• Pandemic teaching : application of universal design for learning in eighth-grade English language arts and reading. 

  Sharp, Amy A., 1982-; 0000-0003-4001-3247 (2021-04-09)

  The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of education globally, requiring educators to teach online and in-building with social distancing protocols. In this context, U.S. school districts were tasked with addressing ...

• Intersections of embodiment and racism : the impact of a student's identity on their interactions with others. 

  Haag, Jillian, 1995- (2020-04-01)

  Embodiment, the reciprocal influence of the mind and body on a person’s identity, can be utilized to understand undergraduates’ engagement with the world when it is studied in relation to cross-racial interactions and ...

• The overlooked influence of competency within advising and supporting upon competency within leadership in student affairs. 

  Fletcher, Meghan E., 1998- (2022-05-06)

  This study aims to provide a framework for understanding the development of student affairs professionals’ self-perception of leadership competency through the improvement of advising and supporting competencies. The model ...

• Principals of small rural schools as instructional leaders for special education. 

  Rogers, Amy Reed, 1968-; 0000-0001-5777-3870 (2022-03-30)

  Principals have many responsibilities and priorities daily. For principals serving in small rural schools, their role as instructional leaders can be even more challenging. Given the complexities of their job, principals ...

• Principal transformational leadership and the Texas Instructional Leadership Action Coaching program : a qualitative case study. 

  White, Gayle A., 1964-; 0000-0002-7727-5446 (2022-02-25)

  Transformational leadership continues to be in the spotlight, given that school systems are becoming increasingly demanding and complex. Evidence has shown principal effectiveness is foundational to the quality of instruction ...

• Teachers’ implementation of social-emotional learning programs in the kindergarten classroom. 

  Gerik, Denae, 1983-; 0000-0002-7201-1521 (2022-01-24)

  Students’ and teachers’ social-emotional learning (SEL) is the foundation upon which academic learning can thrive. A systematic implementation of SEL programs, with teachers’ awareness of how they affect the implementation, ...

• Well-being and the vocation of the school superintendent. 

  Vales, Angel A., 1979-; 0000-0002-2500-3553 (2022-02-15)

  School superintendents face numerous challenges, high demands, and pressures from the community, school board, and stakeholders. State and federal accountability policies and mandates contribute to rising levels of stress ...

• Assistant principal burnout : a quantitative non-experimental correlational investigation of burnout theory and well-being theory to address burnout in assistant principals. 

  Harris, April R., 1985-; 0000-0003-3355-3552 (2022-02-25)

  Assistant principals play a critical role in developing the climate and culture of a campus, and over the last three decades they have become an integral part of the aggregate known as educational leadership (Hausman et ...

• The influence of teacher resilience on retention rates in high-poverty, high-minority schools. 

  Ward, Donna J., 1969-; 0000-0003-0634-2565 (2021-12-02)

  Teacher turnover is on the rise due to job dissatisfaction. Factors leading to job dissatisfaction include increased demands on student accountability, increased workload, teacher victimization, and a lack of administrative ...

• The art of change leadership and the science of implementation. 

  Donnell, Jacob, 1983- (2021-12-09)

  This dissertation investigates the efficacy of Implementation Science in K-12 public school leadership. Far from a checklist, Implementation Science is a framework for understanding change which values the perspective, ...

• The degree to which mindfulness practice interventions affect perceptions of job satisfaction in middle school teachers within Central Texas. 

  Bruce, Jolene B., 1978-; 0000-0003-3534-2716 (2022-01-20)

  Educators today face challenges beyond the scope of College Preparation Programs, with problems never before experienced. To study an opportunity for reducing burnout and support teachers will be beneficial for our educational ...

• Environment and affluence : how food insecurity shapes student identity at a selective flagship institution. 

  Cliburn Allen, Cara, 1991- (2021-07-13)

  The purpose of this study is to understand how students who experience food insecurity manage and display their identity at a selective state flagship institution with a culture of affluence. Though many scholars have ...

• Incompatible? : How Christian faith informs Title IX policy and practice. 

  Graber, Britney N., 1990-; 0000-0002-6347-6845 (2021-07-07)

  Extensive literature exists on the integration of faith and learning, or faith and practice, in Christian higher education (e.g., Beers 2003; Beers & Beers, 2008; Dockery & Morgan, 2018; Glanzer et al., 2020a; Guthrie, ...

• Caregivers’ choice against : a case study of caregivers’ denial of language services in Central Texas. 

  Page, Barbara Raquel, 1989-; 0000-0003-0427-4351 (2021-07-04)

  The focus of this study was to describe the prevalent issue affecting English Language Learners in Central Texas ISD (CTXISD) due to the denial of bilingual language services by caregivers, and to make sense of these parent ...

• The importance of what students care about : a grounded theory exploration of student preferences and pathways. 

  Cockle, Theodore F., 1987-; 0000-0001-5335-8362 (2021-07-07)

  Students make countless decisions in college. Yet, few studies on student pathways through college consider the importance of what students care about. A review of the higher education literature devoted to student pathways ...

• The influence of academic, social, and deeper life interactions on the psychological sense of community of international students in the United States. 

  Nkrumah-Ababio, Baffour Paapa, 1995- (2021-05-03)

  More than one million international college students studied in the United States in 2019. International students contributed $41 billion and sponsored 458,290 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2018-2019 academic year. ...

• Social support and its influence on college students' understanding of moral expertise. 

  Cox, Samuel James Evans, 1996-; 0000-0002-9966-4469 (2021-04-23)

  Colleges and universities offer environments conducive to moral development, which is seen as essential for cultivating civic engagement, intellectual growth, and virtuous character. As part of a larger study on character ...

• Social support and its influence on college students' understanding of moral expertise. 

  Waldbillig, Luke, 1997- (2021-05-03)

  Colleges and universities offer environments conducive to moral development, which is seen as essential for cultivating civic engagement, intellectual growth, and virtuous character. As part of a larger study on character ...

• Multicultural & social justice competence and leadership in student affairs : a structural model. 

  Taylor, Andrew W., 1996-; 0000-0002-4531-6450 (2021-05-02)

  This study aims to provide a framework for understanding the development of student affairs professionals’ self-perception of leadership ability through the improvement of multicultural/social justice competencies. The ...

• District of innovation-hired career and technical education teachers : a study of preparation and effectiveness. 

  Ferguson, Stephanie Davis, 1965-; 0000-0002-8854-4701 (2021-04-15)

  School districts across the nation are struggling to fill Career and Technical Education (CTE) teaching positions each year (Devier, 2019). To address this demand in Texas, state lawmakers passed legislation to create ...

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