Appalachian State University Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership

The Reich College of Education

Doctoral Program in

Educational Leadership

Invites you to the Dissertation Defense of

Carol Lefler Moore

"EXAMINING BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF 6TH-8TH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHERS IN ONE RURAL DISTRICT"

Friday, April 11, 2014

Room 414 D

12:00p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Dissertation Committee

Krista Terry, Ph.D., Chair

Les Bolt, Ph.D.

Jeni Corn, Ph.D.

Congratulations to Emily Miller of Cohort 17! Emily is a co-editor of the new book, The Fifty State Systems of Community Colleges. The book will be released this month. This text serves as a superb resource for anyone interested in the roles of community/technical colleges in U.S. education, and it contains a chapter on each of the 50 states' community college systems. For more information about Emily's great accomplishment and for ordering information, please visit the following link: http://edl.appstate.edu/news/emily-miller-cohort-17-co-editor-new-book-fifty-state-systems-community-colleges-released-march

Emily Miller of Cohort 17 is co-editor of new book, The Fifty State Systems of Community... The Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership would like to congratulate Emily Miller (Cohort 17 and anticipated May 2014 graduate), Jim Killacky (former Program Director), and community college scholars Jan Friedel (Iowa State University) and Steve Katsinas (University of Alabama) for their new bo...

On Friday, March 28, we will be hosting our annual Spring Symposium. The event will be held on the Appalachian campus in room 421 of the Belk Library and Information Commons, beginning at 9:30 am.

We welcome doctoral alums, faculty, students, and all friends of the program to join us for dialogue on the theme of "affirmative leadership in complex times." During the symposium, we will have a panel of speakers including current students and program graduates, sharing leadership insights from local and international perspectives. We will also honor the 2014 winner of the Alice P. Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award.

To register, please RSVP with Courtney Baines ([email protected]) by March 17. Attendance will be limited to 50 participants.