Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Exploring the Role of Communication in Relational Outcomes in a High School Setting, Paul S. Butler
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Effect of Leadership Change on School Climate, Brian D. Bannen
Who Are You? A Study of Authentic Leadership in Action, Dan Chadbourne
Adaptive Leadership Practices: High School Leadership in Maine During the COVID-19 Crisis, Ryan B. Crane
Strategic Management of Human Capital as Rural Praxis, Scott Harrison
Implementation and Teacher Leadership of Collaborative Efforts During the Challenges Surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic, George R. Mayfield III
Supervision to Support Reflective Practices, Laura Susan Miller
The Role of Technology in the Development of PK-12 Teacher Leadership During COVID-19, Mia L. Morrison
Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Learning in White Majority Settings, Susan Thibedeau
The Value of Peer Supervisory Practices, Josh Tripp
Teacher Listening and Reflection as a Way to Broaden Teacher Pedagogical Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics at the Elementary Level, Glen D. Widmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Examining Opportunities for Higher-Order Thinking in Secondary and Middle-Level Proficiency-Based Mathematics Classrooms, Quinton Donahue
A Quantitative Study of Mathematics Anxiety in First-Generation Pre-Service Teachers, Wendi Malenfant
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
So That All Children May Successfully and Optimally Learn: Changing the Odds for Rural Students, Maria C. Frankland
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
An Exploration of Technology Leadership in Three Maine Public School Districts, David L. Fournier
Shocks to the System: The Micropolitics of Communities in Economic Shock When Determining the Outcome of Local Education, Kathy Jeanne Harris-Smedberg
Nonverbal Communication and Its Role in Building Rapport: A Mixed Methods Study of K-12 Teachers, Barbara M. Moody
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Teacher Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth in the Era of "Educator Effectiveness" in Maine, Jonathan E. Doty
A Multiple Case Study of Secondary School Teachers' Understanding of Learning Relationships in Virtual Schools: Implications for Teacher Identity, Linda M. Fuller
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Exploring the Ways In Which Highly Efficacious Intermediate Teachers Employ Best Practices in Reading Instruction for Struggling Readers, Terrence P. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A Qualitative Study of Rural School Returners' Journeys to Secondary Credential Completion, Brenda Elaine Swan Gammon
Choice-based Assessments and Their Use with 1:1 Technology Devices, Joshua Ottow
Factors that Influence Classroom Participation of Junior- and Senior-level Nursing Students, Mary Tedesco-Schneck
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Somali Parents' Involvement in the Education of Their Children in American Middle Schools: a Case Study in Portland, Maine, Abdullahi Ahmed
Portraits of Service-Learning: A Continuum of Knowledge and Practice, Joanne Cassida Harriman
Qualitative Study of Highly Efficacious Head Start Teachers, Allyson Dean
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Understanding Assessment and Accountability Policy Influences on Leadership Decisions to Improve Curriculum and Instruction, Richard E. Glencross
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Constructing Student Achievement: Discourses of High School Policy Documents, Lisa Plume Hallen
Diversity Education Goals in Higher Education: A Policy Discourse Analysis, Stuart Glen Swain
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Purposeful Words: An Investigation of the Influence of Mission Statements on Principal Leadership and Teacher Practice, Thomas Lafavore
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Transfer Function of Community College: Building a Bridge to the Baccalaureate in Maine, Margaret Elizabeth Allen
Caucasian Teachers of Native American Students: the Interplay of Ideology and Practice, Heather L. Ball
Faculty and Administrators Working Together in a Community College: A Retrospective Case Study, Paul J. Charpentier
Veteran Elementary Teachers' Experiences with Self-Directed Learning: An Interpretive Study, Kristine Fox
An Exploration of Thriving in the Superintendency, Frank A. Hackett
LD 291: Teaching Practices and Pedagogy of Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Grade Teachers, Lorrine A. Masterman
Improving Teacher Practice: Teachers' Perspectives on Capacity-Building Initiatives in Literacy, Joseph C. Mattos
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Inside the Gap: Innovative Uses of Technology and Student Teachers, Maryellen Mahoney-O'Neil
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Teacher Leaders' Perceptions of Relational Influence: A Phenomenological Study, Linda Marie Bowe
Exploring the Impact of No Child Left Behind on the Maine Superintendent, Sylvia Pease
Is There a Gap between Educational Theory and Exemplary Teaching Practice?: An Examination of the Practices of Nominees for Maine Teacher of the Year, Monica Lynn Squires
Promoting Professional Growth by Meeting Teacher Needs: The Walk-Through as an Approach to Supervision, Donna H. Wolfrom
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Why Do the Job? : Voices of Administrators Who Hold a Superintendent Credential But Have Not Sought the Role, Patrick M. Manuel
The Problem of Burnout among Early Educators and How it May Lead to Staff Turnover, Tia Sidelinger
Clashing Codes: How Unwritten Codes Collide with Professional and Personal Codes in Educational Settings, Betsy M. Webb
Attitude and Learning at Upward Bound in the Field of Statistics, Adam Zukowski
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
An Exploration of the use of Professional Development Standards in Adult Education Professional Development, Evelyn Higgins Beaulieu
Reintegrating Students with Emotional Disturbance from Therapeutic Educational Placements to High Schools: Student and Adult Perceptions, Thomas J. McGinty
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
New Job, New School System, Now What? An Examination of the Socialization Experiences of Curriculum Directors in Maine, Catherine Anne Menard
An Exploration of Educators' Perceptions Concerning the Multicultural Education of Students in New England Physical Therapist Programs, Suzanne Parish Gordon
Principal and Teacher Relationships and Teacher Job Satisfaction, Jeanna M. Tuell
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Significant Adults as Protective Factors: Retrospective Views of At-Risk Youth, Gregg Dowty
Exploring the Links Among Professional Development, Teacher Performance, and Student Achievement: A Case Study, Julie Hackett
A Policy Discourse Analysis of U.S. Land-Grant University Diversity Action Plans, Susan Van Deventer Iverson
A Successful Principal's Conversations: Perceived Impacts on Relationships and School Climate, Heather Dwyer Jaquette Sadlier
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Associations Among Stress, Work Overload, Role Conflict, and Self-Efficacy in Maine Principals, Donald A. Buckingham
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Through their eyes: five Maine principals explore their learning about leadership, Anita M. Campbell
Factors Influencing Grade Six Students' Perceptions of Teachers, Susan Smith LaPlante
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Factors Affecting Implementation Probability of State-Mandated Reform Initiatives: A Study of 6th - 8th Grade Maine Teachers, Pamela S. Flood
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Aspiring to the superintendency: factors that influence the decision, Regina P. Campbell
School Reform Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1990s: AN Analysis of Potential Impacts on Conditions for Learning, Victor G. Kendall
The Effect of Direct Experience on Generating Insight into and Deepening Understanding of Academic Topics Studied by high School Seniors in the Field, Lowell W. Libby
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Collective Efficacy and Collaborative Climate in Maine High Schools, Sarah Mackenzie