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Kate Kennedy; Jeff Walls – RAND Corporation, 2024
In the United States, student social-emotional well-being has become a priority because of concerning mental health and well-being outcomes for adolescent youth. High schools and school districts have responded by expanding mental health and social-emotional supports. However, there is little research to understand the ways in which educational…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Principals, School Districts
Corbeil, Joseph Rene, Ed.; Khan, Badrul H., Ed.; Corbeil, Maria Elena, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
"Microlearning in the Digital Age" explores the design and implementation of bite-sized learning and training in technology-enabled environments. Grounded in research-based best practices and a robust, eight-dimensional framework, this book applies the latest developments in mobile learning, social media, and instructional/multimedia…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Minicourses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design
Young, Sarah – Center for Adult English Language Acquisition, 2006
The movement for developing and implementing adult English as a Second Language (ESL) content standards is gaining momentum in the United States as more emphasis is placed on learner outcomes, accountability, and professionalism in the field. Additional research is needed to investigate the impact that adult ESL content standards have on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Professional Development, English (Second Language), Academic Standards
Edwards, Karlene K.; Schon, Isabel – School Library Media Quarterly, 1986
Reports results of study which investigated kinds of professional development activities engaged in by school library media specialists. Values and types of professional development activities, amount of input to district library media policy, release time provided, and other factors influencing professional development activities are noted.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians, Media Specialists
Getty Center for Education in the Arts, Los Angeles, CA. – 1990
The Getty Center for Education in the Arts has worked with teacher education institutions to develop ways of improving professional preparation to teach art at the elementary and secondary grade levels. Individual campus projects carried out at 10 preservice teaching institutions are summarized: Brigham Young University, California State…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Educational Philosophy
Gmelch, Walter H.; Miskin, Val D. – 1995
This book offers college department chairs guidelines for effectively fulfilling their roles as faculty developers, managers, leaders, and scholars. The results of several national surveys on chairs' duties and needs are summarized. Part 1 reviews the role of faculty developer. A practical set of procedures is given for recruiting faculty, bearing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting
Barth, Roland S. – 1985
This paper describes a new approach devised by the Harvard Principals' Center for improving professional development for practicing principals. The approach is predicated on a novel conception of principals as life-long learners and on the proposition that principals themselves can and should assume major responsibility for all aspects of their…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning
Roper, Susan Stavert – 1988
In the summer of 1986, representatives from Southern Oregon State College, the Northwest Regional Laboratory, and the Josephine County School District formed a consortium to design an induction program for beginning rural teachers. During its first year, the consortium presented special on-site graduate credit courses addressing problems new…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Consortia, Educational Cooperation
Corbishley, B.; And Others – 1986
This review of the Strathcona County school system (Alberta, Canada) makes recommendations based on information gathered in 1986. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 summarizes findings and recommendations. The review involved surveys of employees, community members, and community groups. Recommendations concern organization, evaluation,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, County School Districts, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Totten, Samuel; And Others – 1996
Developed as a reference tool for teachers, administrators, researchers, parents, and others interested in middle level education, this annotated bibliography of 1,757 entries focuses on practical aspects of middle level education and on research related to adolescence and middle level practices. Following an introduction and discussion of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques