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Jason LaFrance
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Online Credit Recovery: Benefits and Challenges
Teri Pettyjohn; Jason LaFrance
Education Leadership Review Vol. 1, No. 1 (2014) pp. 204–219
School leaders are faced with selecting programs to support at-risk students in high schools across the United States. Increasingly, supplemental online learning is being selected as an innovative way to assist these students. The purpose of this...
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An Examination of Educational Leadership Program Field Experiences in K-12 Virtual Schools
Dennis Beck; Jason LaFrance
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3833–3838
Virtual and blended experiences are an emerging trend in education. K-12 virtual schooling was first utilized in the 1990s and continues to grow. Currently 48 of 50 states offer some virtual experience in K-12 education. Of these, 39 states have...
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Technology Leadership Preparedness: Principals' Perceptions
Wendy Metcalf; Jason LaFrance
Journal of Research in Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (2013) pp. 58–75
Adopting technology in the K-12 classroom is evolving from adapting lessons that highlight a technology to pervasive use of interactive and handheld devices. In this environment, school leaders have the complex task of incorporating technologies to...
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Student Perceptions of Wikipedia as a Learning Tool for Educational Leaders
Jason LaFrance; Daniel W. Calhoun
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation Vol. 7, No. 2 (2012)
This non-experimental qualitative study examined archival survey data collected to evaluate the efficacy of a research assignment utilizing Wikipedia. Respondents were 14 doctoral students enrolled in Educational Leadership coursework during Fall...
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Mapping the Terrain: Educational Leadership Field Experiences in K-12 Virtual Schools
Jason A. LaFrance; Dennis Beck
Educational Administration Quarterly Vol. 50, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 160–189
Opportunities for K-12 students to choose virtual and blended learning experiences continue to grow. All 50 states including Washington, D.C., now offer some virtual experience in K-12 education. Of these, 40 states have state virtual schools or...
Topics: Virtual Environments, Leadership, Schools, Administrators
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Challenges of Virtual School Leadership
Jayson W. Richardson; Jason LaFrance; Dennis Beck
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 29, No. 1 (2015) pp. 18–29
The purpose of this case study was to examine challenges faced by virtual school leaders in the United States. Through semistructured interviews, the researchers explored challenges faced by eighteen leaders of fully online or blended online...
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Supporting Students in Supplemental Online Learning for Credit Recovery
Theresa Pettyjohn; Kathryn Kennedy; Jason LaFrance
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4141–4146
This phenomenological study was conducted to understand the perceptions of multiple stakeholders who work closely with high school students who are taking part in supplemental online learning for credit recovery. A single case study design using...
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Job Attainment and Perceived Role Differences of Cyberschool Leaders
Jayson W. Richardson; Dennis Beck; Jason LaFrance; Scott McLeod
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 1 (2016) pp. 211–222
As cyberschooling options expand, it is vital that we understand the nuances of these particular learning opportunities. Because little research exists on leaders of K-12 cyberschools, this exploratory case study had two purposes. We first examined...