Exploring Relationships Between K–12 Music Educators’ Demographics, Perceptions of Intrapreneuring, and Motivation at Work

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Hanson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
New York State ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Contextual Support ◽  
Support Teacher ◽  
K 12

Gifford Pinchot III coined the term intrapreneur to recognize “dreamers who do”: individuals who transform ideas into new endeavors within existing organizations. The purpose of this study was to gauge the salience of intrapreneuring for K–12 music teachers and examine how its attributes and behaviors relate to teachers’ workplace motivation and demographics. From a sampling frame of 1,351 public school music teachers in New York State, 576 teachers completed an online questionnaire for a response rate of 42.6%. Results showed statistically significant differences in teachers’ intrapreneurial orientation depending on teaching experience, level and specialization of teaching position, and school affluence. Higher levels of confidence in and contextual support for intrapreneuring predicted stronger teacher motivation. Respondents who self-identified as intrapreneurs facilitated collaborations between their students and guest musicians, piloted new approaches for teaching creativity and improvisation, and developed innovative curricula. While respondents generally felt autonomous, they did not feel they had adequate resources for launching new endeavors, and they perceived low levels of tolerance for risk and mistakes within their school organizations. Findings of this study may help isolate specific intrapreneurial attributes and organizational factors that could support teacher-driven pedagogy and reduce teacher demotivation and attrition.

Community stroke education practices in New York State designated stroke centres

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (8) ◽  
pp. 1012-1019
Author(s):  
Olajide Williams ◽  
Ellyn Leighton-Herrmann Quinn ◽  
Anna Colello ◽  
Crismely Perdomo ◽  
Ji Chong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
New York State ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
York State ◽  
Stroke Education ◽  
Stroke Systems Of Care

Objective: Community stroke education is a regulated, integral component of stroke systems of care. However, little is known about the types of activities conducted by hospitals. This study was designed to examine the annual requirement for community stroke education among New York State’s 119 designated Primary Stroke Centres and identify areas for improvement that may have an implication on stroke outcomes. Design: Cross-sectional survey design Setting: All 119 New York State designated Primary Stroke Centres were invited to participate. Methods: Participating hospitals completed a 29-item online questionnaire assessing multiple domains related to community stroke education including hospital characteristics, allocated resources, implementation barriers, current community stroke education practices and willingness to adopt best practice guidelines. Data were analysed using univariate descriptive and chi-square statistics. Results: Eighty-eight percent of hospitals completed the survey (105/119). Respondents were mostly stroke coordinators and stroke directors. Stroke outreach education was conducted two to four times per year in 58% of the hospitals ( n = 69). Community stroke education included behavioural risk factor modification, the detection of stroke risk through screening and stroke preparedness education at health fairs. Although 95% of hospitals ( n = 98) reported using at least one best practice approach for these activities, evaluation was generally poor, with only about 23% ( n = 24) implementing outcome-specific assessments. Major barriers to stroke outreach were inadequate staffing, time constraints and lack of funding. Conclusion: Hospital-driven community stroke education efforts occur infrequently and are poorly evaluated. This component of stroke systems of care would benefit from guidelines from regulatory agencies, which currently do not exist.

scholarly journals Standardizing Climate Education in New York State

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid J. Paredes ◽  
Steven Farrell ◽  
Omar Gowayed
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
High School Science ◽  
Model Curriculum ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
York State ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Climate Crisis

In July 2019, the New York State legislature signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law. The ambitious act sets targets to establish climate resiliency statewide through initiatives including reducing gas emissions, improving infrastructure, and providing job training. In response, several state senators have called for education reform to accordingly prepare the next generation for the climate crisis. We evaluate three climate education bills (S7341, S6837, and S6877) currently in committee in New York State. S7341, sponsored by Senator Andrew Gounardes and known as the Model Curriculum bill, proposes an environmental education curriculum for K-12 students. S6877, sponsored by Senator Rachel May and called the Regents Climate Amendment, makes recommendations to the Board of Regents on climate science in high school science classes. S6837, a Climate Education Grants Program sponsored by Senator Todd Kaminsky, provides support for teacher training and local climate resiliency projects. We examined these bills with respect to their effectiveness, administrative burden, and efficiency in the delivery of a climate education. We found the Model Curriculum bill to be the most effective way to educate and prepare students for the climate crisis. However, New York State must support educators with proper training and funding to provide quality climate education. We therefore recommend that the New York Senate pass the Model Curriculum bill and the Climate Education Grants Program.

scholarly journals Respondents’ Involvement in Tourist Activities at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Roman ◽  
Arkadiusz Niedziółka ◽  
Andrzej Krasnodębski
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
New York State ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
The Us ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Considerable Impact

The article is aimed at presenting the survey respondents’ involvement in tourist activities, taking into account certain factors at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main objective may be divided into three direct aims, each of which consists of the determination of the factors that can influence the choice of tourist journeys: (1) organizational factors, (2) social-economic ones, and (3) sustainable development. The authors’ own research findings are used to verify the objective. The research was conducted in April and May 2020 with the use of a diagnostic survey method and a questionnaire. Five-hundred sixty-four respondents from Poland (Podlaskie, Masovian, and Lesser Poland Voivodeships) and 133 respondents from the US (New York State, New Jersey, and Illinois) took part in the research. It was divided into organizational, social-economic, and sustainable development related factors. The research confirmed, inter alia, a great impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the organization of tourist travels by the respondents in 2020. The issue presented in the article is a new one; it has not yet been a subject matter of research. That is the major reason the authors aimed to conduct it. What is a new methodological element in the article is the organization of some concepts concerning tourism and a presentation of the influence of COVID-19 on tourism. In the authors’ opinion, the issues presented are new and have a considerable impact on new trends in the development of tourism at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue discussed is very broad, and the article does not exhaust it. The research findings are compared to the research findings reported by other authors, and standard deviations are calculated.

