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Tara Link; Beth Whitaker – Eye on Education, 2025
Getting new teachers off to the right start is essential for teacher retention and student success. This book shows the nuts and bolts of induction that really works. Drawing on the successful, research-based SHINE program, the authors demonstrate the key components for setting up or tweaking your new teacher induction program, including involving…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors, Teacher Orientation, Teacher Persistence
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Smith, Kevin G.; Dombek, Jennifer L.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Hook, Karl S.; Lee, Laurie; Cote, Anna-Marie; Sanabria, Israel; Stafford, Tammy – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
While academic interventions can be implemented in any grade, focusing on interventions in high school is critical because it is often a student's last chance to become ready for the academic demands of postsecondary education and careers. States across the country are implementing large-scale initiatives focused on delivering academic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Guides, High Schools, Program Implementation
Derrick-Mills, Teresa; Winkler, Mary K.; Healy, Olivia; Greenberg, Erica – Administration for Children & Families, 2015
Head Start has long focused on assessing and improving program quality to ensure that the children served receive the best possible preparation for school and life. Most research has been focused inside the classroom--the classroom environment, teacher qualifications, and teacher interactions. Of course, the classroom is important because that is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth
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Smith, Kevin G.; Dombeck, Jennifer L.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Hook, Karl S.; Lee, Laurie; Cote, Anna-Marie; Sanabria, Israel; Stafford, Tammy – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
While literacy interventions can be implemented in any grade, focusing on interventions in grades 3-8 is critical because it is often the best chance for students identified with earlier reading deficiencies to become ready for the literacy demands of postsecondary education and careers. States in both the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Guides, Literacy, Program Implementation
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition, 2010
The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) Network, under contract with the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), has created a framework that can be used to plan, implement, and evaluate professional development for practitioners working with adult English language learners at the state, regional, and program levels. The…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Adult Education
Michalski, Stanley F., Jr. – American School Board Journal, 1981
Six components of a successful high school band program include an awareness of the individual performer's uniqueness, flexible performance styles, balanced performance schedules, coordination with the school's total academic offerings, knowledge of community desires, and development of individual musical talent. (RW)
Descriptors: Bands (Music), High Schools, Music Activities, Music Teachers
Engelking, Harold – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1979
Reviewing the importance of a general advisory council, this article presents the major ingredients of a successful advisory committee and actions that can be taken to increase the effectiveness of the council or to help teachers having advisory council problems. (LRA)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Guidelines, Individual Characteristics
Stanley, Martha L. – 1984
This guidebook is one in the Target Topic Series developed to highlight issues and concerns related to effective community education operation. It is intended for the community educator and community education advisory council member who would like to learn how effective and careful planning can improve their community education program. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Educational Planning, Pretests Posttests
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Kneer, Marian E. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1984
Developing and maintaining effective physical education programs requires that teachers continually update their knowledge and skills. Books and journals, conferences, professional organizations, and consultants provide information to help teachers develop effective programs. (DF)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Physical Education
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1989
This handbook, one of five local handbooks developed to support specialized implementation of the National Career Development Guidelines, presents guidelines for developing comprehensive programs for students who are served at the post-secondary school level. Part I describes the need for guidelines and standards in career development, defines…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, Postsecondary Education, Program Improvement
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Camp, William – CEFP Journal, 1985
In an attempt to correct for limitations in the Program Evaluation and Review Technique-Critical Path Method (PERT-CPM), the Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT) has been developed. This management tool allows for evaluation during the facilities' development process. Two figures and two references are provided. (DCS)
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Educational Facilities Planning, Formative Evaluation, Management Systems
Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Lab. at Brown Univ., Providence, RI. – 2000
This guide presents practical applications from a research study about the processes that schools use to initiate and sustain reforms. It examines the history of 10 elementary schools in high-poverty settings, including details of behavioral and attitudinal changes. Ten capacities were associated with the stages of successful reform. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Support, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Donaldson, Allen – 1987
In 1985, Washington State Legislature passed a law mandating that each Washington school conduct a self-study by 1990-91 and every seven years thereafter. The intent is to enhance education through school improvement. This manual illustrates a model self-study process and provides a "tool kit" of implementation aids. The first section…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Program Evaluation
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Vocational Education. – 1990
This handbook for South Carolina vocational education advisory groups is a procedural guide designed for both advisory group members and educators. It contains suggestions on how councils and committees may be established and used in local vocational education programs for program improvement. Local vocational advisory council provisions are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, Guides, Policy Formation
Van Wagoner, James – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1978
The author, an in-service planner, tells of the four main complaints his teachers have about in-service programs: irrelevance, presenters, loss of time with students, and locations. For each problem at Redondo Union High School in California, he explains the solution. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Improvement
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