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A National Assessment of the Impact of the Institutes for Higher Education Academy on School Health Faculty

Huelskamp, Amelia Catherine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1452199276

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Health Education.
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Institutes for Higher Education (IHE) Academy, a professional conference intended to train school health education faculty in the use of online resources available through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and to facilitate the integration of these resources into school health teacher preparation programs. Methods. This was a mixed methods study with two data collection phases. The quantitative phase involved the use of an online survey designed to determine the number of changes made within participants’ school health teacher preparation programs. All school health faculty members who attended an IHE Academy were recruited via e-mail to participate (N = 151). After three rounds of reminder e-mails, an acceptable participation rate was reached (68%). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze survey data. In the qualitative phase, all participants who completed the online survey were recruited to participate in a follow-up phone interview (n = 103). The follow-up interview was tailored for each participant based upon their survey responses, and was designed to elicit examples of program changes made as a result of attendance at the IHE Academy, as well as benefits and barriers to change. A total of 54 interviews were conducted and recorded. Recorded interviews were transcribed and coded. An inter-rater coded 15% of the transcripts to ensure inter-rater reliability. Qualitative data was triangulated with each participant’s survey data. Results. The majority of IHE Academy attendees made significant changes to their teacher preparation programs, and subsequently trained an estimated 2,800 pre-service school health educators in the use of the CDC’s online tools and resources. Through participant outreach, more than 7,000 school health faculty and in-service K-12 health educators were also trained. Conclusions. The IHE Academy is an effective and sustainable approach to improving the quality of K-12 school health education. Recommendations. To further improve the effectiveness of the IHE Academy, program planners should recruit increased numbers of school health graduate students who plan to work in teacher preparation in order to increase their return on investment. Program planners should also consider mandating participation in an online community that could provide guidance and continuing support for IHE Academy attendees.
Joseph Dake (Committee Chair)
Susan Telljohann (Committee Member)
Marlene Tappe (Committee Member)
Timothy Jordan (Committee Member)
196 p.
Health Education; Teacher Education
School health; teacher preparation; best practices; professional development

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  • Huelskamp, A. C. (2016). A National Assessment of the Impact of the Institutes for Higher Education Academy on School Health Faculty [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1452199276

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Huelskamp, Amelia. A National Assessment of the Impact of the Institutes for Higher Education Academy on School Health Faculty. 2016. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1452199276.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Huelskamp, Amelia. "A National Assessment of the Impact of the Institutes for Higher Education Academy on School Health Faculty." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1452199276

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