• POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL LEADERS AND TEACHERS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE IMPACT ON SCHOOL CLIMATE 

  Lopez, Lisa (2022-05)

  The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the relationship between school leaders and teachers and how these relationships impact school climate. The study also examined essential traits of effective ...
• DISSECTING VIRTUAL CADAVERS: THE IMPACT OF AUGMENTED REALITY ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO LEARN HUMAN ANATOMY 

  Stelter, Annette K. (2022-05)

  This study explores Allied Health undergraduate students' experiences learning human anatomy through Augmented Reality (AR) technology compared to other modalities in a private university. The research used multivariate ...
• THE IMPACT OF A GROWTH MINDSET, MINDFULNESS, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ON TEACHER EFFICACY: THE FACTORS TEACHERS HAVE CONTROL OVER AND WHAT THEY DO WITH THEM. 

  McKenzie, Tamika Andrea (2022-05)

  Do teachers feel that they have the potential to support the needs of the students they encounter in today’s society? Are they confident in their own abilities, and the impact that they may have on student outcomes and ...
• SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE in UNPRECEDENTED TIMES 

  Lopez, Silvia Veronica (2022-05)

  This explanatory-sequential mixed-methods design research aims to describe the steps of an organizational change model made to sustain organizational change during the COVID-19 crisis for school leaders in Local District ...
• EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

  Gago, David Agapito (2022-12)

  Schools are utilizing and acquiring more technology to meet the needs of 21st Century learning and the world that their students will enter into. It is imperative that we implement technology-based formative assessment ...
• EXAMINING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DESIGN AND THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 

  Nixon II, Walter (2021-12)

  This dissertation study gathered quantitative and qualitative data, as well as extensive research examining educational system design and the impact of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) on high school student achievement. ...
• PERCEPTIONS OF K-12 EDUCATORS' PREPARATION FOR ONLINE INSTRUCTION BEFORE AND DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC 

  Rosendahl, Kay (2022-05)

  This qualitative case study looked at teacher technology readiness before the 2020 pandemic. The researcher used snowballing to gather participants in an online survey involving teachers and administrators who experienced ...
• Hybrid Learning: a Qualitative Case Study of a School Reopening During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Anderson, Ricky A. (2022-05)

  In August 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that all schools would be on distance learning if their county COVID-19 cases were too high. However, one district, Lucerne Valley Unified, wanted to get their ...
• Enhancing Mentoring by Using Strategies from Other Professions: Suggestions for Educational Leaders 

  Abu Zaineh, Suha (2021-05)

  This research is designed to understand how educational leaders can transfer personal and organizational value from other professions through mentoring to the work of education. A mentoring relationship is a valuable tool ...
• FACTORS THAT LEAD TOWARDS TEACHER RETENTION IN LUTHERAN SCHOOLS 

  Wood, Christy L. (2021-12)

  Retention of Called teachers within the Lutheran school system is becoming increasingly more difficult with each passing year. With the retirement of baby-boomer teachers and the limited amount of Called workers already ...
• DRIVING THROUGH THE COLLEGE CHOICE PROCESS: A MULTI-METHODS APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT 

  Tambara-Leviste, Kortney (2021-12)

  This dissertation is focused on understanding the expectations, beliefs, and motivations of parental involvement during the college choice process. Many high school students are under a lot of stress and pressure influenced ...
• “POWERING THROUGH”: A MIXED METHOD PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF RESILIENCE, GRIT, AND POSITIVE DEVIANCE AMONG SINGLE MOTHER COLLEGE GRADUATES 

  Paramore Jones, Stephanie (2021-12)

  College students with children represent a growing segment of the college-going population. As a subset of this group, single mothers in college are considered nontraditional by their age, employment status, parental status, ...
• GROWTH MINDSET CAN ENHANCE MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS IN 5TH GRADE: A PANDEMIC COMPARISON 

  Perla, Samuel (2021-12)

  The purpose of this study was to examine how growth mindset strategies enhance academic achievement for English learners in 5th grade from low socio-economic areas. Secondary data was available through (MAP) Measures of ...
• A STUDY TO EXAMINE THE EFFECT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT (SIG) FUNDS ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE AT SEVEN CALIFORNIA K-8 SCHOOLS. 

  Huntoon, Michele (2021-05)

  The School Improvement Grant (SIG), initially authorized in 1965 under the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, was passed to substantially support disadvantaged students' needs to raise ...
• RETENTION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN STEM MAJORS: STUDENT INVOLVEMENT, PERSISTENCE, AND CHALLENGES 

  Odabas, Hulyah Sarah (2021-12)

  In the United States, ensuring adequate numbers of students graduate with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors has become a national priority. However, STEM degree retention among underrepresented ...
• EDUCATORS BENEFIT FROM PERSONALIZED ONLINE LEARNING VIA COMPETENCY BASED ASYNCHRONOUS PLATFORMS 

  Stagnaro, Wayne Robert (2021-05)

  Professional development of teachers and certificated staff has long been a concern for school districts and is generally completed in a top down approach with little input from the participants traditionally. Teacher ...
• THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS AT A SMALL NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY FOR NEW AND UNDERREPRESENTED COLLEGE STUDENTS 

  Lόpez, Edgar (2021-05)

  College administrators and the federal government have perceived the need for financial literacy education programs. Financial literacy is a complicated subject. University administrators understand the need to incorporate ...
• THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENTS AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, AND SCHOOL CLIMATE: A MIXED-METHODS PHENOMENOLOGICAL COMPARATIVE/CORRELATIONAL STUDY 

  Martin, James P (2021-12)

  This study sought to add to the existing literature on school purpose and guide educational leaders as they engage their school mission statement to improve student outcomes. As a mixed-methods phenomenological ...
• SEEKING EQUITY IN STEM: BLACK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 

  Antoine, Fréda (2021-05)

  This study was an examination of current Black participation in STEM and education. The purpose of this mixed method research study is to understand the possible reasons for low enrollment rates for Black high school ...
• STUDENTS SUCCEED IN THE RESPOND TO EVERY ACADEMIC CRISIS HOLISTICALLY (REACH) PROGRAM: A POSITIVE EDUCATION JOURNEY FOR STUDENTS AT-RISK. 

  Gil, Amanda Annaliese (2021-05)

  The number of dropouts in the United States has become a national crisis and students who are at-risk are on the rise. Educational institutions have failed to create equity amongst all students and at-risk students ...

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