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Jessica Tomkins – Adult Literacy Education, 2024
At Literacy NJ, the decline in our basic literacy services has caused us to reevaluate and reinvent our program. The cornerstone of our new plan is to offer an 8-week vestibule program called Steps to Success for new basic literacy students, focused on goal setting, crucial digital skills, and the development of independent learning strategies. We…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, State Programs, Adult Basic Education, Voluntary Agencies
WestEd, 2014
Most special education administrators do not get the chance to network regularly with professional peers to discuss job challenges and strategies. School-district special education directors routinely juggle complex, difficult, time-consuming, and emotion-laden job demands, but when things get tough, they usually find themselves solving problems…
Descriptors: Special Education, School Administration, Communities of Practice, Social Networks
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Weber-Mayrer, Melissa M.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Yeager Pelatti, Christina – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2015
Professional development (PD) for early childhood educators has received increased attention as a means of bolstering young children's learning and development. Theory and research indicate that educators' characteristics play roles in both their own learning and that of children; however, little research has explored who participates in PD. This…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, State Programs, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers
Fischer, John A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Designed to improve PK-12 professional learning and increase student achievement, Wisconsin's policymakers developed and implemented new educator licensing guidelines (PI 34) and a Professional Development Plan (PDP) system based on empirical research and national policy trends in 2004. As PI 34 and the PDP system are relatively new, the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Guidelines, State Programs
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Bricker, Patricia L.; Baron, Richard J.; Scheirer, Jorge J.; DeWalt, Darren A.; Derrickson, John; Yunghans, Suzanne; Gabbay, Robert A. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2010
Introduction: Pennsylvania's Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) program is administered by the Pennsylvania (PA) chapters of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, and American Academy of Pediatrics. The project has provided coaching, monthly measurement, and patient registry support for 155 primary-care…
Descriptors: Physicians, Partnerships in Education, Quality Control, Patients
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 2009
To become more economically competitive and reap the benefits of postsecondary educational levels, Kentucky has set a very ambitious goal to double the number of bachelor's degree holders by 2020. Clearly, increasing the college-going rate of working-age adults is an important strategy in the state's efforts to produce more degree holders. The…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Barriers
Kahn, Lynne; Hurth, Joicey; Diefendorf, Martha; Kasprzak, Christina; Lucas, Anne; Ringwalt, Sharon – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2009
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) was charged by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) from 2001-2006 to develop, implement, and evaluate an approach to technical assistance that would result in sustainable systems change in state Early Intervention and Preschool Special…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Special Education, Strategic Planning, Educational Policy
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Horm, Diane M.; Goble, Carla B.; Boatright, Michelle; Decker, Cindy G.; Noble, Nichol; Norris, Deborah J. – NHSA Dialog, 2009
This article describes the initiation of a statewide public-private partnership to expand and enhance services for infants, toddlers, and their families. It presents information regarding the initiation and implementation of the project; the program requirements, including those for professional development; and the design of a three-phase program…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Program Descriptions, Policy Analysis
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2008
A number of activities are progressing in the Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) program, the federally funded program that the Commission administers to provide professional development to California educators. This program is part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and continues the work that began as the Eisenhower Teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Professional Development, Planning Commissions
McEwen, Nelly, Ed. – Alberta Education, 2008
The Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) is a province-wide partnership program whose goal is to improve student learning and performance by fostering initiatives that reflect the unique needs and circumstances of each school authority. It is currently ending its third cycle and ninth year of implementation. "The Colloquium on…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Meetings
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Gigante, Nancy A.; Firestone, William A. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to explore how teacher leaders help teachers improve mathematics and science teaching. Design/methodology/approach: Research focused on a purposive sample of seven teacher leaders selected to vary in their time allocated to teacher leader work and their content knowledge. Each teacher leader was interviewed, as were two…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Developmental Tasks, Teacher Leadership, Improvement Programs
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 2008
Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states that are leading the way in ensuring children receive a continuum of care starting at birth and extending throughout childhood so that they can move seamlessly from home to child care to preschool to school, and then from grade to grade. That means children have to be ready for school. It also means that…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Educational Strategies, Change Strategies, Transitional Programs
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Harris, Alex – Educational Perspectives, 2005
Belief in the importance of school readiness has mobilized a broad coalition of concerned stakeholders to become organized and act. As a result, a number of programs, policies, and materials have been developed to improve the readiness of children and of schools. The purpose of this article is to examine the context in which these efforts are…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Transitional Programs, Alignment (Education), Politics of Education
Biswas, Radha Roy; Mills, Jack; Prince, Heath – Jobs for the Future, 2005
In their 2004 State of the State speeches, the nation's governors cited many issues competing for their attention and their states' resources, including health care, education, crime, and security (Nodine 2004). Among the most compelling challenges were those related to economic development and the ability of a state's workforce to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Economic Development, Labor Force Development, Case Studies
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
The purpose of this bulletin is to present information relating to State programs for the improvement of rural school instruction in four States. The educational background conditioning the development of the plans and points of view held by the State education officials responsible for such development in the respective States have differed…
Descriptors: Educational History, Rural Schools, Public Schools, State Programs
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