Teacher Leadership prepares teachers with Level 6 certification for "providing professional development, building a school culture of continuous improvement and becoming change agents while maintaining the role of classroom teacher" (GaPSC Guidance for Educators, May 9, 2012). Graduates of this performance-based program will be teacher leaders who plan and lead professional development; who mentor and coach other teachers; who align curriculum, instruction, and assessment; who model best teaching practices; who analyze data and improve learning through data-informed decision-making; who apply research-based approaches to instructional challenges; and who collaborate with all stakeholders to improve student learning.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Implementation and Outcomes of One Georgia Two-way Immersion Program, Marguerite Giménez
The Effect of SmartMusic on Student Practice, Brian Duane Nichols
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin: Perceptions of Gifted Education and the Black Male Child, Tiffany Colvin Proctor
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Meeting the Standards of the Standardized Test: How Does Project-Based Learning Correlate to Traditional Learning in an Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Course?, Colette Armstrong-Grodzicki
The Direct and Indirect Paths Impacting Geometry Student Achievement, MarLynn Bailey
Effects of a Sustained Federally Funded Science Professional Development Program on Elementary Teachers Who Teach Science, Sally Michelle Creel
The Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status and the Academic Achievement of Culturally Diverse Students, Yvette P. Ford
Perspectives on Professional Learning: A Study of the Beliefs and Attitudes of Mathematics Teachers in High Performing Schools, Rebecca Leigh Gammill
A Mixed Method Study Investigating High School Teacher-Student Perceptions of Teacher-Caring Behaviors, Patricia C. King
A Curriculum of Experiences: Environmental Elements That Facilitate or Mediate Stress, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout among Educators, Scott David McManus
School Days: Perceptions and Experiences of African American Boys in Gender-Based Classrooms, Deirdra Milligan
Assessment in Secondary Environments: How Co-Teachers Navigate the Competing Demands of Theory, Policy, and Practice, Sylvia Martinez Spruill
An Investigation of the Perceptions of Induction Support of First Year Alternatively Certificated Teachers, Tonya E. Steele
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
An Examination of the Relationship between High School Mathematics Teachers' Dispositions and Their Metaphors for Teaching, Lorrie Ogle Bearden
A Case Study Examining the Reading and Study Habits of Gifted Readers in the Context of Deep Reading, John William Bradford
A Tempest in the Halls: Intersections of Social Justice, Student Collaboration, and Devised Theatre, Jennifer M. Grazer
Comparative Analyses of Mathematics Teachers' Efficacy Using Factor Analysis and the Rasch Model, Catherine F. Head
Case Study of Participants in a Site-Based Secondary Mathematics Methods Course and Internship: Three Teachers in Transition, Alyson Elizabeth Lischka
A Case Study of How Elementary Special Educators' Perspectives Influence Learning Opportunities Afforded to Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Shari Kay McCrary
Planning and Implementing Online Instruction: Faculty Perceptions of One University, James M. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
A Critical Examination of the Relationship between Student Performances on Assessments of English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement, Margaret E. D. Baker
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Family Perspectives on Home-School Connections and Family Engagement: A Case Study of Four Middle Class Latin American Families, Janet Elizabeth Pierce Clark
Designing Our Tribe with Online Learning in an Elementary Classroom, Timothy Neal Clark
An Analysis of Teachers’ Discourse and Their Perceptions Concerning the Use of Questioning and Feedback during Reading Instruction in Third-Grade Classrooms, Jennifer C. Farist
The Effects of Peer Coaching for Technology Integration on Teachers’ Comfort, Practice, and Student Technology Literacy, Tricia Cauffiel Frazier
The Comparative Effects of Two Types of Photographic Visual Supports on the Acquisition of Independent Performance of Multi-Step Tasks by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cindy Denise Golden
A Qualitative Study of the Use of Content-Related Comics to Promote Student Participation in Mathematical Discourse in a Math I Support Class, Jeni M. Halimun
Writing across the Curriculum: Case Studies of Three Content-Area Teachers, Patsy A. Hamby
How Does the Collaboration of General and Special Educators Improve the Progress Attainment of Students with Disabilities?, Ketrina L. Jordan
Looking Back: Tracing the Trajectory of Four Dominican Women Who Learned 'To Do' School, Maria Montalvo-Balbed
An Examination of the Discourse in a Graduate Mathematics Methods Course, Rako Morrissey
Teaching for Global Learning through Telecollaboration: A Case Study of K-12 Educators' Conceptualizations and Practices about Global Education, Holly Gooding Oran
Cultural Intersections: White Teachers and Their Racial Minority Students, Jason Pritchett
Examining the Efficacy of Secondary Mathematics Inclusion Co-Teachers, Raquel Caampued Rimpola
An Investigation of Brain Games as a Potential Non-Pharmaceutical Alternative for the Treatment of ADHD, Stacy C. Wegrzyn
Comparative Effects of Two Error Correction Procedures during Repeated Reading for Students with Learning Disabilities, Xiaoqing Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Effect of Classroom Bibliotherapeutic Intervention on Perceptions of Bullying Among Teachers of Young Children Aged Four and Five, Patricia Gail Doss
An Application of Vygotsky’s Social Learning Theory on Calculator Self-Efficacy and Calculator Achievement by Gender, Debbie M. Kohler
A Study of the Relationships between Epistemological Beliefs and Self-Regulated Learning among Advanced Placement Calculus Students in the Context of Mathematical Problem Solving, James Clinton Stockton