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Crawford, April; Zucker, Tricia; Van Horne, Bethanie; Landry, Susan – Theory Into Practice, 2017
Instructional coaching is becoming common in early childhood programs to provide individualized, job-embedded professional development. Yet relatively few studies have tried to "unpack" the coaching process and delineate the specific features of coaching that contribute to teacher change. In this article, we describe an evidence-based…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Formative Evaluation, School Readiness
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Wang, Claudia; Seo, Dong-Chul; Geib, Roy W – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: To describe the process of developing a Health Qigong programme for stressed children using a formative evaluation approach. Methods: A multi-step formative evaluation method was utilised. These steps included (1) identifying programme content and drafting the curriculum, (2) synthesising effective and age-appropriate pedagogies, (3)…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Exercise, Children, Anxiety
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Anderson, Erin; Winn, Kathleen M.; Young, Michelle D.; Groth, Cori; Korach, Susan; Pounder, Diana; Rorrer, Andrea K. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2018
This study uses data from the "Initiative for Systemic Program Improvement through Research in Educational Leadership (INSPIRE) Preparation Program Features Survey" to respond to national critiques of university-based principal preparation programs. The findings provide insight into the program content and relevancy, personnel, and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership, Program Improvement, Principals
Kearney, Karen; Mattson, Heather; Cheung, Rebecca; Makkonen, Reino – California Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2018
For the past six years, California has been revising its preparation system for school and district administrators, including developing the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA), the first required performance assessment for preliminary administrator certification. In this study, researchers from the California Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, State Policy, School Administration, Educational Change
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Aycinena, Ana Corina; Jennings, Kerri-Ann; Gaffney, Ann Ogden; Koch, Pamela A.; Contento, Isobel R.; Gonzalez, Monica; Guidon, Ela; Karmally, Wahida; Hershman, Dawn; Greenlee, Heather – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
We developed a theory-based dietary change curriculum for Hispanic breast cancer survivors with the goal of testing the effects of the intervention on change in dietary intake of fruits/vegetables and fat in a randomized, clinical trial. Social cognitive theory and the transtheoretical model were used as theoretical frameworks to structure…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Cancer, Health Promotion, Curriculum Development
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Paolucci, Catherine; Jennings, Kevin – Action in Teacher Education, 2017
This article discusses the relationship between policy, research, and program development in mathematics teacher education. In particular, it considers the influences of policy and research along with social, economic, and cultural factors in the conceptualization and development of an undergraduate mathematics teacher education program in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Program Development, Program Content