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Bahadir, Ferdi; Tuncer, Murat – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
In this research, it is aimed to determine the standards of learning teaching process as a component of curriculum. On the basis of the Delphi technique, standards were determined through the opinion of two hundred and ninety-five educational sciences experts from ten universities from all regions of Turkey in this study which was performed in…
Descriptors: Standards, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Instructional Materials
Buckley, Rose – Region 8 Comprehensive Center, 2021
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) requested assistance from the Region 8 Comprehensive Center (Region 8 CC) to co-facilitate and design a Stakeholder Review Committee. This request is a component of the Indiana (IN) Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and Social Emotional Learning Initiative (2020-R8-I-002 IN-02-Year2). The purpose of…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Specialists, Equal Education, Preschool Education
Clemens, Elysia V.; Sheesley, Alison P. – Online Submission, 2019
Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. The goal of the program is to help youth who have experienced foster care be successful in school and ultimately earn a high school credential. Fostering Opportunities was developed because of the clear…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Foster Care, Graduation Rate
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Miciak, Jeremy; Wilkinson, Cheryl; Alexander, Celeste; Reyes, Pedro – Educational Policy, 2016
Improving minority academic achievement is a primary goal for education policy makers. Despite resource allocations, gaps in minority accomplishments persist. Emerging research suggests language variety may hinder minority students, thereby slowing academic progress. This article synthesizes suggestions from a panel composed of experts in the…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Academic Achievement, Minority Group Students, Educational Policy
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Carson, Russell – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2012
In order for a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program to meet its full potential, a director of physical activity (DPA) is needed. To train physical educators for this new role, a task force recently created a professional development program endorsed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education that certifies current…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Education Teachers
Sheppard, Julie Trammell – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative case study is to examine the perceptions of teachers and curriculum specialists over the effectiveness of professional development and available resources of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation process in Arkansas. Arkansas divided the implementation process into three stages: Phase I implemented…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2015
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) has taken an active role in addressing both youth and teacher mental health issues in recent years, and will continue to do so. The BCTF is a participant in the British Columbia (BC) School-Based Mental Health Collaborative, has a web page with resources to support teachers in understanding mental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Children, Youth
Crawford, Pamela Sharp – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This was a qualitative case study that compared data across six district-level literacy coaches' epistemological and ontological beliefs about how to teach reading. All six coaches were working as a cohort of literacy coaches on the development and implementation of a secondary reading intervention program for seventh-grade struggling readers.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods, Vignettes
Blachowicz, Camille L.Z.; Buhle, Roberta; Frost, Shari – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2009
In "Effective Literacy Coaching: Building Expertise and a Culture of Literacy," literacy experts Shari Frost, Roberta Buhle, and Camille Blachowicz provide more than 50 practical activities designed to help K-12 literacy professionals: (1) Assess the current literacy program; (2) Plan changes that will foster a culture of literacy; (3) Collaborate…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy
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Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Hosp, John L.; Smartt, Susan; Dole, Janice A. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2008
The purpose of this case study is to describe the challenges one coach faced during the initial implementation of a coaching initiative involving 33 teachers in an urban, high-poverty elementary school. Reading coaches are increasingly expected to play a key role in the professional development efforts to improve reading instruction in order to…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Improvement, Focus Groups, Reading Achievement
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Choy, Susan P.; Chen, Xianglei; Bugarin, Rosio – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
In developing the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), a special effort was made to include questions that would help determine the extent to which the characteristics of professional development policies and practices were consistent with the emerging consensus on the key features of professional development as described by Hawley and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Principals
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Nikoia, Sue – Kairaranga, 2006
The Ministry of Education (MOE) funds a range of specialist education services for children and young people with special education needs. To ensure consistent quality service provision, generic Specialist Service Standards have been developed through a collaborative process involving representatives from the broad range of special education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Specialists, Special Education, National Standards
Davis, Niki; Rose, Ray – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
This report examines the types of professional development necessary to implement successful online learning initiatives. The potential for schools utilizing online learning is tremendous: schools can develop new distribution methods to enable equity and access for all students, they can provide high quality content for all students and they can…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Misconceptions, School Administration
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2006
It is time for reform advocates to expand their emphasis on improving instruction and school management to include a comprehensive component for addressing barriers to learning. In doing so, they must pursue this third component with the same level of priority they devote to the other two. That is, such an enabling (or learner support) component…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Community Change, School Community Relationship