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Goldhaber, Dan; Krieg, John; Theobald, Roddy; Falken, Grace – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2023
Prior research has connected characteristics of cooperating teachers who supervise student teaching to performance measures of the teacher candidates they host, suggesting more effective teachers may also be better mentors. The specific measures of cooperating teacher effectiveness considered in this prior literature (value added and performance…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Alternative Teacher Certification, National Standards
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Sharma, Shashi; Scafide, Katherine; Dalal, Reeshad S.; Maughan, Erin – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
The prevalence and contributing factors of workplace bullying (WPB) are unknown among school nurses (SNs) in kindergarten to 12th grade programs. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine individual and organizational characteristics of WPB in a sample of SNs in Virginia. Based on the Short-Negative Acts Questionnaire, 40% of nurses did…
Descriptors: Bullying, Work Environment, School Nurses, Elementary Secondary Education
Theobald, Roddy; Goldhaber, Dan; Naito, Natsumi; Stein, Marcy – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2020
We use data on the teacher preparation experiences and workforce outcomes of more than 1,300 graduates of special education teacher education programs in Washington to provide a descriptive portrait of special education teacher preparation, workforce entry, and early career retention. We find high rates of workforce entry for special education…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Persistence, Employment Level
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Canbulat, Tuncay; Kiriktas, Halit – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
The aim of study is to determine the neuromyth level of teachers and pre-teachers and reveal if there is significant difference in terms of some variables (gender, class, etc.). Research was designed in survey model. The research sample was formed with 241 teachers and 511 teacher candidates. In the collection of data, "Educational neuromyths…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Misconceptions, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences
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Goldhaber, Dan; Theobald, Roddy – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
Over 2,000 teachers in the state of Washington received reduction in force (RIF) notices across the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years. We link data on these RIF notices to an administrative data set that includes student, teacher, school, and district variables to determine the factors that predict the likelihood of a teacher receiving a RIF…
Descriptors: Job Layoff, Teachers, Prediction, Employment Level
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Yang, Wenzhong – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2007
This study offers insight into the perceptions of a group of Chinese American parents, many of whom have children who excel at school. The results indicate that the Chinese American parents had high expectations of their children's educational success, placed high value on education and effort, tended to sacrifice for their children's education,…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Gifted, Academic Achievement, Parenting Styles
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Overstreet, Stacy; Devine, Joel; Bevans, Katherine; Efreom, Yael – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
Predictors of parental school involvement were examined within a sample of 159 economically disadvantaged, African American parents living in an urban setting. School involvement was defined in terms of parent activity within the school. Parent demographics, attitudes about education, and community engagement behaviors as well as parent…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, High School Students, School Involvement, Elementary School Students
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Pedersen, Sara – Applied Developmental Science, 2005
This study applied individual growth trajectory analyses and person-oriented analysis to identify common profiles of out-of-school activity engagement trajectories among racially and ethnically diverse inner city teens (N = 1,430). On average, teens exhibited declining trajectories of participation in school-based and team sports activities and…
Descriptors: Team Sports, After School Programs, Multivariate Analysis, Urban Areas