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Edler, Jessica R.; Eberman, Lindsey E. – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2019
Context: Continuing education (CE) is a form of professional development intended to improve knowledge and skill beyond entry-level practice; however, we lack data to understand how athletic trainers (ATs) choose to implement CE experiences into clinical practice. Objective: To explore ATs' motivators for pursuing professional development through…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Trainers, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education
Yendol-Hoppey, Diane; Hoppey, David – School-University Partnerships, 2013
An important feature of professional development school (PDS) work is encouraging collaborative reflective dialogue that guides a partnership toward actualizing the possibilities for and mission of a PDS. This article provides a case "illustration" of a fictitious, exemplary PDS and a "protocol" that in combination can be used…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Professional Development Schools, Sustainability, Accountability
Alidou, Hassana, Ed.; Glanz, Christine, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
One of the greatest challenges in education today is to adapt and respond to a linguistically and culturally diverse world, and to combat social disintegration and discrimination. Participatory and collaborative action research represents an empowering and emancipatory approach to this challenge because the "target groups" become…
Descriptors: Action Research, Youth Opportunities, Adult Literacy, Program Improvement
VeLure Roholt, Ross; Rana, Sheetal – Child & Youth Services, 2011
Few formal post-secondary educational programs in the United States focus on youth work, thus youth workers often enter the field with diverse backgrounds and varying levels of experience working with youth. Drawing on mounting evidence that quality youth service requires skilled staff, professional-development opportunities have received…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Program Evaluation, Action Research, Professional Development
Literacy Information and Communication System, 2011
This edition of "'LINCS' Resource Collection News" features the Program Management Collection, which covers the topics of Assessment, Learning Disabilities, and Program Improvement. Each month Collections News features one of the three "LINCS" (Literacy Information and Communication System) Resource Collections--Basic Skills, Program Management,…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Learning Disabilities, Family Literacy, Reading Difficulties
Fleming, M. Lynette; Easton, Janice – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010
Evaluation capacity building (ECB) is seldom mentioned in the environmental education (EE) literature, but as demonstrated by the lack and poor quality of EE evaluations, is much needed. This article focuses on an online course, Applied Environmental Education Program Evaluation (AEEPE), which provides nonformal educators with an understanding of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Program Evaluation, Distance Education, Online Courses
Karlsson, M.; Bjorck-AKesson, E.; Granlund, M. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2008
Professional development in family-centred services was given to professionals supporting children with disabilities and their families with the purpose to influence ways to perform working tasks. Is it possible to change ways of working through in-service training? In order to find answers to that question perceptions of in-service training at…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Longitudinal Studies, Interviews, Questionnaires
Donlevy, Jim – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2006
Future-point learning is a perspective that anticipates new developments and concentrates on the future emerging into view. Future-point learning takes as its starting point the requirements of tomorrow and what will be needed in the future. This article discusses professional development for school leaders grounded in the idea of future-point…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Futures (of Society), Educational Technology, Educational Trends
Nafukho, Fredrick M.; Graham, Carroll M.; Brooks, Kit – Online Submission, 2008
This study was designed to determine the degree of use, level of client satisfaction of professional development and educational services, and to identify suggestions for improving services. Results from a mixed methodology approach indicated moderate to high levels of satisfaction in two program areas and moderate to high levels of…
Descriptors: Participant Satisfaction, Professional Development, Human Resources, Technical Support
Sidarous, Natalie – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
The Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) program released Requests for Proposals in March for the next round of teacher professional development projects. The first RFP, Addressing the Achievement Gap in Middle Schools (AAGMIS), is for stand-alone grants similar to the 2008 projects that target the achievement gap in elementary schools. The second RFP,…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Professional Development, Grants, Instructional Improvement
Addison, Roger M.; Tosti, Donald T. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
The International Society for Performance Improvement has always been divided by two often-conflicting views of what its purpose or mission really is. Is it primarily technology focused (focusing on the development and promotion of the field) or member focused (focusing on members' interests and their professional development)? This difference in…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Educational Technology, Influence of Technology, Organizational Objectives
Saphier, Jon; West, Lucy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
Schools throughout the nation are hiring "coaches" and deploying them in schools in a multitude of ways that may not improve instruction and rarely impact student learning. But heeding the roles and relationships of coaches enhances the likelihood that they will be able to influence school culture, professional learning, and, ultimately, student…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Student Improvement, Supervisory Methods, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
Barczyk, Casimir; Buckenmeyer, Janet; Feldman, Lori – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
This article presents a four-stage model for mentoring faculty in higher education to deliver high quality online instruction. It provides a timeline that shows the stages of program implementation. Known as the Distance Education Mentoring Program, its major outcomes include certified instructors, student achievement, and the attainment of a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Mentors, Distance Education
Frey, Nancy; Fisher, Douglas – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
By implementing a system of common formative assessments, the teachers at an American urban elementary school improved student achievement and facilitated their own professional development. By aligning content standards with assessments and purposeful instruction, the teachers at this school developed a depth of knowledge about their content…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Professional Development, Formative Evaluation, Elementary School Curriculum
Movement for Canadian Literacy, 2010
For over 30 years, Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL) has provided a forum and voice for literacy organizations, practitioners and learners across the country. In partnership with its member literacy coalitions, learner representatives from every province and territory and other key stakeholders, MCL has supported the literacy and essential…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Partnerships in Education