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An Analysis of Mission Statements of Select South Carolina Alternative Schools to Determine Practicality during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Gary Heyward – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted teaching and learning, causing schools to close and to move students to remote learning. Many principals sidestepped the guiding principle for schools, the mission statement, and were instead on a mission to salvage teaching and learning. Environmental entities became crucial to school survival. The open system…
Descriptors: Position Papers, Nontraditional Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Building Communities during COVID-19: Examining the Lived Experiences of Students in Living-Learning Communities and Residential-Optional Learning Communities
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Lisa Gaskin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to better understand the living-learning community (LLC) experience and the residential-optional learning community (ROLC) experience, specifically the aspects that had the most influence on college transition and involvement according to students. The LLC model specifically has become common practice within higher…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Living Learning Centers, Residential Schools
Understanding Educational Leadership during Times of Crises: A Scoping Review
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Striepe, Michelle; Cunningham, Christine – Journal of Educational Administration, 2022
Purpose: This paper presents a review of empirical research on educational leadership during times of crises in K-12 schools. This review aimed to map the recent literature and identify key characteristics of educational leadership during crises to understand how this type of leadership is different from current understandings.…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Elementary Secondary Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
COVID-19 & the American Rescue Plan: Understanding K-12 Superintendent Decision-Making during Crisis
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Jaime L. Cohen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This proposal sought to understand the decision-making of the K-12 public school super-intendents during the COVID-19 crisis and periods of recovery. Western New York school district leaders participated in focus groups organized according to the New York State Department of Education classifications of high-, average-, and low-needs districts. By…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Superintendents, Decision Making Skills
The Exploration of Social-Emotional Competence and the Benefits and Challenges of Implementing a Systemic, School-Wide Approach to Social-Emotional Learning as Perceived by Teachers in an Alternative School Setting
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Samuel Lee Bachelor Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examined the application of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in an alternative high school, emphasizing educators' perceptions and experiences. Amid issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic, this study investigated how educators addressed challenges in implementing SEL into their curricula. The study was based on Fullan's…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Nontraditional Education, Social Emotional Learning, Educational Environment
Tech-Savvy School Principals Leveraging Crisis Leadership to Support Teaching and Learning in Their Schools through COVID-19 Pandemic
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Mohsen Alzahrani – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this exploratory case study was to learn about the effective practices that recognized tech-savvy principals enacted to support teaching and learning in their schools during the first academic year of the COVID-19 crisis. The study involved semi structured interviews with five recognized tech-savvy school principals. It also…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Principals, Crisis Management, COVID-19