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Perceptions on a District-Led, School Leader Preparation Program in Tennessee
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Amanda G. Arnold – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In this qualitative case study of a district-led, school leader preparation program in Tennessee during the 2021-2022 school year, I sought to reveal district stakeholder perceptions using an open-ended questionnaire, on the design, possible benefits, and possible challenges of the district's Associate Principal Program. For this study,…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, School Districts, Administrator Education, Management Development
A Qualitative Study of Novice Superintendent Experiences in Tennessee
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Jordan G. Lauer; Reba E. Clarke-Wedderburn; Colin F. Hunt – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative phenomenological study focused on the lived experiences of novice superintendents in Tennessee. Novice superintendents were operationally defined as superintendents within their first 3 years of performing the responsibilities and duties of the role. The researchers also examined the role the Tennessee Organization of School…
Descriptors: Novices, Superintendents, Guidelines, Organizations (Groups)
Stakeholder Perceptions of Student Opportunity in Consolidated Rural High Schools
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Brad S. Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Since the early 1900s, educational leaders and policymakers looked to consolidation as a way for rural schools and school systems to overcome financial challenges and improve the educational experiences for students. Stakeholders were met with conflicting claims about the effects of school and system consolidation. Proponents of consolidation…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Rural Schools, Stakeholders, Attitudes
Addressing the Needs of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Considerations and Complexities for High School Interventions
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Kucharczyk, Suzanne; Reutebuch, Colleen K.; Carter, Erik W.; Hedges, Susan; El Zein, Farah; Fan, Hannah; Gustafson, Jenny R. – Exceptional Children, 2015
The outcomes of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are driving the field to address how secondary education might be optimally designed and delivered. We conducted 28 focus groups across four states to explore the contexts, considerations, and complexities associated with delivering and combining evidence-based interventions to meet the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Student Needs
Addressing the Needs of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Considerations and Complexities for High School Interventions
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Kucharczyk, Suzanne; Reutebuch, Colleen K.; Carter, Erik W.; Hedges, Susan; El Zein, Farah; Gustafson, Jenny R. – Grantee Submission, 2015
The outcomes of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are driving the field to address how secondary education might be optimally designed and delivered. We conducted 28 focus groups across four states to explore the contexts, considerations, and complexities associated with delivering and combining evidence-based interventions to meet the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Student Needs
Establishing Effective Communication with External Stakeholders: The Impact of Training
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Dodson, Kelly Christine Lockhart – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this research was to determine if communication skills training had an impact on public schools administrators' knowledge and application of communication skills, and their attitude toward school public relations. School administrators from three Tennessee school systems participated in this pretest/posttest quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Scores, Multiple Regression Analysis, Communication Skills