Flyer for AIDS and Family Therapy: Are You Ready? A One Day Seminar

Flyer AIDS and Family Therapy Are You Ready? , a one day seminar presented by Carol O\u27connor M.P.S. and hosted at Temple Beth Zion.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/aidsevents/1015/thumbnail.jp

Resistance to change in the community college: The influence of participation, open communication, perceived organizational support, and organizational commitment.

The ability to successfully implement organizational change in a constantly evolving world is an increasingly critical element for the success of community colleges. This study was conducted to examine the interrelationships of several predictor variables---organizational communication, active participation in the organization, perceived organizational support, and organizational commitment---as they relate to a criterion variable---the levels of change resistance exhibited by employees in a large urban community college. The theoretical framework that underlies the study is found in organizational change theory, organizational support literature, organizational communication theory, and the general community college literature. Individual perceptions were collected from a sample of administrators, faculty, and classified staff on a 94-item instrument that is a compilation of several different published studies designed to specifically assess each of the four predictor variables and the single criterion variable. It is hoped that the findings from this study more clearly define those organizational dimensions that affect an employee's level of change resistance. Hopefully, this project provides new information to the body of literature that will assist all leaders, especially community college leaders, in determining how to best present change initiatives within their institutions so as to reduce resistance, ensure acceptance, and encourage implementation

Review of terminology and pupil placement factors pertinent to elementary school reading centers

The literature reviewed serves as a basis for evaluation of current defined procedures used for pupil placement in the Shorewood Pub11c schools Skill-Development Rooms. Present procedures were established to be tentative allotting for reevaluation baaed on experiences encountered and local conditions

Gambling Treatment Diversion Court: First in Nevada

The first Gambling Treatment Diversion Court was established in Las Vegas, Nevada in fall of 2018 following more than 25 years of effort by passionately concerned non-profit Executives, therapists, lawyers and judges. This panel represents one leader from each of those areas, including Judge Cheryl Moss, the first judge to open the Gambling Treatment Diversion Court (GTDC), Dayvid Figler, the first attorney to successfully represent a gambling client and refer her to the GTDC, Carol O\u27Hare, Executive Director of the non-profit Nevada Council on Problem Gambler with 25+ years leadership and advocacy for problem gamblers, Sydney Smith, M.A., Clinical Director of RISE treatment center in Las Vegas and nationally- and state-certified gambling counselor, and Denise F. Quirk, M.A., Clinical Director of the Reno Problem Gambling Center and nationally- and Nevada-certified problem gambling counselor and instructor at the University of Nevada, Reno. The panel will share the development of gambling diversion treatment, legal challenges and victories, the process of the GTDC, case studies of individuals with Gambling Disorder who have endured and succeeded in the legal process, and discussion relevant to the impact of the gambling diversion process at all levels of evaluation, advocacy, treatment and support for gamblers and communities

CORRELATE OF PRINCIPALS’ ETHICAL LEADERSHIP DIMENSIONS AND TEACHERS’ JOB COMMITMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

This study determined the correlation between teachers’ perception of principals’ ethical leadership dimensions and their job commitment in state government owned public secondary schools in Anambra State. To this end, the study was guided by 4 research questions. The population consisted of 6,328 teachers in the 257 state government owned public secondary schools in the State. A sample of 672 teachers was drawn using multi-stage sampling procedure. Data were collected using two instruments; Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS) which was adapted from Yilmaz (2006) and Teachers’ Commitment Scale (TCS) adapted from Allen, Meyer and Smith (1993). The instruments were validated by three experts. Internal consistency reliability index of 0.75, 0.68, 0.71 and 0.74 were obtained for the four sections of ELS with an overall reliability index of 0.72 while 0.84 was obtained for TCM using Cronbach’s alpha method. Data analysis was done using Pearson’s correlation analysis for the research questions. P-value was used to determine the significance of the correlation. The findings revealed among others that a substantial positive correlation of 0.69 existed between teachers’ perception of principals’ communicative ethics and their job commitment, a substantial positive correlation of 0.78 existed between teachers’ perception of principals’ climatic ethics and their job commitment, a very high positive correlation of 0.84 existed between teachers’ perception of principals’ ethics in decision making and their job commitment. The study recommended among others that secondary school principals should constantly display ethical behaviours such as being selfless, humble, patient and just in their dealings with teachers in order to stimulate teachers’ sense of belonging to the school.  Article visualizations

