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Teaching Recreation Programming Online: "Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable"
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Kerins, Andrew J. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
Teaching an online course was always something I resisted. Like many of the colleagues I have talked to, I was worried that the lack of face-to-face interaction would significantly take away from the quality of the education for the students. With a class like Recreation Programming, I knew that students needed hands-on experience with running a…
Descriptors: Recreational Programs, Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Programming
Principal Preparation Program Toolkit
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Center for the Study of Education Policy, 2016
The Center for the Study of Education Policy utilized several grants to develop principal preparation program tools to assist programs in the implementation of the new standards and requirements for the licensure of school principals and assistant principals. Also, with the help of another grant in partnership with several PK-12 school districts,…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation
Exploration of Technical and Nontechnical Employee Attitudes toward Participation in Training
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Ryburn, Ben; Brown, Dan; Meier, Ron – Performance Improvement, 2011
This study examined technical and nontechnical employee attitudes toward participation in training. A survey was administered to 337 self-identified technical and nontechnical university employees. Our findings are as follows: (a) most employees prefer training that is less than 2 hours in length, (b) employees do not want training outside their…
Descriptors: Employees, Employee Attitudes, Job Training, Participation
An Investigation of the Relationship between Performance Appraisal and Career Development and Advancement of Mid-Level Women in Student Affairs Administration
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Corral, Christine R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the performance appraisal experience of 14 mid-level women in student affairs administration at four-year colleges and universities in Northern Illinois using a qualitative research approach involving personal interviews. Previous research on career development and advancement of mid-level women in student…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Females, Program Effectiveness, Student Personnel Workers
Sustaining Students: Retention Strategies in an Online Program
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Boles, Emily; Cass, Barbara; Levin, Carrie; Schroeder, Ray; Smith, Shari – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010
With students spread across 47 states and a dozen countries, the University of Illinois at Springfield faces a significant challenge in promoting student persistence. The expansion of higher education into online venues faces many of the same issues with student success and retention as encountered on campus. While many colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Mentors, Distance Education, Academic Persistence
Developing Technology-Integrated Field Experience Sites in Urban Schools: Approaches, Assumptions, and Lessons Learned
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Radinsky, Josh; Lawless, Kimberly; Smolin, Louanne Ione; Newman, Mark – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
The Teachers Infusing Technology in Urban Schools project (TITUS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago is developing an approach for addressing the shortage of opportunities for teacher candidates to experience technology being used effectively in high-need urban schools in the course of their field experiences. Beyond recruiting mentor…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Technology Integration, Field Experience Programs, Experienced Teachers