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Direct linkAmanda 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
Download full textLynn, Randy; Glynn, Jennifer – Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, 2019
Since 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has supported educational enrichment in rural areas by awarding over $3.3 million in grants to six outstanding organizations operating in Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In this report, the authors combine the experiences of these organizations with findings from the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Rural Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
America's Promise Alliance, 2015
This report analyzes case studies of "more and better learning time" efforts around the country. With support from the Ford Foundation, America's Promise Alliance looked in Grand Rapids, MI; Louisville, KY; Memphis, TN; and Rochester, NY to see how time spent out of the classroom improved outcomes for students in low-income neighborhoods…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Low Income Groups, Low Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Hoffman, Ellen – 1987
"Service Plus" was designed as a pilot program to employ teachers in Bedford County, Tennessee over the summer to supplement their income and to develop services the community needed. Operating every summer since 1984, the program has provided employment to teachers in positions in the local human services, parks and recreation, juvenile…
Descriptors: Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Employment, Nonprofit Organizations
Peer reviewedTrent, S. D. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
A Tennessee program awards stipends to teachers to attend summer classes and a practicum and earn 18 hours of credit in education of children with visual impairments. The program requires that teachers have assurance from their superintendents that they will teach visually impaired students in their school systems after endorsement. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Rural Areas
French, Russell L.; And Others – 1989
An evaluation of a summer geography institute focusing on the use of thematic maps as tools for teaching across the curriculum was conducted during 1988. The annual institute is sponsored by the Tennessee Geographic Alliance in conjunction with the National Geographic Society. Thematic map making involves portrayal of visible patterns of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Content Analysis, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
