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- Creator:
- Prusa, Nicole
- Description:
- The purpose of this study is to look at some different variables regarding student mental health in the classroom and how trauma can affect the classroom community or students academic performance. This study seeks to answers the question “How can schools and teachers promote a trauma informed classroom?” The goal is to establish tangible approaches in which teachers and schools can establish an environment that makes trauma affected students feel safe, emotionally connected, and accepted.
- Resource Type:
- Capstone project
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Liberal Studies
- Creator:
- Crystal O. Wong
- Description:
- First-generation college students make up more than one-third of the California
State University population, but more than 23% drop out in the first year. Yet little is
known about their first-year experiences. Most institutions rely on the National Student
Survey of Engagement (NSSE) to provide engagement data on first-year students in the
belief that such data is linked to student success. However, there is no substantial
evidence that NSSE actually predicts first year retention or captures the key dimension
of student engagement. The purpose of this study was to use a narrative inquiry to
explore this gap. I focus on the academic, social, and campus experiences of first-year,
first-generation college students. Multiple in-depth interviews were conducted with
five highly diverse students. The findings suggest that student engagement is driven not
in terms of academics but social and emotional factors. These findings are not captured
in NSSE, and therefore, institutions should broaden the definition of engagement and
the use of qualitative studies to better measure student engagement.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- San Francisco
- Department:
- Educational Leadership
- Creator:
- D ’Andrea Nicole Robinson
- Description:
- This dissertation examines the implementation of a curricular intervention for directly addressing oppressive practices in the American public education system by implementing inclusive, culturally relevant curriculum content based in Black feminist pedagogy and recognizing the voices of Black elementary schoolgirls in an urban public elementary school setting. This study used narrative case study methodology to examine the experience of Black girls with a curriculum that highlights pre-colonial African history and engaged them activities meant to develop agency and activism. Findings indicate that participants gained cultural heritage knowledge and agency while developing a strong sense of academic identity. This qualitative study informs researchers and education practitioners of methods that can support Black girls’ academic achievement, which begins when they can experience and learn from positive self-images reflected in their own academic experience.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- San Francisco
- Department:
- Educational Leadership
- Creator:
- Montelongo, Angelina
- Description:
- There have been many studies done in the past ten years that question the effectiveness of zero tolerance policies and its contribution to the school-to-prison pipeline. Rather than creating an atmosphere of learning, engagement and opportunity, current educational practices have increasingly blurred the distinction between school and jail (Heitzeg, 2009, p. 1). Youth of color in particular are at increased risk for being ―pushed out of schools—pushed out into the streets, into the juvenile justice system, and/or into adult prisons and jails (Heitzeg, 2009, p.1). I conducted an interview with a former principal to gain insight first hand to how zero tolerance policies affect schools, specifically students of color, and alternative steps he has taken to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. My research and findings supports that school systems need to shift their focus to increasing student engagement and relationship-building among teachers, students, and families, and utilizing problem solving and prevention work to improve the school climate and community (Mallett, 2016, p. 299). I will make recommendations for current and future teachers to support this shift for a more restorative justice system.
- Resource Type:
- Capstone project
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Liberal Studies
- Creator:
- Miranda, Nancy D.
- Description:
- English Language Learners (ELLs) of all ages are found all across the United States. In California elementary aged ELL students account for more than 50 percent of all school aged English learners (cde.ca.gov). California is the state with the largest number of ELL students, at about 20% according to the 2019 census (cde.ca.gov). English Language Learners have been the center of many educational debates for many years, dating back to 2001 with the beginning of the No Child Left Behind Act. However, assessment scores prove that ELL students are struggling and being left behind at an alarming rate.
- Resource Type:
- Capstone project
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Liberal Studies
- Creator:
- Dees, Brian
- Description:
- American employees experience workplace bullying at rates four times higher than illegal harassment. The current literature approaches the problem as a descriptive analysis of the overall organizational environment or from an attempt to alleviate / understand the plight of those who have been bullied. This study examines management’s role in workplace bullying, given that the majority of bullying comes from management, most employees leave because management fails to adequately address the problem, and management is responsible for policy enforcement within organizations.
