scholarly journals Navigating the Rural Terrain: Educators' Visions to Promote Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Vaughn ◽  
Melissa Saul
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Effective Pedagogy ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Navigational Tool

Advocates of rural education emphasize the need to examine supports which may promote rural educators given the challenging contexts of which they face. Teacher visioning has been conceptualized as a navigational tool to help sustain and promote teachers given high-challenging contexts. The current study explored 10 public school teachers from rural areas in the Pacific Northwest, and their visions and challenges to practicing their visions in their respective school environments. Findings suggest that visions were described in three domains: visions of students, visions of self as teacher, and visions of school. Teachers expressed visions of self as 'change agents,' and often expressed a sense of responsibility and vulnerability as they worked to weave knowledge of effective pedagogy, teacher leadership principles, and self-reflection to implement change in their individual schools.  

Still Straight

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Silva
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Mountain West

Hundreds of thousands of straight American men have had sex with multiple men. Not all are closeted gay or bisexual men. Nor are they all just experimenting. This book examines the stories of sixty such men in rural areas and small towns across the Pacific Northwest, the Mountain West, and the Midwest. They identified as straight primarily because they are embedded in institutions and communities that reward male heterosexuality and masculinity. The author refers to all of this as “straight culture.” Most identified as straight not because they hated gay or bisexual men. Instead, they felt that most aspects of their lives were heterosexual. Those married to women wanted to stay that way and saw their role as a husband as key to their straightness. They considered their sex with men mostly irrelevant to their identity. All described themselves as masculine, too, and many felt that identifying as gay or bisexual would have threatened their masculinity. Wanting to avoid discrimination and enjoying being part of a socially dominant group played roles as well. Most of these men were also primarily or exclusively attracted to women. Many began having sex with men only later in life to continue having sex but without feeling as though they were cheating on their wives. The stories of the men interviewed are filled with irony and paradox yet are also genuine. Overall, the book explores this question: What if heterosexuality, and particularly male heterosexuality, is not always what it seems?

scholarly journals Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) in Multiple Sclerosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt L. Johnson ◽  
Deborah Hertz ◽  
Gary Stobbe ◽  
Kevin Alschuler ◽  
Rosalind Kalb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Healthcare Outcomes ◽  
Community Healthcare ◽  
Project Echo ◽  
The Pacific

Background: A pilot program using the Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model was conducted for multiple sclerosis (MS) clinicians in the Pacific Northwest. The pilot was a collaboration between the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and faculty at the University of Washington. The goal was to determine the feasibility of using this telehealth model to increase the capacity and capability of clinicians in rural areas to treat people with MS. Methods: Thirteen practice sites with 24 clinicians were recruited to participate. Videoconferencing was used to conduct weekly sessions consisting of brief didactics followed by case consultations. Results: Most participants completing the outcome survey (10 of 15) indicated that they were more confident in treating patients with MS. They were satisfied with the training, felt better able to care for their patients, and had made changes in their treatment based on the case consultations and didactic content. They valued the case studies and case-based didactics and learned from each other as well as from the team. Conclusions: The pilot MS Project ECHO warrants further investigation regarding its potential effect on access to MS care delivery for underserved populations.

Suitability of Natural Areas for Representing Ecological Change in the Pacific Northwest

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 452
Author(s):  
Margaret H. Massie ◽  
Todd M. Wilson ◽  
Anita T. Morzillo ◽  
Emilie B. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
The Pacific
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