8/14/2019 Donald Ray Brown, Jr., Dissertation Proposal Defense, Dissertation Chair, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/donald-ray-brown-jr-dissertation-proposal-defense-dissertation-chair-dr 1/27 EXPLORATORY QUAILITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF REDUCING RECIDIVISM RATES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES ENROLLED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS A Dissertation Proposal by DONALD RAY BROWN, JR. Dissertation Chair William Allan Kritsonis, PhD PhD Program in Educational Leadership
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8/14/2019 Donald Ray Brown, Jr., Dissertation Proposal Defense, Dissertation Chair, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis
Multiple researchers have indicated thatthere is an overrepresentation of AfricanAmerican males in DAEP settings and in our prison systems (Tobin & Sprague, 2000;TEA, 2007; Abramson, 2008)
There is a correlation between thesedisciplinary experiences for African Americanmales (Parham & McDavis, 1987; Blake&Darling 1994; Texas Appleseed, 2007).
8/14/2019 Donald Ray Brown, Jr., Dissertation Proposal Defense, Dissertation Chair, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis
This study will be limited to investigatingAfrican American male middle schoolersenrolled in DAEP’s located in South EastTexas
demographics such as social economicstatus, parent marital status and the extent towhich the home schools are recognized byTEA and were not taken into account for thisstudy
8/14/2019 Donald Ray Brown, Jr., Dissertation Proposal Defense, Dissertation Chair, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis
It is hypothesized that their will be nosignificant difference in the structure of theDAEP’s, the interventions used in theDAEP’s and the Teachers’ Sense of Teacher Efficacy of the teachers working in theDAEP’s and their impact on reducing the rate
of recidivism for African American males ingrades 6-8 enrolled in alternative educationprograms.
8/14/2019 Donald Ray Brown, Jr., Dissertation Proposal Defense, Dissertation Chair, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis
Permission was obtained from Dr. Anita HoyWoolfolk Hoy to use the Teachers’ Sense of Teacher
Efficacy Scale A nine question pilot study will be performed to
identify program structure characteristics, programpractices – such as the level of parental involvementand the utilization of social skill curriculums and their relationship to a successful one time visit to analternative education program for the AfricanAmerican male 6th-8th grade DAEP middle schoolers
8/14/2019 Donald Ray Brown, Jr., Dissertation Proposal Defense, Dissertation Chair, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis
RQ1 How does each program structure model affect AfricanAmerican male student recidivism rates in an alternativesetting? Administrator interview questions, TEA DAEP Data
RQ2 Is their a relationship between Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy score and African American male student recidivismrates in disciplinary alternative education settings? Teacher Self Efficacy Scale, TEA DAEP Data
RQ3 What aspect of parental involvement influences AfricanAmerican male student recidivism rates? Administrator
interview questions, TEA DAEP Data RQ4 To what degree of influence does the Social Skills
Curriculum have on African American male student recidivismrates? TEA DAEP Data, Type of social skills curriculum
8/14/2019 Donald Ray Brown, Jr., Dissertation Proposal Defense, Dissertation Chair, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis
The purpose of this study is to investigate factors thatreduce or eliminate high rates of recidivism for AfricanAmerican male students enrolled in alternative educationprograms. Ultimately identifying best practices that produce lowto no recidivism rates for African American male studentsenrolled in alternative education programs.
Data gathered in this study will highlight structuralprocedures and interventions that help to reduce or eliminate
the percentage of African American males who return to thealternative education program after a successful completion.This study will produce the groundwork needed to help reformalternative education.