The integration of music technology into popular music ensembles: Perspectives of modern band teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Powell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
Student Agency ◽  
Music Ensembles ◽  
School Music ◽  
K 12

The increased presence of technology into music education classrooms has coincided to some extent with the increased presence of popular music into school music spaces, especially in the United States. This study examined the integration of music technologies into K-12 (ages 5‐18) popular music programmes in New York City (NYC). One hundred sixty-eight music teachers responded to a survey, all of whom had previously participated in a modern band workshop as part of the Amp Up NYC initiative. Results of the study found that many of the challenges of incorporating music technology into modern bands, including lack of access to technology or faulty hardware, are not unique to popular music ensembles. Some of the successes mentioned by the teachers, including songwriting, beat-making and increased student agency, provide a glimpse into the benefits that integrating music technology into modern band classrooms can offer.

scholarly journals Measuring ARTSE2017: Results from Wyoming and New York

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 1049-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Fowler ◽  
Junhong Wang ◽  
Deborah Ross ◽  
Thomas Colligan ◽  
Jaxen Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
New York State ◽  
The United States ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
Lapse Rate ◽  
Radiosonde Data ◽  
York State ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Fort Laramie

AbstractThe 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse was the first total eclipse on the mainland of the United States since 1979. The Atmospheric Responses of 2017 Total Solar Eclipse (ARTSE2017) project was created to observe the response of the atmosphere to the shadow of the moon. During the eclipse, 10 sites launched radiosondes in a very rapid, serial weather balloon deployment along the totality path, and high-resolution mesoscale meteorological network (mesonet) data were collected in three states. Here, we focus on the results obtained from the radiosonde field campaign in Fort Laramie, Wyoming, and the New York State Mesonet (NYSM). In Fort Laramie, 36 people from 13 institutions flew 19 radiosondes and launched 5 large balloons carrying video payloads before, during, and after the eclipse while continuously recording surface weather data. Preliminary analysis of the radiosonde data provided inconclusive evidence of eclipse-driven gravity waves but showed that the short duration of darkness during totality was enough to alter boundary layer (BL) height, the lowest layer of the atmosphere, substantially. The statewide impact of the partial eclipse in New York State (NYS) was observed for solar radiation, surface temperature, surface wind, and surface-layer lapse rate using NYSM data. Importantly, the radiosonde and mesonet data collected during the eclipse will be available for public access. ARTSE2017 also focused on education, including students from all demographics (undergraduate and K–12) and the general public. Finally, we summarize goals accomplished from leveraging resources for education, research, and workforce development on undergraduate students from a variety of fields.

The “Structurally Adjusted” School: A Case from New York

2021 ◽  
pp. 089692052199553
Author(s):  
Erin Michaels
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New York State ◽  
Failing Schools ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Neoliberal Restructuring ◽  
K 12

This article argues that U.S. education reforms for “failing” schools are strikingly similar to a domestic Structural Adjustment Program; and that comparing the two clarifies: how K–12 schools are neoliberalized and how neoliberalism’s key feature is the making of a larger yet less democratic state. The study contrasts with the scholarship claiming that reforms epitomized by the “No Child Left Behind Act” are neoliberal because they stem from interests in privatization for capital accumulation. The analysis focuses on a “failing” school navigating federal reforms in New York State, drawing on education policy, school documents, ethnography, and interviews. It shows how the neoliberal state took power from local school authorities, and largely did not shrink the state via privatization. This work illustrates how neoliberal reforms for “failing” schools are at least as much about power as they are about profits and demonstrates the large-scale continuity in neoliberal restructuring strategies and outcomes.

Pilot Study on Risk Perceptions and Knowledge of Fentanyl Exposure Among New York State First Responders

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Persaud ◽  
Charles R. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
New York State ◽  
First Responders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
York State ◽  
Emergency Medical

ABSTRACTObjectives:The present opioid epidemic and abuse of fentanyl in the United States has led to an increased risk of exposure to first responders. Law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services are receiving misinformation on fentanyl health and safety risks and this has led to miscommunication. Understanding the risk perceptions and knowledge of first responders regarding fentanyl can help identify training gaps.Methods:A 15-item 6-point Likert scale online questionnaire was developed and distributed to firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians, regarding perceptions of fentanyl exposure, and additional questions concerning knowledge. The online questionnaire was sent to 15 associations of national and New York State first responders with 3 associations acknowledging and distributing the survey.Results:Of the 247 participants, 187 served New York State; 92 worked in law enforcement; and the other 95 worked in either fire, emergency medical service, or both. New York State first responders generally agreed with expert risk perceptions and knowledge of fentanyl exposure in the pilot study. Items pertaining to using hand sanitizer, selecting glove type, and dermal exposure to fentanyl had lower agreement with expert beliefs.Conclusions:Risk perceptions and knowledge could be used to evaluate fentanyl response training among first responders.

Management Challenges in Broadbend Networking

2001 ◽  
pp. 189-218
Author(s):  
Murali Venkatesh
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Support Services ◽  
New York State ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Bandwidth Management ◽  
York State ◽  
The Public ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Business Sectors

This paper examines the implications of technological discontinuity for organizations in six communities in New York State. From the network manager’s perspective, two broad sets of challenges are presented: technological – including specific issues such as bandwidth management and access and backbone issues, and applications–and those related to acquisition of technical support services. Applications prototyping is presented as a response to the technological challenges. The action research project (and the broader research program of which it is a part) underlying this chapter is focused on the public, nonprofit—including government and healthcare institutions, so-called social sector nonprofits, K-12 and higher education—and small business sectors, but lessons learned are broadly applicable.

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