeats. Due to the nature of HD, both the diagnosis and the symptoms of the disease themselves can cause psychological impacts for the individual impacted, the caregiver(s), and for those that are determined to be non-carriers. Currently, most of the HD treatments are focused on symptom management as there is no cure. These treatments can include prescription medications, non-medical forms of treatment, genetic-based treatments, and preventative measures. By providing an overview of HD, how it is diagnosed, the psychological aspects of the disease, and the overall treatments for the disease, it is the hope that awareness to HD can be increased to help improve general knowledge and to increase research efforts
Why Remain Where It Seems to Be Difficult? An Analysis of Teacher Retention at High-Poverty Middle Schools in Eastern North Carolina
Get PDFThis study sought to identify how teachers perceived the effectiveness of administrative support, induction program support, and mentor support. This study addressed the following research questions: (a) Is there a relationship between the perceived effectiveness of their administrative support and teaching in a high-poverty school for beginning middle school teachers in eastern North Carolina? (b) Is there a relationship between the perceived effectiveness of their induction program and teaching in a high-poverty school for beginning middle school teachers in eastern North Carolina? (c) Is there a relationship between the perceived effectiveness of their mentor and teaching in a high-poverty school for beginning middle school teachers in eastern North Carolina? (d) Is there a relationship between the likelihood of remaining in teaching and teaching in a high-poverty school for beginning middle school teachers in eastern North Carolina? This qualitative study included 35 beginning middle school teacher participants who completed the Induction Program Survey for Teachers in Their First Five Years. Despite the lack of statistically significant results, there were several key findings that led to recommendations for the district and future research. This study recommends identifying the causes of significant gaps in perceived effectiveness between low-poverty and high-poverty beginning teachers in the area of the induction program, discovering how much the district’s philosophy is part of the initial training for mentors and during their meetings with the beginning teacher support coordinator, and determining why beginning middle school teachers have varying views between their perceptions of their mentor and their induction program