Lindsey M Jeralds

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Sociology and Criminology, Alumna

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I received a Masters of Criminology from UNC Wilmington and currently work as a researcher for the federal judiciary. My research interests include substance use disorders, alcohol messaging in social media and popular culture, drug courts and community supervision, and terrorism

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Establish Best Practices for Supervision of Instructors

: This report describes the current state of instructional supervision in Special Operations Forc... more : This report describes the current state of instructional supervision in Special Operations Forces (SOF) initial acquisition training (IAT) language schools. The report describes the practices used in supervising instructors in these schools, and compares these practices with best practices from the theoretical and empirical literature on the topic, as well as with practices used in language schools external to the SOF IAT community. The findings are organized into five main categories: (1) language learners and the language learning environment, (2) responsibilities of the instructional supervisor, (3) the relationship between instructional supervisors and instructors, (4) strategies and methods for instructional supervision, and (5) classroom observation and assessments. The study recommends that task and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) analyses be conducted in each of the SOF IAT language schools, and that additional research be conducted to examine the results of effecti...

Examine Ways to Decrease Training Duration While Maintaining Training Objective

: This report provides United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with insights into the ... more : This report provides United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with insights into the elements of foreign language training that must be considered if tasked with one of two scenarios: (1) decreasing the current duration of Special Operations Forces (SOF) initial acquisition training (IAT), while maintaining the current training objective (i.e., ILR Level 1/1 on the two-skill Oral Proficiency Interview), or (2) maintaining the current duration of SOF IAT, while increasing the training objective. This report synthesizes information across three sources: (1) the current literature, (2) the perspectives of experts (i.e., academicians, researchers) and SOF language program stakeholders, and (3) an original empirical study investigating the relationship between training duration and post-training language proficiency in the SOF environment. The four main elements of foreign language training that can be leveraged to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of SOF IAT are as f...

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Team Teaching: Integrating Research and Lessons from the Field

: Research regarding the effectiveness of team teaching has been mixed. Integrating original empi... more : Research regarding the effectiveness of team teaching has been mixed. Integrating original empirical work (both quantitative and qualitative) from adult, military learners and instructors with published practices and research, keys for leveraging team teaching in various formats are explored. These two sources of information yield evidence-based practice recommendations.

Developing and Mentoring Foreign Language Instructors: Best Practices Study Results

: Foreign language instructor supervisors are responsible for developing and formally or informal... more : Foreign language instructor supervisors are responsible for developing and formally or informally mentoring foreign language instructors through observation, assessment, and feedback activities. This session provided research-based recommendations for how to facilitate foreign language instructor development. Research presented in this session combined comprehensive literature reviews, interviews with foreign language program administrators and instructor supervisors, and analysis of archival data to identify the behaviors and skills required for effective supervision of foreign language instructors in an adult, military learning context. Findings from this study were also discussed in terms of how these best practices could be applied to other learning contexts, such as primary or secondary education programs. Synthesis of information from these sources helped attendees effectively develop and mentor foreign language instructors.