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High School Experiences of Student Advisory in Fostering Resilience

Myers, Monica M
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4998-6398
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1628091883398647

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2021, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
This study explored the extent to which a student advisory program in a large public high school fostered adolescent resilience. To address the void in scholarly literature, this study explored how adults and students experienced and perceived a student advisory program designed to foster adolescent resilience. Resilience is vital in the context of adolescent suicide and suicidal ideation combined with a worldwide pandemic. Resilience is a necessary skill as students navigate adolescent life coping with stress and dealing with daily challenges. This investigation lasted for one school year and included interviews and carefully reviewed documents. Ten students and seven adults who had participated in the advisory program for two years were interviewed in this qualitative case study, using a structured protocol that drew out nuanced versions of adult and student perceptions relating to this topic. The findings revealed five themes: (a) the role of caring adults in creating connections, (b) the development of connectedness to a positive school climate, (c) the meaning of groups, (d) the influence of student advisory on academics and resilience, and (e) the impressions of student advisory. The findings are significant in understanding the potential challenges to engaging in this work. The structure of the advisory program was designed to offset risk factors while focusing on protective factors to foster resiliency. An advisory program that incorporates teachers as mentor advisors cultivating strong, caring relationships between students as a primary focus may contribute to adolescent’s protective factors. This study sought to answer the following research questions: (1) how did the participants experience the student advisory program? (a) what were their perceptions of advisory during the 2018/2019 initial year of implementation and the subsequent year in 2019/2020; (b) what did it mean to the participants when advisory was suspended during the spring of 2020 because of COVID-19; and (c) and what did it mean to the participants when it was eliminated for the 2020/2021 school year because of COVID-19; (2) how did participants feel the student advisory program helped to foster resilience skills in adolescents; and (3) how did participants feel the student advisory program did not help to foster resilience skills in adolescents?
Judy Alston (Committee Chair)
Peter Ghazarian (Committee Member)
Teresa Purses (Committee Member)
191 p.
School Administration; Secondary Education; Teacher Education
resilience; student advisory programs; school programs; adolescents; teacher-student relationships; social emotional learning; suicide; high school; personalization

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  • Myers, M. M. (2021). High School Experiences of Student Advisory in Fostering Resilience [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1628091883398647

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Myers, Monica. High School Experiences of Student Advisory in Fostering Resilience. 2021. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1628091883398647.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Myers, Monica. "High School Experiences of Student Advisory in Fostering Resilience." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1628091883398647

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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