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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b>TO: All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b>FROM: Vicky Turner<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b> Doctoral Degree Coordinator<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for August 2020<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, August 3, 2020, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Christina Regian</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Finding Expert Consensus on the Components of Cooperating Teacher Training: A Delphi Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Gilbert Naizer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Katie Koo<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Kenneth Babineaux</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Administrator Perceptions of the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS) Toward Teacher Growth in a Medium-Size Suburban District<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ray Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Joyce Miller<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Reuben Ndomahina</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Seeking to Understand How West African Immigrant Parents’ Acculturation Attitude Influence the Beliefs, Values, and Attitudes of Second-Generation Adult Children About the Need for Counseling and Guidance Services: A Transcendental Phenomenological
Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Amir Abbassi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 1:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Cynthia Wadley</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade Teachers’ Levels of Stages of Concerns About the 2019-2020 Implementation of the New Texas Essentials Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Julia Ballenger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Alexandra Babino<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Carla Bennett</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Comparison of Looping and Non-Looping Students in Reading From 3rd to 4th Grade<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Gilbert Naizer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Bill Bolin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 2:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Shannon Carmody</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Reinventing Technology Professional Development: A Case Study Examining Perspectives of Veteran Secondary Teachers<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Sherri Colby<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, August 14, 2020, 1:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Levatta Levels</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Middle School Administrators and Their Role in Family Engagement<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Julia Ballenger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Erika Schmit<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, August 17, 2020, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Amber Hope</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Parent Perspectives of Parental Involvement and Barriers: A Multiple Regression Quantitative Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Julia Ballenger<o:p></o:p></p>
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