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ERIC Number: ED550171
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 158
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-2671-9448-0
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The Effect of the Boys Town Education Model on One Elementary School in North Dakota
Johnson, Jeffry Scott
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, The University of North Dakota
Keeping schools safe and productive is an increasing concern for educators everywhere. This research focused on how one elementary school in West Fargo, North Dakota, implemented a school wide discipline approach to help decrease negative student behaviors. The researcher compared and contrasted three different discipline models. The researcher looked at six years of data collected by Eastwood Elementary School. The data included perceptions of teachers, students, and parents, school demographics, classroom observations by qualified Boys Town personnel, and school documentation on detentions, attendance, office referrals, and transportation referral data beginning with Spring 2001 through the 2008 school year. One data collection tool was developed by Eastwood's North Central Association (NCA) committee and consisted of a two-part survey, a pre-survey and a post-survey. The pre-survey was provided to Eastwood certified staff members, students in grades three through five, and parents of Eastwood students at the beginning of this study; and the post-survey, at the end. The pre-survey was part of the NCA school improvement cycle to locate areas of strengths and weaknesses. The NCA post-survey was part of the improvement cycle to determine growth from the NCA pre-survey results. All surveys were anonymously completed. Data showed implementation of the Boys Town Education Model decreased negative behavior over the time period indicated in this study. Office referrals during the baseline school year of 2002-2003 numbered 411, but by the 2007-2008 school year referrals numbered 129. Emerging themes from results of the NCA teacher pre-survey identified five specific student discipline concerns. The concerns included: lack of parental support, appropriate consequences not being applied, disrespectful students, students not being held accountable, and hallway disruptions. Out of these five concerns, only two were identified in the NCA post-survey data with no other emerging themes listed for behavior, discipline, or safety. Differences also existed with the student NCA survey findings. Eight emerging themes identified on the student NCA pre-survey included: safety, violence, busing, respect, bathrooms, playground, responsibility, and bullying. Six out of the eight areas identified by the students from the NCA pre-survey were classified as positive improvements in data from the NCA student post-survey. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Dakota
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