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Miner, Sarah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the pandemic drove a focus on education, many families had to choose alternative education models for their child. Families suddenly had a pressing need to evaluate the best schooling situation for their child (Gouedard & Pont, 2020, Eggleston & Fields, 2021, Hynes, 2020, Hill et al., 2020, Hall-Mills, 2020). In education there are…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, School Choice, Elementary Schools, Pandemics
Robyn Terry – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The number of disruptive incidents has remained the same in the study site district with three elementary schools in a low socioeconomic area in a southeastern state despite the implementation of restorative practices. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore teachers' perspectives on challenges and best practices when…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Barriers, Best Practices, Justice
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Jantien Smit; Lucía Beatriz Chisari; Maria Kouns; Anne Bergliot Øyehaug; Elwin Savelsbergh; Maaike Hajer – European Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Worldwide, pupils with migrant backgrounds do not participate in school STEM subjects as successfully as their peers. Migrant pupils' subject-specific language proficiency lags behind, which hinders participation and learning. Primary teachers experience difficulty in teaching STEM as well as promoting required language development. This study…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Inclusion, Elementary School Teachers
Katherine Lass; Sarah Walsh; Hilary Demby; Rebekah Snider; Kelly Burgess; Eric Jenner – Grantee Submission, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate Peer Group Connection-Middle School, a cross-age peer mentor program designed to enhance student retention and achievement during the transition from elementary to middle school. We present findings from an individual-level randomized controlled trial that included 1,902 sixth-grade students across three…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mentors, School Holding Power, Academic Achievement
Nicole M. Carleton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Play is fundamental to the optimal growth and development of children. Utilizing play therapy with children who require mental health support and intervention is of significant benefit to the child, as it allows them to express their needs through play, their first language. School counselors who work with elementary-aged students may find play…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Counselors, Counselor Attitudes, Play Therapy
Cynthia L. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
On average, about 50% of teachers leave within the first five years of entering the classroom with the attrition rate for teachers in Title I schools being almost 50% greater than non-Title I schools. Principals know and understand the pressures that cause teachers to leave the profession; however, little research has been done on how to recruit…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Qualifications, Elementary School Teachers
Paula Michelle Watson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative single case study aimed to explore how administrative team members perceived their leadership practices and instructional strategies that advance student academic outcomes on annual mathematics and literacy state assessments. Transformational leadership was the conceptual framework for data collection and analysis. Three research…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Educational Strategies, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools
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NaYoung Hwang; Patrick Graff; Mark Berends – AERA Open, 2024
Studies persistently show disparities in exclusionary discipline across racial/ethnic groups in U.S. schools. Using administrative data from kindergarteners through fifth graders in Indiana, we examine the effects of student-teacher race/ethnicity matching on disciplinary outcomes. We find that Black students exhibit lower rates of suspension and…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Teachers, White Students, White Teachers
Mary Hawkins Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative case study explored the pivotal role of staff development teachers (SDTs) as instructional leaders and their impact on teacher professional growth within elementary schools. While ample research has illuminated the essential components of effective professional development, there remains a gap in understanding the intricate…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement
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Holly Hungerford-Kresser; Molly Wiant Cummins; Carla Amaro-Jiménez – Journal of Educational Change, 2024
As we settled into a new reality with COVID-19, there were calls for educators to use the crisis as a time to initiate changes desperately needed in education (Zhao & Watterston, 2021). Highlighting an elementary school as a case study (Hungerford-Kresser et al., 2022), we now reflect on what we learned during the early stages of the pandemic,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Caring, Elementary Schools
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Weinstein, José; Sembler, Matías; Weinstein, Marisa; Marfán, Javiera; Valenzuela, Paulina; Muñoz, Gonzalo – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
What differences are there, according to teachers' opinions, in school leadership practices between male principals (MPs) and female principals (FPs) in urban primary schools in Chile? A national survey has been done to address this topic, which was answered by the principal and five teachers in 381 urban primary schools. Following Leithwood's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles
Alicia M. Serrato – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support is a framework utilized by schools when implementing evidence-based teaching practices to target the academic and social emotional needs of students. This action research study sought to investigate the successes and challenges educators experience when implementing MTSS in urban elementary schools. Participants and…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Urban Schools, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Program Implementation
Autumn Nicholl White – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how general education teachers in an urban public elementary school described the experience of personal social emotional competencies related to quality of work in the Southwestern United States. The research questions were: how do general education teachers in an urban public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Schools, Interpersonal Competence
Medina N. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the United States, teacher turnover has increased in elementary schools, and rural districts have higher than average teacher turnover. The problem addressed by this study was that school communities and their leaders need more understanding of how rural elementary administrators overcome challenges retaining teachers in rural southeastern…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Faculty Mobility, Rural Schools, Administrators
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Craig De Voto; Benjamin M. Superfine – School Leadership & Management, 2023
Unlike many types of educational crises, the COVID-19 pandemic was a crisis leaders could not have prepared for. But research is only starting to examine how leaders' responses and organisational context have played a role. This mixed-methods study accordingly examines how leaders have mitigated challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Administrators, Elementary School Teachers
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