Advisor
Sileo, Nancy M.
Committee Member
Middleton, Valerie
Committee Member
Smith, Mark A.
Committee Member
McConnell, Christine
Department
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences; Department of Teacher Education, Program of Educational Studies
Institution
University of Northern Colorado
Type of Resources
Text
Place of Publication
Greeley (Colo.)
Publisher
University of Northern Colorado
Date Created
5-2020
Extent
187 pages
Digital Origin
Born digital
Abstract
This was a descriptive case study at a high-needs, comprehensive public high school in Northern Colorado, focused on teachers’ beliefs regarding building relationships with students in the context of a structured high school advisory. Participants were members of the ninth-grade advisory team, including the Coordinator, counselor, Zero Drop-out Student Interventionist, and fourteen content teachers. Each teacher had approximately twenty freshmen students, some of whom were also in their ninth-grade content courses. The author created and anonymously distributed an open-ended pre-questionnaire to the participants, whose responses were blind copied to an anonymous Google survey, collecting all responses within a Google spreadsheet viewed only by the researcher. Pre-questionnaire responses were used to finalize a semi-structured interview, which was subsequently conducted by a guest researcher with three smaller teacher focus groups, as well as with the three administrative staff members on the ninth-grade advisory team. Interviews were videotaped and later transcribed verbatim by an independent editor, together with description of nonverbal communication behaviors. Pre-questionnaires and interview notes were transcribed, de-identified and coded by an objective, paid analyst. The study was conducted from February through May, 2019. Results suggested that high school advisory can provide an avenue to foster positive and productive relationships between staff and students, and also provided potential methods for school leaders to reflect upon as they move forward, while basing decisions upon student performance and needs.
Degree type
PhD
Degree Name
Doctoral
Local Identifiers
Olson_unco_0161D_10851.pdf
Rights Statement
Copyright is held by the author.
