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198186 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.198186 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2024 280 pages Doctoral Dissertation Academic theses Text eng Neff, Linda Stephen Neapolitan, Jane Archambault, Leanna Crawford, Steven Arizona State University Partial requirement for: Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2024 Field of study: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Community college adjunct faculty, who teach a majority of first-year courses atcommunity colleges, face varied challenges related to limited access to ongoing support. This qualitative study examined the effects of an instructional coaching program on community college adjunct faculty’s self-efficacy and ability to enhance instructor presence in online courses. Using a multiple case study research design, I investigated the impact of an instructional coaching program on two early-career (<7 years) and two midto late-career (>12 years) online adjunct faculty. Self-Efficacy Theory guided interpretation for the thematic analysis of coaching session transcripts (Bandura, 1997, 2005). Additionally, the Community of Inquiry model and Richardson et al.'s (2015) operationalization of Instructor Presence enabled a systematic content analysis of facultystudent interactions recorded in pre- and post-intervention archived courses (Garrison et al., 2000). Findings revealed self-efficacy gains across career stages, with early-careerfaculty demonstrating a stronger willingness to adopt new technologies such as AI, resulting in significant improvements in their self-efficacy and application of newly acquired knowledge and skills. Mid- to late-career faculty expressed higher perceived confidence from their extensive face-to-face teaching experience with a more cautious and thoughtful approach to implementing new teaching strategies in their course. These results confirm that ongoing professional development catered to the distinct needs of adjunct faculty across different career stages leads to substantial improvements in online instruction and student learning, promoting a stronger sense of belonging and contributing to improved retention rates. Educational leadership Educational technology Education Adjunct Faculty faculty development Humanizing Online Learning Instructional Coaching instructor presence Regular and Substantive Interaction Empowering Adjunct Faculty: A Case Study Examining the Effects of an Instructional Coaching Program on Online Instructor Presence across Career Stages in a Community College Environment