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- This quantitative study investigated the relationship between a principal’s grit and the school culture in their building. The research focused on one district in New Jersey with participants from elementary, middle, and high schools. First, principals in each school were surveyed using Duckworth’s Short Grit Survey to determine their self-perceived level of grit. Then educators in each school were surveyed using Gruenert and Valentine’s School Culture Survey to describe the school culture. This study identified factors that contribute to successful leadership, including leadership styles and characteristics such as grit. The study also explored current research about school culture and best practices in supporting professional learning communities, unity of purpose, and promoting learning partnerships. This study aimed to understand the relationship between a school principal’s grit and school culture and provide further recommendations for increasing school culture. The results of this study successfully established that there was a relationship between the two variables, principal’s grit, and school culture. In addition, the study concluded that there were high mean scores for principal grit and school culture for each building. However, the data showed a statistically significant negative correlation between overall principal grit scores and school culture scores, r = –.161, p ≤ .001. Specifically, the school settings would benefit from collaborating with school administrators and colleagues to improve perceptions of collaborative leadership, teacher collaboration, unity of purpose, and collegial support.
- Keyword:
- Educational Leadership , Educational Sociology, Educational Psychology, Educational Administration , Principal's Grit, Quantitative Study, School culture, collaborative leadership, leadership styles, New Jersey, Duckworth’s Short Grit Survey, and partnerships
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Bogusz, Trisha M.
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/04/2022
- Date Modified:
- 02/21/2025
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Out-of-school suspension is commonly used as a disciplinary action in high schools; however, alternative-to-suspension programs are increasingly being used in hopes to improve student behavior without applying punitive damages. The literature review describes how discipline has transformed multiple times in the United States and around the world. It shows how disciple has shifted from the use of corporal punishment to expulsions and suspensions and now the newest transformation is the use of restorative justice. This study examined the impact of alternative-to-suspension programs used in three high schools and their effectiveness in improving students' academics and in building a positive school climate. The partner schools in this study have incorporated multiple alternatives to suspension programs (e.g., Positive Behavior Support in School, Panorama, and an Afterschool Social and Emotional Learning program) to increase trust and respect between students and staff while anticipating a decrease in suspensions and an increase in student performance. This is a quantitative study that uses archived data. This study measured suspension, attendance, and graduation rates for the 2015–2016 school year to the 2018–2019 school year and assessed whether there were significant differences in the rates across three high schools in the northeast. This study determined that there are some effects to the use of alternative-to-suspension programs. The study concludes that (1) one of the three high schools suspension rates were impacted after the implementation of the alternative-to-suspension program, (2) the graduation rate was positively impacted after the implementation of the programs, (3) Only one of the three schools attendance rates was impacted, negatively, after the implementation of the programs.
- Keyword:
- Alternative-to-Suspension, Student Achievement, Discipline, Large Urban School District, Restorative Justice, Positive Behavior Support, Panorama, Afterschool Social and Emotional Learning program, Respect, Quantitative Study, and Archived Data
- Subject:
- Education Policy and Educational Leadership
- Creator:
- Wanis, Mona
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/04/2022
- Date Modified:
- 02/23/2024
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Over the last two decades, there has been a high prevalence of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) among college students in the United States. The purpose of this quantitative study is to examine the social and psychological factors that impact academic and recovery outcomes of students enrolled in an on-campus recovery program. The summary data were collected over 10 years by a Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP)/Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) in the southern region of the United States. Key findings of the study include that among students enrolled in a CRP/CRC: a) a significant relationship exists between relapse rates and mental health disorders; b) having an additional mental health disorder is associated with lower graduation rates; c) females students relapsed more than male students; d) female students had higher graduation rates than male students. It is recommended that higher education institutions integrate mental and behavioral health programs such as CRPs/CRCs to help increase student outcomes such as retention rates, graduation rates, and decrease depression, substance abuse use rates on campus.
- Keyword:
- Midsize Collegiate, Recovery Program, United States, Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Quantitative Study, Social factors, Psychological factors, academic outcomes, recovery outcomes, on-campus recovery program, Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP), Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC), Southern Region, Mental health, Gender, Behavioral health, depression, graduation rates, and substance abuse
- Subject:
- Educational leadership, Education policy, and Higher education
- Creator:
- Odefemi-Azzan, Oluwatosin Adesola.
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/04/2022
- Date Modified:
- 03/05/2024
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation