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The exploration of challenges to inviting social emotional learning in the secondary suburban classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The focus to emphasize Social Emotional Learning in the classroom has increased due to both Kansas state requirements for individualized learning plans and lack of skills reported by the State Education Commissioner (KSDE, ...
A multiple case study of female students' academic self-efficacy while participating in a middle school robotics program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
An instructional focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) is a current popular educational due to the widespread need for skilled workers in these growing fields. Compounding this labor shortage is the ...
How a principal's action as an invitational leader with a social justice orientation can serve as a factor in recruiting and reciprocally retaining teachers at high-poverty, high-minority, high needs urban high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The number of individuals going into the teaching profession was dwindling at a time when the rate of retirement and people leaving the profession was increasing. Sutcher et al. (2016) noted that in 2015-16, the United ...
Examining equity and opportunity within Advanced Placement programs using the lens of social justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Using the social justice lens, this study aimed to provide clarity on the impact of leadership on college readiness in an urban school environment. This researcher investigated what leadership characteristics, accountability ...
A quantitative analysis of motivations of association executives to earn the certified association executive credential
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The Certified Association Executive credential is a professional certification designed to identify association management professionals committed to a wide range of knowledge essential to the management of an association. ...
The examination of a middle school teacher preparatory program through the lens of invitational leadership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Conducted have been studies on the development of adolescent students, the leadership style of middle school teachers, and the diversity of student. However, individual studies have not addressed the complex skills necessary ...
An examination of high school programs to assist students diagnosed with emotional disorders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Graduation rates, employment sustainability, and lack of ability to live independently are often outcomes for students with emotional disorders. For these students the connection to incarceration, unemployment, and ...
An examination of the causes of underrepresentation of African-American male educators in public urban schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
While the demographic composition of classrooms is changing to reflect the cultural diversity of the communities' urban core, the vast majority of the teachers are White and female. Nationally, less than 2 percent of all ...