Intervention Services and Leadership in Education (ISLE): Recent submissions
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The invisible struggle: An exploration of Black teachers’ experiences with racial microaggressions
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)While anti-discrimination laws and policies have existed for decades, they have not been clearly proven to detect, prevent, or eliminate implicit acts of racism in the workplace. Using the Critical Race Theory and a Narrative ... -
Stories of resilience: Accessing college readiness through advanced placement courses
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Students populating AP programs in urban communities do not reflect schools’ demographic makeup. Many underrepresented students with the potential to succeed do not access or complete AP programs. However, some have ... -
Ad astra per aspera: A case study of adaptive leadership in an institution of higher education
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Organizations often face complex challenges that threaten their ability to realize their missions and achieve their stated goals and outcomes. Leadership is necessary to make progress toward addressing these challenges. ... -
#Accepted: The role of social media in the college choice process of out-of-state undergraduate students
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of out-of-state undergraduate students on college choice and the role of social media. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 13 ... -
African-American male students at a predominantly White institution: Perceptions of adaptation and identity
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of Black males at a predominantly White institution (PWI) and how they make sense of their experiences, in addition to how those experiences impact their identity. ... -
A case study on teacher burn-out: On the edge, to stay or to leave
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)INTRODUCTION: The burnout syndrome is conceived as an individual's emotional exhaustion, dissatisfaction with personal accomplishments, and feeling depersonalization and work detachment (Maslach, 2003). Burnout can be ... -
The new standard: An exploration of high school teacher perceptions on the implementation of Standards-Referenced Grading
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)INTRODUCTION: Standards-Referenced Grading (SRG) allows students to demonstrate their learning in a meaningful way by exploring passions and furthering their knowledge and skills. Each student receives the differentiated ... -
An untapped resource: Examining the perspectives, practices and barriers of high school assistant principals as instructional leaders
(Wichita State University, 2020-12)This qualitative case study examined the perspectives, opportunities, barriers and practices of high school assistant principals as instructional leaders in a shared leadership school environment. Since the principal can ... -
Relations between the Socioeconomic Status of Secondary Students with Disabilities and non-academic transition behaviors
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-06-24)Many studies suggest students’ socioeconomic status (SES) predicts academic performance as well as employment and further education outcomes for students both with and without disabilities. The extent to which SES affects ... -
The launch of the Kansans can school redesign project: One school’s quest to learn to change the system
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Despite many decades of school reform efforts aimed at improving educational outcomes through accountability measures focused on academic performance, systemic change in America’s schools and substantial improvements in ... -
The influence of culture on the education of students with disabilities in Kenya
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Despite legislative protections that have made education available to all Kenyan students at no cost, students with disabilities who are now legally entitled to attend school remain significantly under enrolled. Some ... -
Helping them changes us: Experiences of supplemental instruction leaders with transformative learning
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Supplemental Instruction (SI) is an academic success program with a proven track record that was developed in the early 1970s to improve student academic performance in traditionally difficult courses (Arendale, 2000; ... -
A name for the pain: Examining the consequences of racial microaggressions in k-12 schooling from the perspectives of adult African American males
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Racial microaggressions are defined as “brief and commonplace daily, verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights ... -
We are still here: A narrative inquiry exploring the sophomore perspective on surviving first-year college attrition
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)This research study focuses on retention of First-Year students with a qualitative approach to collecting data. The purpose of this study was to explore lived experiences of sophomore students who were retained between ... -
Perceptions of teens choosing a virtual high school as a social/emotional safe haven
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Suicide is a national crisis in the United States that claims more teenagers than cancer, heart disease, AIDs, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease combined (Flatt, 2019). Many individual ... -
Why come to school? Learning from middle school students' perspectives on chronic absenteeism
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)INTRODUCTION: Chronic absenteeism is a long known barrier to educational success and academic achievement (McClusky, Bynum & Patchin, 2004). While governing agencies have established policies and standards for attendance, ... -
Building bridges and strengthening bonds: Hispanic family engagement and student activity
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)This qualitative case study examined perceptions of ways in which Hispanic family engagement influenced Hispanic student achievement in a Midwestern school district. Using work in Social Capital Theory from Bourdieu, Putnam, ... -
Telling their stories: Voices of first-generation students at a Midwestern university
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)INTRODUCTION: First generation college students (FGCS) are those whose parents did not receive a Bachelor's degree. Although their numbers on college campuses are increasing, FGCS tend to have lower attendance and/or ... -
Social-cognitive factors of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career interests
(Springer, 2020-04-22)Guided by the social cognitive career theory (SCCT), this study examines the factors influencing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career interests and the career goals of college students in Taiwan ... -
Editorial: Goodbye: New begining
(Sociedad Interamericana de Psicologia, 2020-03-08)As I am beginning to write this final editorial as the editor of the Interamerican Journal of Psychology (IJP), I can help but to have reflections about these few years. In 2011, when I began this process in where the ...