The analysis concluded that: 1. Those who need anti-bullying legislation and policies the most are the least likely to follow them, so established guidelines give the organization legal and ethical recourse against the workplace bully; 2. Targeted workers should utilize informal methods of reducing workplace hostilities including emotionally detaching from the situation and aligning with other targeted individuals when workplace bullying is overlooked by management and reasonable formal options for redress are unavailable.
This study offers guidance in clarifying management’s role in workplace bullying and shows the necessity of counteracting institutional complicity through enacting healthy workplace legislation / anti-bullying policies. Workplace bullying is manageable when acknowledged and properly treated, and needs consistent effort to keep it from getting out of control. Therefore, utilizing a team approach to handling bullying behaviors (as shown in the disruptive behavioral pyramid) through management enforced policies mandates accountability and disrupts the cycle of hostility.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Wheeler, Jim
- Description:
- Prior to 2000 most of the national conversation concerning homelessness revolved around approaches that focused on managing homelessness. Very few considered the idea that we could end homelessness. In 2000, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) developed and distributed a 10-year plan to end homelessness altogether. This goal caught the attention of members of the Bush Administration which in turn made ending homelessness their goal. In particular, they focused on the chronic homeless population with a strategy called “housing first.” Housing first has been the de facto homeless policy for the last decade.
While apparently successful in reducing the chronic homeless population several concerns have been raised about this policy, namely, the justification of time and resources to focus on the chronically homeless which make up only 17 percent of the homeless population. Additional concerns have been raised about the adaptability of the policy to include families, children and youth and whether current policy and resources should be shifted toward preventing homelessness.
This paper looked at those questions and then researched possible alternatives that might be implemented to make homeless policy more comprehensive. An analysis of those alternatives was based on three criteria: the political priorities of the current Administration, fiscal constraints due to the current financial mood of the country and external factors relating to recent lessons learned and homeless services best practices. This analysis resulted in the recommendation that the best policy approach would be one that incorporates elements of housing first but also includes a greater emphasis on homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing. With this policy in place, the dream of ending homelessness could be within reach.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Jones, Sterling Nicholaus
- Description:
- Clinica Sierra Vista (CSV) is a non-profit health care corporation based in California. In 2009, the organization received $1.86 million from the State of California to implement electronic health records (EHRs), (US Department of Health, 2011). However, as of June 2012, only one of the 19 sites in Kern County has successfully converted; three more are scheduled to go “live” by year’s end.
In order to stay in compliance with contract by-laws, CSV must make the conversion to EHRs and demonstrate “meaningful use” by 2014. If not, they will face funding reduction penalties. This project aims to develop recommendations that assist the organization to accomplish this goal. Although the research does reveal a number of obstacles that hinder the process, key strategies for successful implementation appear to be:
1.
Adopting and Installing an appropriate Software program that compliments workflow at all of the Kern County Sites
2.
Developing an Abstraction Team and completing medical record data abstraction of existing (and new patient) records
3.
Training and Improving the Overall Staff Competency and Expertise with the software program
4.
Establishing and introducing a program evaluation method in order to attain a baseline for future improvement measures
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Messer, Jessica
- Description:
- The problem of practice that I investigated in this inquiry research paper is that of poverty in the public school system, and the role that those in leadership positions in high-poverty schools play in the success of those schools. The methodology included in this study is twofold: a review of the literature, and an interview that was conducted with a community partner whom had relevant expertise to offer. What was found through these two forms of data collection was that there are certain characteristics of leaders in high-poverty schools that contribute to the success of those schools. The characteristics identified in this research are leaders that have high expectations for their staff and students, leaders that value the development of their staff, and leaders that focus on improving their school environment both physically and relationally. The conclusion drawn from this study is that the role of leadership in high-poverty schools can have a large impact on the success of the school’s academic success. The implications drawn from this research is that the role of leadership in high-poverty schools ought to be more highly valued and developed.
- Resource Type:
- Capstone project
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Liberal Studies
