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Patricia Ratliff – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Considering the significance of integrating students with disabilities into general education classes in Mississippi, it is critical to identify the methods by which co-teachers report working together, whether they have obtained the needed professional development, and which teaching model they employ in the inclusion classroom. This data can…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion
Johnston-Josey, Lucy Katherine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Literacy is a key component to success in school and in life. Literacy has been a focus of education since 1965 when President Jimmy Carter announced a "war on poverty." Since then, history has shown that educators should place an emphasis on literacy within schools. Because literacy is so important, I set out to explore how…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Administrator Role, Literacy Education, School Districts
Green, Lessie Marquita – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Leadership and school culture are two factors that have a great impact in schools today. Much research has focused on leaders, but more is needed on the culture of schools. Improving both elements of leadership and school culture may also increase other challenges that schools face such as student achievement. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Styles, School Culture, Teacher Attitudes
Ferguson, Douglas Forrest – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research study originated as a result of a paucity of information available regarding how secondary welding teachers in Mississippi perceive the value of professional development they have received within the previous two years. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of Mississippi's secondary welding teachers regarding how…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Vocational Education Teachers, Welding, Faculty Development
Fisher, Kimberly Geneva – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which general education teachers in elementary schools believe they are prepared to teach children/students with specific special education exceptionalities in the general education classroom. The study addresses the exceptionalities of: autism, speech/language disorder, specific learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Mainstreaming
McHenry, Angela Nix – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Educational administrators face the unprecedented challenge of increasing student achievement for all students. One response to this challenge has been to increase and improve teacher collaboration. This study analyzed the relationship between elementary principals' leadership behaviors, teacher collaboration, and student achievement. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Collaboration, Cooperation, Grade 4