Browsing Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2010 Spring"
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The role of professional learning communities in changing high school educator behaviors and high school student outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of professional learning communities (PLC's) on administrator and teacher behaviors and student outcomes in a high school setting. Three schools were randomly selected ... -
The self perception of leadership efficacy of elementary principals and the effects on student achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between the perception of self-efficacy by elementary school principals and student achievement. One hundred twenty-three Missouri elementary principals ... -
Socialization activities and professional competencies within a graduate social work program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)This quantitative research project was premised on two emerging trends in graduate social work education: competency-based assessments and students developing a professional social work identity. Competency-based assessments ... -
Student problem behaviors, disciplinary actions, and schools' challenges for achieving school safety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Based on the secondary analyses of School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) 2005-2006 data, this study found that secondary schools frequently took ... -
Superintendent instructional leadership : selected leadership behaviors and their relationships to an instructional intervention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between superintendent instructional leadership behaviors and the fidelity of implementation of the Instructional Practices Inventory. The leadership behaviors ... -
Survivor leaders : a grounded theory inquiry into leadership practices of childhood trauma survivors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Most research about childhood trauma focuses on the damage it causes. Some research delves into how resilience and posttraumatic growth can mitigate the effects of trauma and how survivors may thrive in the aftermath of ... -
Synergistic supervision and the student affairs mid-level manager : a social exchange perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)This study explored whether synergistic supervision (Winston & Creamer, 1997) received by mid-level student affairs professionals was related to such social exchange (Blau, 1964) factors as the supervisory relationship's ...