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Heather Leaman; Connie DiLucchio – SRATE Journal, 2023
The authors report findings from a study examining teachers' experiences conducting research in their classrooms and their perceptions of teacher research as a tool for professional learning and development. Data from open-ended surveys (n = 38) and group interviews (n = 18) suggest that: (a) teachers value self-direction and choice in…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Research
Nwokorie, Anderline – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the current K-12 educational system, there is a lack of mentoring programs for novice principals, and as a result, a substantial number of principals are not well prepared to do the complicated job of a principal. The nation's report card shows how United States students have regressed in reading and math and which states experienced the most…
Descriptors: Principals, Mentors, Experience, Individual Development
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Aprille Phillips; Michael Teahon; Chelsea Feusner; Elizabeth Ericson – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2024
This qualitative study explores the early implementation of a university school leadership preparation program and school district collaborative effort to develop school leaders and sustain leadership capacity in nine rural school districts. Emerging findings drawn from survey, focus-group, and participant observation data include (a) the…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership, Capacity Building, Program Implementation
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D. Joel Whalen; Charles Drehmer; Andrew Cavanaugh – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2024
Innovative classroom-tested approaches to cross-cultural communication--diversity, equity, and inclusion--and personal and professional development are featured. Readers can explore 10 teaching creations debuted at the 2023 "My Favorite Assignment" sessions at the Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Innovation, Teaching Methods
Corbeil, Joseph Rene, Ed.; Khan, Badrul H., Ed.; Corbeil, Maria Elena, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
"Microlearning in the Digital Age" explores the design and implementation of bite-sized learning and training in technology-enabled environments. Grounded in research-based best practices and a robust, eight-dimensional framework, this book applies the latest developments in mobile learning, social media, and instructional/multimedia…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Minicourses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design
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Merchant, Betty; Garza, Encarnación – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to analyze and report on a "different" model of leadership preparation that was customized to prepare school leaders to practice in schools where the student population is predominantly Latino and in an urban school setting. It is a preparation program designed to advance interactive collaboration between…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Social Justice, Leadership, Leadership Styles
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Guva, Gunilla; Hylander, Ingrid – School Psychology International, 2012
Internationally, educators have proposed a shift from a narrow diagnostic view to a holistic and salutogenic perspective on pupils' school-related difficulties. There is, however, little evidence to suggest that such a shift has taken place, despite being talked about by school administrators. In Sweden such a shift is proposed through a new…
Descriptors: Evidence, Health Promotion, School Psychologists, Physical Health
Reiss, Karla – Corwin, 2012
"Be a CHANGEMASTER" is a practical guide for school and district leaders that provides 12 strategies for overcoming resistance to change. Unlike more theoretical books, this text shows how to adopt a coaching style of leadership as a systemic change strategy. Numerous examples demonstrate how the strategies used in this book have led to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Leadership Styles, Educational Change, Coaching (Performance)
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Caires, Susana; Almeida, Leandro; Vieira, Diana – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
In an attempt to build a more comprehensive and holistic understanding of the complexity, dynamics and idiosyncrasies involved in becoming a teacher, this study focussed on the experiences of 295 student teachers. Their feelings, cognitions and perceptions regarding teaching practice were analysed using the short version of the Inventory of…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Teaching Methods, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Experience
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Pianta, Robert C.; Hamre, Bridget K. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2009
The National Research Council's (NRC) statement and description of features of settings that have value for positive youth development have been of great importance in shifting discourse toward creating programs that capitalize on youth motivations toward competence and connections with others. This assets-based approach to promote development is…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Effectiveness, Professional Development, Teacher Evaluation
Sameshima, Pauline – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
This article presents several letters in which a university mentor shares her reflexive notions of how she lives as a teacher researcher. In her letters, Julia encourages teachers to embrace what she calls "An Embodied Aesthetic Curriculum." When teachers are able to develop "embodied aesthetic wholeness", they are capable of deepening…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Beginning Teachers, Aesthetics, Mentors
Battey, Dan; Franke, Megan L. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
Despite the prevalence of professional development in schools and the variability in its implementation, little research has been conducted on how professional development makes its way into the classroom. Even when teachers participate in high-quality professional development, there remains a large and often undocumented variability in how…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Teachers, Professional Development
Segebrecht, Lynn S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this collective case study was to investigate the transitions of three effective teachers of literacy from pre-service to in-service teaching. As their university supervisor, I selected these students out of a group of pre-service teachers assigned to me for supervision during their eight-week student teaching requirement, based…
Descriptors: Expertise, Student Teaching, Literacy, Teacher Effectiveness
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Purnell, Paula G. – Teaching Artist Journal, 2005
The author had an opportunity to teach two professional development classes at the Children's Museum in Pittsburgh. One class was titled "American History through Folk Music" and the other "Celebrating Diversity in the Classroom through the Arts." The subject matter brought together a wonderful collection of teaching professionals--from preschool…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Activities, Integrated Activities, Coordination
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Leithwood, Kenneth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2006
Leadership is a hot-button issue these days. Reformers depend on it. The public believes that it is what schools need more of. And private sector CEOs think they know exactly what it is and are anxious to share that knowledge with the "poor unwashed masses" of educational leaders. It is not surprising, then, that so many people are…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries
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