August 7 (10:15; 11:15; 12:15)
10:15 - 11:10
Renaissance, Salon C
Moderator, Dwight Mowbray
1. Dipity and Wikipedia: Tools for Educational Leadership Coursework PAPER
Trevor LaMonde and Nigel Cauldwell, Georgia Southern University
2. Future Innovators and Leaders Fall Behind in Achievement Progress: PAPER
Red Alert for Educational Leaders
Marjorie Whitcombe, MinSeo Han, and Dae Jin Ryu, Western Illinois University
Renaissance, Salon D
Moderator, Adele M. Marden
1. How Do Ninth-Grade Academy Students of Color Perceive School? PAPER
Issues of Race and Achievement for the Future of Education
Danny Obi Marsden, UNCG and Adele Marden, Virginia Tech
2. Teacher Leaders' Use of Humor within Effective Instruction: PAPER
Benefits of Future Consideration
Wanda Sobczyk, UNCG and Adele M. Marden, Virginia Tech
Renaissance Suite 317
1. Democratic School Leadership in California's Southern Central Valley PAPER
Gordon Trenholme, California State University Bakersfield
2. A New Vision for the Teaching Profession PAPER
Faisal Alqahtan, Aljouf University
Renaissance Suite 617
1. Administrators' Perceptions of Early Childhood Education PAPER
Walter Ravensdale, Rosalie Bautista; University of Nebraska Lincoln
2. Teacher Assessment of the Impact of the Data Team Process on Core PAPER
Instructional Practices
Rudolph Steinbrenner, Desmond Kilbride, Northern Arizona University
Renaissance Suite 717 (elevator)
1. The Role of Education Research Alliances in Urban School Districts: A Review PAPER
of the Literature through an Organizational Learning Framework
Delphine Nesbit, Harriet Thistlewood
2. Starting an Ed D degree program through Research, Request, and Relevance PAPER
Rodney Pargeter, Bridget Hedgeley, Rick Arbuckle, Southwest Baptist University
Renaissance Suite 817 (elevator)
1. The Influence of Inclusion on the Academic Performance of General Education PAPER
Students on the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge in Grades 6, 7, 8
Cecily Rowbotham, Girard Bassano, Seton Hall University
2. Getting everyone on the Same (Web) Page: The Role that Innovative Web-Based PAPER
Technology can p=Play in Transforming K-12 Schools into Learning Organizations
Pilar Mireles, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Courtyard A (Marriott)
1. A Sudy of the Value Added by Transformational Leadership Practices to PAPER
Teachers' Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment
Nora Kearsley, Douglas Gutteridge, Seton Hall University
2. Telesis Leadership Practices PAPER
Lucinda DeLacey, University of North Dakoda
Courtyard B (Marriott)
1. The Political Implications of Policy Reform on the Leadership of the PAPER
New Jersey Public Schools
Alan Szigeti, Evanthia Christoulas; Kean University
2. Tragedy in the Schools/Crisis in the Classroom PAPER
Miriam Gleisner-Bopp, (affiliation needed)
Courtyard Board Room (Marriott)
1. Good Principals Aren't Born - They're Mentored: Early Mentoring In PAPER
Educational Administration Programs
Chidiebere Kimathi, Georgian Court University
2. Perceptions of the Seriousness of Discipline Problems by Students, Parents, PAPER
Teachers, Principals and Superintendents: A National Study
Emeka Tembo, Chicago State University
11:15 - 12:10
Renaissance, Salon C
1. School Principals' View of Inclusion Teachers with Learning Disabilities PAPER
Orna Levkovich, Achva Academic College
2. Race to the Top and TEACH-NJ PAPER
Nasrin Farhadi, Maeve Cullimore; Kean University
Renaissance, Salon D
1. School Counselors’ Perceptions about Grade Retention and Interventions PAPER
for Low Performing Students
Dwight Mowbray, Martha Irene Brackley, Sadie Youlden; University of Wyoming
2. Leading the Tweeting: A look at Leadership Preparation and Legal Issues PAPER
in the Social and Learning Networking Arenas
Clarice Morikawa; California State University Northridge
Gwendolyn Falconer-Ames; California Institute of Technology
Renaissance Suite 317
1. Northern Kentucky Assistant Principals’ Network: An Innovative PAPER
Opportunity for Growth
Jerome Alderton, Rhoda Weatherby, Maud Rossiter; Northern Kentucky University
2. Knowledge and Skills for School Leaders: Accountability or Subject Focused? PAPER
Clarence Vandewater; University of Southern Florida
Renaissance Suite 617
1. Tracing Ohio's Development of Teacher Leadership: A Model for Improving PAPER
Schools and a Tipping Point for Principal Preparation Programs
Ned Zellmer, Wright State University
2. 21st Century Learning: Educating the Whole Brain PAPER
Marcus Ravenhill, S. Pengelly, M.J. Ravenhill, K. Shipley, University of Southern Mississippi
Renaissance Suite 717 (elevator)
1. Politics and the Preparation of School Leaders: Considerations of Tenure and PAPER
the Duty Owed to the Profession
Aurelia Toomer, Cypres; University of Tennessee Knoxville
2. The Leadership Practices of Texas Superintendents: Correlations PAPER
and Connections
Ellen Ledbury, American Public University; Juliet Garrick-Stobbe, University of
Texas of the Permian Basin
Renaissance Suite 817 (elevator)
1. PANEL (50 minutes) Beyond Boundaries: International Experience and PAPER
Educational Leadership
Philippa Stanhope, Sheila Hovanec, Sybil Spilka; University of North Dakoda
Courtyard A (Marriott)
1. The Challenge of Closing the Achievement Gap: PAPER
Recommendations from the Classroom
Dorothea Lynwood, Chicago State University
Courtyard B (Marriott)
Courtyard Board Room (Marriott)