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Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2022
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) of the State Board of Education are working on a new teacher licensure pathways proposal, Pathways to Excellence for Teaching Professionals (Model). This proposal, if enacted, would restructure the state's system…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, School Districts, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Sodiq, Abdulla; Abbott, Ian – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2018
This paper aims to explore Academic Staff Governor (ASG) roles at three further education colleges in England. Uniquely, the research focuses on ASG activities, the understanding of ASG roles, and aspects of the role that can be reimagined, which may be of benefit to practising governors, particularly ASGs such as further education (FE) teacher…
Descriptors: Governance, Adult Education, College Administration, Board of Education Role
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Rosen, Brittany L.; Rhodes, Darson; Visker, Joseph; Cox, Carolyn; Banez, J. Christian; Lasser, Benjamin – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: School nurses and personnel play a vital role in promoting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with school nurses' and personnel's professional practice to provide parents with HPV vaccine information and to encourage parents to vaccinate their child against HPV. Methods:…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, School Nurses, School Personnel
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Banicki, Guy; Pacha, Joseph – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
Holding closed sessions in school board meetings to reach major policy decisions is generally discouraged; but, school boards occasionally use this tactic if conflict and tension arise. Therefore, the questions of "how often does a Board of Education encounter conflict and tension" and "how is the decision made to schedule a closed session to…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Surveys, Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education
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Koller, Donna; Schugurensky, Daniel – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
Youth participation in school governance is on the rise with increased opportunities for student involvement. The objective of this mixed method study was to provide the first analysis of the student trustee role, a relatively new form of participation where high school students represent their peers on local school boards. Specifically, the aim…
Descriptors: Governance, Trustees, Boards of Education, Student Participation
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Okpala, Comfort O.; James, Ioney; Hopson, Linda – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
In this mixed-method research study, data from public school personnel were used to determine the professional preparation of teachers through the National Board Certification process. The major goals of the study were to (a) analyze the perceptions of public school principals on the effectiveness of National Board certified teachers, (b) analyze…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Certification, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Adams, John; Punter, Anne – Management in Education, 2008
The School Governor's One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) was established by the Department of Education and Employment in 1999. Its mission was to recruit volunteers from the business, industry and the public sector who had transferable management skills and experience in order to add value to the governing bodies of those inner-city schools facing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrator Evaluation, Board Candidates, Board of Education Role
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Narushima, Miya – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2008
In Canada, as in many countries, public continuing education of the non-vocational general interest type for people in post-work languishes on the margins of political discourse. This case study of one such traditional program for seniors run by a school board in Ontario explores the experiences of older adults and the meanings they attach to…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Gerontology, Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning
White, Alpheus L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
Public education in the United States is a function of the States. In discharging this responsibility each State has recognized that a considerable degree of local control of education is essential. The establishment of local school districts and the creation of local boards of education to administer school district affairs reflect this point of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, School Districts, Boards of Education