This study set out to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-year new-teacher induction program, which encompassed a first-year mentoring component and four years of continuous professional development to support new teachers during their pre-tenure phase. Using a mixed methods case study approach, the research sought to determine the most…

Instructional coaching is implemented by school districts for the professional development of staff (Knight, 2007). The purpose of this quantitative study was to gain information regarding the effectiveness of an instructional coaching program to limit teacher burnout and increase teacher retention. Non-tenured teachers from two rural school…

The case study of two-non tenured special education teachers investigated the impact of a targeted teaching approach on disruption rates of EBD students. The Responsive Classroom Approach, specifically, provided teachers with ample skills to effectively address the challenges that arose in the classroom, beyond the scope of teaching a lesson. The…

Continuing growth in immigration in the U.S. and other countries worldwide means an increased number of speakers of languages other than English or other national languages in classrooms, thus raising a need for teachers prepared for linguistically diverse student populations. While recent research in teaching and teacher education has pointed to…

The proportion of non-tenure track faculty has grown over the last decade and adjuncts now constitute two-thirds of the academic workforce. Despite this growth, there remain important limitations to our understanding of this new faculty majority. For one, typologies for conceptualizing adjunct diversity are often poorly aligned and make limited…

Earning tenure is a prestigious, professional achievement for faculty in higher education. The number of tenured faculty, open tenure positions, and newly created tenure positions within higher-education has declined since the 1970's. A reduction in governmental funding to higher education since the Great Recession of 2008 caused higher education…

The majority of tenured faculty members, full professors, and senior level administrators, such as presidents, provosts, and deans, are likely to be men (Hammond, 2015). Given that there are an equal or even higher number of women in academic employment, the concern becomes why men still dominate higher ranking positions within American colleges…

The increased diversity of students at community colleges makes support and retention of Black women instructional faculty critical. Black women instructional faculty may feel like imposters, receiving messages of inadequacy, despite their achievements. If so, such feelings may impede their ability to serve students and to thrive more generally in…

An increasingly neoliberal university means diminishing resources and labor security for those located in the lowest echelon, particularly those engaged in critical/radical/activist projects. The purpose of this study was to generate knowledge in an effort to sustain and advance critical pedagogical practices in college teaching. This study…

This qualitative study included seven nontenured special education teachers, all of whom were assigned more experienced teachers as mentors. The study was conducted in public elementary and middle schools located in the western suburbs of Chicago, IL. During data analysis, four themes were identified as either obstacles these teachers shared or…

This research study explored through an embedded case study how selected Non-tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) in Puerto Rico perceived governance and how they participated in the decision-making process. The theoretical framework of this research was based on the principles of shared governance and the Social Exchange Theory. To explore how NTTF…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to use Senge's theory of the Learning Organization to examine faculty perceptions of the importance of information literacy education and the integration of information literacy instruction at three Mid-Atlantic community colleges. The researcher examined faculty characteristics (gender, race, and age)…

This dissertation is in response to Garrett's (2014) dissertation on "A Quantitative Study of Higher Education Faculty Self-Assessments of Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge (TPaCK) and Technology Training" which has been the inspiration and guide throughout the design of this study. The purpose is to assess the…

This qualitative case study entails the voices of seven participants who are currently teaching in an elementary school setting (K-5), and an additional two participants, one who left student teaching prior to completion of her collegiate program and one who was released at the end of her fourth year of teaching. Albert Bandura's (1977)…

The purpose of this Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study was to explore the lived-experience of faculty participating in a living-learning program (LLP). This study aimed to examine a sample of eleven tenure and non-tenure-track faculty participants' experiences regarding involvement, responsibilities, and learning in the LLP. The…