Humane Education Volume 07, Number 04

Footprint fantasies (Mary Jo Puckett Cliatt) A narrow escape For the love of birds (Carol O\u27Donnell) Action for humane awareness: a unique effort in humane education (Lorraine Holden) Author-Humane Educator Charlotte Baker Montgomery receives the Humane Society\u27s top honor It\u27s their home too! A mini unit on learning to coexist with the animals around us (Lorraine P. Holden) Happenings Research in Review: Teaching about predators in elementary education (Vanessa Malcarne) Familiar animal neighbors: opossum, mallard duck, raccoon, gray squirrel A provocative look at young people\u27s perceptions of animals (Miriam O. Westervelt) Calendar What\u27s a Picture Worth? : Foul pla

Relatıonshıp Between School Clımate And Prıncıpals’ Job Performance In Secondary Schools

This study investigated the relationship between school climate and principals’ job performance in secondary schools in Enugu State, Nigeria. It adopted a correlational study design. Five research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study embraced all the principals from 283 secondary schools in the six education zones of Enugu State. Out of the population, a sample of 177 principals was selected through simple random sampling technique. The instruments used to collect data were Organizational Climate Index and Principal Self-Assessment Questionnaire, adapted and developed by the researcher, respectively. The two sets of questionnaires were duly validated by experts in Measurement and Evaluation, and Educational Management and Policy. Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine the reliability coefficient of the instruments which yielded 0.83 for the Organizational Climate Index and 0.94 for the Principal Self-Assessment Questionnaire. . Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient was used for data analysis. The findings showed among others that: there was a moderate positive relationship existing between the two variables- school climate and principal’s job performance. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that principals should embrace the collaborative and collegial style of administration where teachers are included and free to share ideas and concepts for managerial and school effectiveness. It was also recommended that principals should create an atmosphere that is supportive, comfortable, friendly, productive, and relaxed, to motivate students’ greater participation in learning and achieving educational goals

ADOPTION AND UTILIZATION OF EFFECTIVE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING PEACE-CULTURE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

The aim of this study is to investigate Principal’s adoption and utilization of effective conflict management strategies for promoting peaceculture in secondary schools in Anambra State. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance were formulated for the study. The population of the study consisted of 254 principals and 254 vice principals (Administration) in the public secondary schools of Anambra State. Data were collected using a 22-item questionnaire. The questionnaire was validated by three experts. For the reliability of the instrument, a coefficient value of 0.86 was obtained and was considered satisfactory for the study. Mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions. The t-test was adopted in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that principals did not adopt a considerable number of effective conflict management strategies in schools. Also, the extent to which they utilized effective conflict management strategies in building peace-culture was low. It was thus recommended among others, the principals as a matter of urgency should be exposed to the necessity of adopting all the effective conflict management strategies. This should be done through conferences and seminars if the aim of building peace in secondary schools would be achieved

Investigation of the Roles of Toxin-Coregulated Pili and Mannose-Sensitive Hemagglutinin Pili in the Pathogenesis of Vibrio cholerae O139 Infection

In this study, adult volunteers were fed tcpA and mshA deletion mutants of V. cholerae O139 strain CVD 112 to determine the role of toxin-coregulated pili (TCP) and mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin (MSHA) in intestinal colonization. Eight of 10 volunteers who received CVD 112 or CVD 112 ΔmshA shed the vaccine strains in their stools; the geometric mean peak excretion for both groups was 1.4 × 105 CFU/g of stool. In contrast, only one of nine recipients of CVD 112 ΔtcpA shed vibrios in his stool (P \u3c 0.01); during the first 24 h after inoculation, 3 × 102 CFU/g was recovered from this volunteer. All recipients of CVD 112 and 8 (80%) of the recipients of CVD 112 ΔmshA developed at least a fourfold rise in vibriocidal titer after immunization. In contrast, only one (11%) of the nine recipients of CVD 112 ΔtcpA developed a fourfold rise in vibriocidal titer (P \u3c 0.01). We conclude that TCP are an important colonization factor of V. cholerae O139 and probably of El Tor V. cholerae O1. In contrast, MSHA does not appear to promote intestinal colonization in humans