Socially and Emotionally Competent Leadership: Making Sense of a District-wide Focus on SEL

Thesis advisor: Raquel MunizTraditionally, district leaders are the initiators of large-scale reform efforts including the establishment of social emotional learning (SEL) initiatives. However, school-based leaders also bear the responsibility of implementing the programs and practices associated with such district-wide initiatives. While there is a significant body of research on strategies leaders can use during the implementation process, as well as the content of those strategies that enable sensemaking, there is little information about what district and school leaders should do to ensure successful implementation of social emotional learning (SEL) initiatives. Further, no research to date has focused on the manner in which district leaders support school-based leaders as they make sense of a district-wide focus on SEL, and how such a focus on SEL shapes school-based leadership practices. This study is part of a larger qualitative case study about leadership practices that model SEL competencies for adults or, promote the social and emotional learning for teachers and other staff, and the way those leadership practices shape a district and its schools in a Massachusetts public school district. The purpose of this individual study was to examine, through the lens of sensemaking, how district leaders supported school-based leaders as they made sense of a district-wide focus on SEL, how a district-wide focus on SEL shaped school-based leadership practices, and which school-based leadership practices, if any, modeled SEL competencies. Findings indicate that district leaders supported school-based leaders’ sensemaking by articulating a clear mission and goals, providing structures that fostered collaboration, and supporting professional development. However, the school-based leaders’ sensemaking could be deepened through greater opportunities to share their learning through collaboration. School-based leaders acknowledged that a district-wide focus on SEL shaped their leadership practices, namely that SEL serves as the foundation from which they lead. More specifically, all respondents mentioned leadership practices associated with the competencies of social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Implications suggest successful implementation of district-wide SEL initiatives relies on district leaders creating and supporting interactions that will support school-based leaders’ sensemaking of a district-wide focus on SEL.Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2020.Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education.Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education

Synthesis of (−)-Epi-Indolactam V by an Intramolecular Buchwald–Hartwig C–N Coupling Cyclization Reaction

The synthetic efforts toward the concise synthesis of (−)-indolactam V from simple and commercially available starting materials using palladium- and copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation strategy for the elaboration of the requisite nine-membered lactam ring as the key step are described. The incorporation of a turn-inducing structural element along the linear precursor was fundamental to achieve the heterocyclization step as well as obtain the correct regio- and chemoselectivity. The stereoselective nature in the C–N coupling cyclization reaction is interpreted in terms of minimization of allylic strain at the transition state for the palladium-amido complex formation. Meanwhile, the synthesis of the (−)-epi-indolactam V and its enantiomer have been accomplished

Le cripto-attività nella disciplina MiCAr e la finanziarietà delle "cripto-attività non finanziarie"

Lo scritto ripercorre in chiave diacronica – dalle origini sino all’adozione del Reg. Ue n. 2023/1114 del 31 maggio 2023 (MiCAr ) – le ragioni dello sviluppo delle cripto-attività collegate alla blockchain e alle tecnologie basate su registri distribuiti (DLT). Con il Reg. MiCAr vengono per la prima volta classificate e regolate, in ambito europeo, le “cripto-attività non finanziarie” (utility e monetary tokens), determinandosi così una contrapposizione tra queste e gli strumenti finanziari emessi e circolanti mediante tecnologia DLT ex art. 1, co. 2, TUF. L’antitesi tra le due tipologie di cripto-attività si dimostra – pur in una prospettiva che non nasconde dubbi e profili di criticità – almeno in taluni casi, più apparente che reale. La potenziale negoziabilità delle cripto-attività MiCAr sembra attribuire loro un carattere di finanziarietà, trasformando un fenomeno originariamente e tipicamente non finanziario in una fattispecie essenzialmente finanziaria. Ci si chiede, in chiave problematica, se il legislatore europeo non avrebbe, quindi, potuto ricondurre, nell’alveo degli investimenti finanziari basati su DLT (security o investment token o prodotti finanziari di matrice interna), le cripto-attività MiCAr caratterizzate da finanziarietà, applicando, con gli adattamenti normativi necessari, le discipline e i presidi già esistenti e propri di questi. Per altro verso, ci si chiede, altresì, se le cripto-attività autenticamente non finanziarie, come gli utility tokens e le stablecoins, non negoziate su piattaforme di trading, richiedessero davvero una così ampia e articolata disciplina come quella dettata dal MiCAr, che ricalca, peraltro, quella di matrice finanziaria, non sfuggendo gli utility tokens alla tutela consumeristica già esistente e le stablecoins a quella dei prestatori di servizi di pagamento di moneta elettronica

Il "contratto" di quotazione

Il saggio affronta la problematica della quotazione di azioni nei mercati regolamentati sotto il profilo negoziale ed organizzativ

L'impresa sostenibile (non benefit)

Lo scritto approfondisce il tema della configurabilità dell'impresa sostenibile (non benefit) nel vigente sistema normativo. Si fa strada l'idea che tali imprese possano perseguire il proprio oggetto sociale operando nell'ambito di un paradigma funzionale essenzialmente lucrativo o comunque egoistico

Dermoscopy and methyl aminolevulinate: A study for detection and evaluation of field cancerization

Actinic keratosis (AK) is a keratinocyte intraepidermal neoplasia UV light – induced that frequently appears in sun-exposed areas of the skin. Although historically AK was de fi ned as “ precancerous ” , actually it is considered as the earliest stage of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in situ. Since AKs can progress into invasive SCC, their treatment isrecommended. AKsrarely developasa singlelesion;usually multiplelesions commonly affect anen- tire area of chronically actinic damaged skin. This has led to the concept of “ fi eld cancerization ” , an area chroni- cally sun-exposed that surrounds peripherally visible lesions, in which are individualized subclinical alterations. One of the main principles endpoint in the management of AKs is the evaluation and the treatment of fi eld cancerization. In this view, in order to detect and quantify fi eld cancerization, we employed a method based on the topical application of methyl aminolevulinate (MAL) and the detection of the fl uorescence emitted by its metabolite Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX); then, considering the extension and the intensity of measured fl uores- cence, we create a score of fi eld cancerization. The results show that patients underwent to daylight PDT had a reduction of total score, from T0 to T2. Whereas in the group untreated we observed a stability of total score or a slightly worse. So, the method and the score used allows to evaluate with a good approximation the dimension of fi eld cancerization and show the modi fi cation of it after treatment

Extractable work, the role of correlations, and asymptotic freedom in quantum batteries

We investigate a quantum battery made of N two-level systems, which is charged by an optical mode via an energy-conserving interaction. We quantify the fraction E(N) of energy stored in the B battery that can be extracted in order to perform thermodynamic work. We first demonstrate that E(N) is highly reduced by the presence of correlations between the charger and the battery or B between the two-level systems composing the battery. We then show that the correlation-induced suppression of extractable energy, however, can be mitigated by preparing the charger in a coherent optical state. We conclude by proving that the charger-battery system is asymptotically free of such locking correlations in the N \to \infty limit.Comment: 5+4 page