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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a P-12 Public School District's Organizational Structure
(2014-09)
This study addressed the problem that no formal evaluation of a P-12 Washington state school district’s change from a traditional hierarchical district organizational structure to a three-region organizational structure ...
Focused Teacher Professional Development to Improve the Literacy Performance of Middle School Students in Alberta, Canada
(2015-05)
The purpose of this applied dissertation was to examine whether focused teacher professional development in the area of literacy correlated to increased student academic performance in Alberta, Canada. This research study ...
The Yellow Brick Road of Leadership
(2014-03-23)
This paper demonstrates that the discipline of leading people to successful ends requires a unique combination of knowledge, skills, and abilities. The author examines leadership through the lens of L. Frank Baum’s ‘The ...
Utilizing Transformational and Spiritual Leadership Theory to Raise Employee Engagement
(2014-05-07)
Employee engagement is critical to high performing organizations. Employee engagement starts with the leader. Therefore, a plan to increase employee engagement must start with the leadership team. The purpose of this paper ...
Relationship Between Gender and Transformational Leadership Practices: a Study of Self Reports of Male and Female Graduate Students
(2016)
Women continue to be underrepresented in top level management roles in spite of their progress in the labor market and educational attainment (Eagly & Carli, 2007). The gender gap in leadership is true in most of the ...
What are Best Practices when Addressing Students Who Have Substance Use Issues?
(2016-03)
Research shows that progressive discipline creates a positive school culture and supports students who are in violation of school drug and alcohol policies to reach their full potential by pairing inappropriate behaviour ...
“Don’t Give Me That Red Lego Table!” How the Physical Classroom Environment Impacts Student Learning and Teacher Efficacy
(2016-06)
This paper was initiated in order to discover how deeply a classroom’s physical design could impact a student’s learning and a teacher’s efficacy. Research is analyzed for evidence of the cumulative effects of lighting, ...
Implementing a Collaborative Cross-Curricular Approach to Inquiry-based Learning
(2017-04)
Learning in the 21st century requires that new instructional and learning skills be implemented for both teachers and students for current and future generations of learners to be successful. The author discusses recent ...
The Need For Transformational Leaders In Education During Times of Change in British Columbia
(2017-04)
The aims of education have evolved to include a focus on educating the whole student, in order to develop responsible citizens who are able to contribute to their community and the world at large in the 21st century. In ...
Investigating Emotional Resistance To Organizational Change: A Descriptive Qualitative Research Study Of Local Television Newsroom Leaders
(2017-05-09)
A factor contributing to failed change initiatives in organizations is emotional resistance from change recipients. If overlooked, emotional resistance can impede changes for an organization’s survival (Bateh, Castaneda, ...