The Schaus Swallowtail Habitat Enhancement Project: An Applied Service-Learning Project Continuum from Biscayne National Park to Miami—Dade County Public Schools

Breeding colonies of wading birds (orders Ciconiiformes, Pelecaniformes) and seabirds (orders Suliformes, Pelecaniformes) serve as important indicators of aquatic ecosystem health, as they respond to changes in food abundance and quality, contaminants, invasive species, and disturbance. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Restoration Coordination & Verification program (CERP-RECOVER) has identified wading-bird colonies as an important ecosystem restoration indicator. The National Park Service South Florida/Caribbean Inventory & Monitoring Network (SFCN) ranked colonial nesting birds eighth out of 44 vital signs of park natural resource conditions for ecological significance and feasibility. However, while large-scale monitoring efforts are occurring in the rest of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, only minimal historic data collection and no extensive ongoing monitoring of wading bird and seabird nesting have occurred in Biscayne National Park. Consequently, due to their high importance as biological indicators and because they are a gap occurring in regional monitoring efforts, the network has initiated a monitoring program of colonial nesting birds in Biscayne National Park. This protocol provides the rationale, approach, and detailed Standard Operating Procedures for annual colonial bird monitoring within and close to Biscayne National Park and conforms to the Oakley et al. (2003) guidelines for National Park Service long-term monitoring protocols. The specific objectives of this monitoring program are to determine status and long-term trends in: Numbers and locations of active colonies of colonial nesting birds with a special focus on Double-crested Cormorants, Great Egrets, Great White Herons, Great Blue Herons, White Ibises, and Roseate Spoonbills. Annual peak active nest counts of colonial nesting birds in Biscayne National Park with a special focus on the species mentioned above. An annual nesting index (i.e., sum of monthly nest counts) with a special focus on the species mentioned above. Timing of peak nest counts for the focal species.

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Use of the Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story by Art Therapists in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida

The Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story ◽

10.4324/9780203942178-20 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 184-208

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Dade County ◽

Drawing Test ◽

Art Therapists

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Learning and collaboration in pre-service teacher education: Narrative analysis in a service learning experience at Andalusian public schools

Teaching and Teacher Education ◽

10.1016/j.tate.2020.103187 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 96 ◽

pp. 103187

Author(s):

Maria Jesus Márquez-García ◽

William Kirsch ◽

Analía Leite-Mendez

Keyword(s):

Teacher Education ◽

Public Schools ◽

Service Learning ◽

Narrative Analysis ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Pre Service Teacher Education ◽

Learning And Collaboration ◽

Pre Service Teacher

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The Development of School Art Therapy in Dade County Public Schools: Implications for Future Change

Art Therapy ◽

10.1080/07421656.1997.10759248 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 9-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Janet Bush

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Art Therapy ◽

Dade County ◽

Future Change

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Tapping the Principal Pipeline

Educational Administration Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0013161x11406112 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 695-727 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Jeannie Myung ◽

Susanna Loeb ◽

Eileen Horng

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

School Leaders ◽

Leadership Competencies ◽

Management Plan ◽

School Level ◽

Dade County ◽

Leadership Potential ◽

Principal Candidates ◽

School Year

Purpose: In light of the difficulty many districts face finding quality principal candidates, this article explores an informal recruitment mechanism of teachers to become principals, which the authors call tapping. The authors assess the extent to which current teachers are being approached by school leaders to consider leadership and whether this tapping prompts these teachers to consider pursuing leadership positions. Research Design: This study uses survey and administrative data on teachers and principals from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools from the 2007–2008 school year. The authors describe the extent to which principals tap teachers to become school leaders. They use multiple regression with and without school fixed effects to model which teachers are most likely to be tapped and which principals are most likely to tap teachers. They also estimate the extent to which tapping is effective at motivating teachers to become school leaders. Findings: A vast majority of principals report having been tapped by their own principal when they were teachers. The authors find that principals tend to tap teachers who feel better equipped to take on the principalship and who have more school-level leadership experience, but they also disproportionately tap teachers who are male and share their ethnicity. Conclusions: The findings provide evidence that principals are capable of effectively identifying and encouraging teachers with strong leadership potential to enter the principal pipeline, although additional training and a succession management plan may help ensure that teachers are selected based on clear leadership competencies.

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