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E. Woo; Margaret Wooldridge; Elizabeth Ann LaPorte – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of sustainability-focused, cocurricular, interdisciplinary programming for graduate students at creating future leaders in sustainability, i.e. did interdisciplinary sustainability programming further prepared graduate students in sustainability leadership beyond the scope of the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Students, Leadership Training
Fatima Sylvertooth – ProQuest LLC, 2024
High employee turnover in residential youth care facilities has the potential to decrease the accomplishment of the facilities' organizational goals. Business owners are concerned with employee intent to leave, as it is the number-one predictor of employee turnover. Grounded in job embeddedness theory, this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Quality Assurance, Residential Institutions, Youth
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Ma, Xin; Shen, Jianping; Reeves, Patricia; Zhou, Hao – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2022
In this study, we applied the technique of piecewise linear regression to a total of 144 schools with the third to fifth grades, aimed to search for a turning point at each grade level in terms of the effects of school renewal on school reading and mathematics achievement. We did find a turning point for each school subject at each grade level,…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary Education
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Yoon, Jiyoon; Kim, Kyoung Jin; Koo, Katie – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2020
This study was to design and explore the effects of an enrichment program on the leadership, attitude, and motivation of ethnic minority gifted and talented students who want to be scientists and engineers in the future. Ten gifted and talented students participated in this study, Youth Science and Technology Leadership Camp (YSTLC). A leadership…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Minority Group Students, Academically Gifted, Science Education
Rhim, Lauren Morando – Academic Development Institute, 2013
Locally controlled public schools are one of the cornerstones of our nation's democracy, yet many schools are not preparing students for success. Far too many students are not graduating, and many of those who do graduate are woefully unprepared for college or a meaningful career. Successfully initiating and sustaining meaningful improvements in…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Boards of Education, Accountability, Educational Change
Soranno, Kimberly A.; Schmitt, Donna M. – 1991
Administrators draw on prior experiences when negotiating, implementing new curricula, and resolving conflicts. This study attempted to determine whether building level administrators included graduate study, union leadership roles, coaching experiences, and school committee leadership as part of their career development prior to assuming…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1982
The Michigan Model provides a 3-year plan for school districts to increase the number of women in administration. Nineteen objectives address six key role groups--three external to the school district (professional educational organizations, local community groups, and parent/community members) and three internal to the district…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)