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Megan E. Herring – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Acting within a complex authority structure marked by shared governance, the governing boards of higher education institutions serve as the legal body holding ultimate responsibility for the institution's identity, mission, and institutional health. The past and current experience of Protestant theological schools has revealed institutional…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Mission, Theological Education, Governing Boards
Cassandra Lynn Tarr – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Lutheran schools transform students, families, congregations, and communities. While effective school leadership is crucial for this potential transformation, the difficulties of school leadership continue to increase. Leaders of Christian schools face challenges unique to the parochial context. The purpose of this study was to explore how…
Descriptors: Religious Schools, Protestants, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Derrek Belase – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this project was to explore current methods of onboarding, mentoring, and training district lay leaders in The United Methodist Church in an attempt to provide a new model based on situated learning (legitimate peripheral participation) for doing this work in the changing environment of the church and culture. The author surveyed…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Lay People, Protestants, Churches
Patrice A. Wright – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Leadership has been shown to be crucial in the success of organizations, especially in higher education. However, little research has been done about leadership styles and effectiveness in North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) higher education institutions. My study examined transformational, transactional, and passive…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Effectiveness, Higher Education, Religious Colleges
Shin Woong Rhee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this project is to change the elderly's perception of Somang School through lifelong education. The role of the elderly in an aging church is more important than ever. The church should help them play a pivotal role in the church, Eight participants participated in this project in 12 sessions at Somang School belonging to Somang…
Descriptors: Churches, Lifelong Learning, Church Role, Older Adults
Morris, Samuel – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Crises are becoming part of humanity's everyday conversations. Whether it is sexual abuse scandals, oil spills, poorly worded social media posts, crises are ubiquitous. This paper sought to examine and uncover certain specific predictor variables (e.g. human, facility, criminal, or natural) that exist in Baptist and formerly Baptist higher…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Emergency Programs, Crisis Management, Predictor Variables
Siegelin, Steven Dale – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative case study focused on career commitment in two types of professional adult educators, extension agents and missionaries. Past research studying extension agents and missionaries had documented decades of early career attrition. Research documented the issues, explored causes, and proposed solutions. Yet, the problem persists. Much…
Descriptors: Protestants, Religious Education, Extension Education, Informal Education
Martin, Gustavo – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Previous studies analyzed how personality traits relate to education, but not in relation to technology implementation. Limited knowledge can lead to inadequate professional development. This study provided insight on the "level of technology implementation" (LoTi) and the personality traits of private school principals. The theoretical…
Descriptors: Principals, Technology Integration, Personality Traits, Protestants
Welton, Michael G. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This action research project occurred to assess the effectiveness of the continual learning process, a philosophy described by W. Edwards Deming. The study took place at a small, U.S. Midwest Lutheran school, conducted as a positive response to a teacher survey indicating the study's need. Five of the central concepts of this philosophy were that…
Descriptors: Action Research, Protestants, Faculty Development, Educational Improvement
David Pahman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the spiritual resilience and post-secondary academic success of graduates from a Protestant Christian school serving preschool through secondary. In this case study, the researcher strove to measure the five most recent graduating classes' spiritual resiliency, perceptions of the impact of the…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Christianity, Religious Schools, Protestants
Bernhardt, Jonathan David – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative collective case study was to discover effective induction practices which align with values and characteristics of Generation Z for the purpose of retaining new teachers in Lutheran high schools. The study sought to address teacher shortages by improving the retention of new teachers through the implementation of…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Beginning Teacher Induction, Case Studies, High School Teachers
Hector Hernan Molano Cortes – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Colombia has been immersed in wars and violence for many years; some scholars say that the country has been in conflict since 1962. The reality is that the country began its development with multiple wars and power struggles, the latter incited by political parties. In the midst of multiple conflicts, religion has played an important role in the…
Descriptors: Protestants, Theological Education, Foreign Countries, War
Davis, Jacqueline Estella – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined principals' perceptions of faith-based schools in Southern California. A 6-item survey was distributed by hard copy to 217 Catholic principals affiliated with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and by e-mail to 218 Protestant school principals affiliated with the Association of Christian School International. The survey was…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Principals, Protestants, Private Schools
Bunnell, Peter Wayne – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The issue of parental involvement in religious education is an important one for the family, the church, the Christian school, and society. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe parents' concepts and practices of involvement in their children's religious education as evangelical Christian parents in Midwestern communities.…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Elementary School Students, Religious Education, Phenomenology
Clegg, Sheri Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Education literature indicates that early departure of school principals and a paucity of applicants to take their places have resulted in leadership shortages in the nation's schools. The length of stay for U.S. public and private school kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) principals is 1 to 3 years. This is problematic for implementing school…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Principals, Persistence, Personal Narratives
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