Additional Interview Protocol

After confirmation with participant, I will contact via email the named supervisor, colleague, or community member, the selected participant has identified to schedule an interview during the same visit when researcher is interviewing and observing

participant. This interview is to contribute to information regarding the successes and challenges of the participant and will be scheduled after the participant’s interview. This interview would be 30-60 minutes in length.

8. Time of Interview: 9. Date of Interview: 10. Location:

11. Interviewer: 12. Interviewee:

13. Questions: (These will be guidelines for initiating discussions and probing about

the selected participant. This interview will focus on corroborating and

supplementing information provided by the selected teacher as well as describing the unique characteristics of this teacher.)

1) [selected participant] identified you as their [supervisor, colleague, community person]. How long have you known the participant and in what capacities?

2) What characteristics have you observed that you attribute to [Selected participant]’s recognition as a PAEMST awardee?

3) Do you see [Selected participant] as being different here at [name of school]? (Probe: Can you give me an example?)

4) Are there additional characteristics that you have observed that you attribute to [Selected participant]’s longevity as a rural teacher? (Probe:

Can you give me an example?)

5) What characteristics have you observed that allows [selected participant] to be successful even in challenging situations? (Probe: Can you give me

an example?)

6) What are your thoughts on how and why [Selected participant] has been so successful as a rural science teacher? (Probe: Can you recall a specific

instance or story that is particularly telling about [Selected participant]? What one word would you use to describe [Selected participant] and why?)

7) How have you been able to sustain [Selected participant]’s success and longevity at [name of school]?

8) What do you perceive as benefits of teaching in [name of school]? (Probe:

Can you give me an example/examples?)

9) What do you perceive as challenges of teaching in [name of school]?

(Probe: How does [Selected participant] seem to deal with the challenges of teaching science in rural schools?)

Appendix E

Official Approval Letter for IRB project #16585 - New Project Form

November 14, 2016 Beverly DeVore-Wedding

Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education Julie Thomas

Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education 215A HENZ, UNL, 68588-0355

IRB Number: 20161116585EX Project ID: 16585

Project Title: Rural Science Teachers Dear Beverly:

This letter is to officially notify you of the certification of exemption of your project for the Protection of Human Subjects. Your proposal is in compliance with this institution's Federal Wide Assurance 00002258 and the DHHS Regulations for the Protection of Human

Subjects (45 CFR 46) and has been classified as exempt.

You are authorized to implement this study as of the Date of Final Exemption: o Review conducted using exempt category 2 at 45 CFR 46.101

o Funding: N/A

The stamped and approved form(s) have been uploaded to NUgrant. Please use the stamped form(s) to make copies to distribute to

participants. If changes need to be made, please submit the revised form(s) to the IRB for approval prior to use.

Once you have determined the schools where you will be conducting class observations, school district permission letters/emails will

need to be submitted to our office prior to conducting the class observations. Schools can be added to your approved list of sites on a

case by case basis as permission letters are received by our office. Please email the letters/emails to me at [email protected] once

they are obtained. However, if the observations will be conducted within Lincoln Public Schools, the project will be sent by our office to

Dr. Leslie Eastman for review, so you will not need to submit a permission letter from LPS via email. In this case, please submit a

change request form to indicate LPS involvement in the study and we will move forward with the LPS school permission process.

We wish to remind you that the principal investigator is responsible for reporting to this Board any of the following events within 48 hours of the event:

* Any serious event (including on-site and off-site adverse events, injuries, side effects, deaths, or other problems) which in the

opinion of the local investigator was unanticipated, involved risk to subjects or others, and was possibly related to the research

procedures;

* Any serious accidental or unintentional change to the IRB-approved protocol that involves risk or has the potential to recur;

* Any publication in the literature, safety monitoring report, interim result or other finding that indicates an unexpected change to the

risk/benefit ratio of the research;

* Any breach in confidentiality or compromise in data privacy related to the subject or others; or

* Any complaint of a subject that indicates an unanticipated risk or that cannot be resolved by the research staff.

This project should be conducted in full accordance with all applicable sections of the IRB Guidelines and you should notify the IRB

immediately of any proposed changes that may affect the exempt status of your research project. You should report any unanticipated

problems involving risks to the participants or others to the Board.

If you have any questions, please contact the IRB office at 402-472-6965. Sincerely,

Becky R. Freeman, CIP for the IRB

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Research and Economic Development nugrant.unl.edu

Appendix F Coding

1. Reference Coding

MAXQDA Code Sets 2. Original Code Set

3. New Code Set (second expanded