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Tournier, Barbara, Ed.; Chimier, Chloé, Ed.; Jones, Charlotte, Ed. – Education Development Trust, 2023
In education systems around the world, planners and policymakers are calling for more attention to whole-system improvement. To best address teaching and learning outcomes, teachers and head teachers need whole-system support to build professionalism and improve their practice. The middle tier of education systems, composed of professionals…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Middle Management, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement
Magaly Lavadenz; Elvira G. Armas – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book presents a validated observation instrument to support and further develop the pedagogic expertise of teachers of English Learners in US schools. Based on sociocultural and second language teaching and learning theories, the Observation Protocol for Academic Literacies (OPAL) has a variety of uses across teacher preparation programs,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Garringer, Michael; Kupersmidt, Janis; Rhodes, Jean; Stelter, Rebecca; Tai, Tammy – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2015
MENTOR's cornerstone publication, the "Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring[TM]", details research-informed and practitioner-approved Standards for creating and sustaining quality youth mentoring programs and consequently, impactful mentoring relationships. This Fourth Edition, released in 2015, reflects the most up-to-date…
Descriptors: Program Design, Mentors, Youth Programs, Evidence Based Practice
Conley, David T. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2014
This policy report provides an overview of the Common Core State Standards, how they were developed, the sources that were referenced in their development, the need for educational standards generally, what they entail, and what it will mean for educators to implement them. The report draws from research and reference material to outline the…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Educational Policy, Program Descriptions, Program Development