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Direct linkMiller, Sara Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to understand the effect of literacy coaching as a vehicle for professional development and growth by describing the impact of the Community Coaching Cohort Model on teachers' instructional literacy practices. Using a qualitative case study design, four questions were answered pertaining to participants' feelings and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Professional Development, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedPutman, S. Michael; Smith, Lawrence L.; Cassady, Jerrell C. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2009
The current educational spotlight on accountability has helped create a focus on teacher practices and their subsequent effects on student achievement. Professional development has been shown to be an effective vehicle to impact practices; however, research has only recently begun to provide an understanding of its impact in literacy instruction…
Descriptors: Reading Teachers, Reading Instruction, Professional Development, Intention
von Frank, Valerie, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
Ensuring quality teaching in every classroom across an entire system of schools--that's what a district leader's job is all about. A district leader's challenges are unique so "The Learning System" was created with that in mind. This issue contains: (1) What Works Around the World: Landmark Study Examines Professional Learning Abroad to Pinpoint…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Districts, Superintendents, Educational Change
Cozza, Barbara – Educational Forum, 2010
A Professional Development School (PDS) serves as a quality-teaching model. It is a vehicle that generates professional understanding through conversations among university professors, teachers, and teacher candidates. The author illustrates a pilot PDS program that exemplifies the many benefits of transforming the teaching model into a successful…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Teaching Models, Grade 5, Professional Development
Download full textArmour-Thomas, Eleanor – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2008
This study examines the evidence for the effectiveness of professional development using a sample of ten elementary school teachers. These teachers were part of a larger intervention study that investigated the impact of a teaching model, Dynamic Pedagogy on student mathematics achievement. Positive results were obtained from the analysis of three…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Characteristics
Stichter, Janine P.; Lewis, Timothy J.; Richter, Mary; Johnson, Nanci W.; Bradley, Linda – Education and Treatment of Children, 2006
A student's behavioral performance within the classroom is influenced, in large part, by the interaction that student has with the learning environment and the people in that environment. Identifying antecedent variables that effect student performance enables practitioners to set the stage for prosocial behavior and academic learning. One…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Professional Development, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment
Neighbors, Marianne; Barta, Kathleen – Journal of School Nursing, 2004
The components of a professional development model designed to empower school nurses to become leaders in school health services is described. The model was implemented during a 3-day professional development institute that included clinical and leadership components, especially coalition building, with two follow-up sessions in the fall and…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Professional Development, School Health Services, Teaching Models
