Von Dohlen, Heidi

WCU

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Changing the lens: Building teacher capacity to understand the effects of teacher implicit bias on educational experiences for students living in poverty 2022 696 Students living in poverty and/or experiencing childhood trauma consistently report suboptimal educational results nationwide. This research study examines the impact of building teachers’ capacity in understanding their own implicit bias by addressi...
Not so basic training: improving instructional coach preparation by implementing an instructional coach institute 2021 578 Legislation over the last few decades has ushered in an era of high stakes testing and accountability, prompting school districts to seek innovative strategies to improve student achievement. One such strategy is to build the capacity of teachers and...
Building educator resilience through mindfulness 2021 643 Educator stress is a growing concern as the demands on the profession have increased in recent years. Multiple factors have been found to contribute to educator stress levels. Increasing educator resiliency is one way to protect teachers from burnout...
Addressing the disparity of Black male educators: Building capacity to mentor Black male youth 2023 175 This study aimed to build the capacity of Black male educators in Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) to mentor Black male youth into teaching careers. My theory of improvement holds that by building knowledge and mentoring capacity among current B...
Changing staff dispositions: ending the perpetuation of “at-risk” for students from economically disadvantaged households 2020 576 The disproportionate number of students from economically disadvantaged householdsunderperforming in schools has been long studied and well documented. This study examines therole dispositions, attitudes, and perceptions teachers have toward students...
Establishing culturally responsive classrooms in high school English courses 2023 671 The American demographic is constantly changing from the prominently white, Anglo-Saxon population to a diverse, multicultural, multilingual dynamic. According to the United States Census Bureau, the non-Hispanic white population is projected to shri...