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Elder, Brent C. – School-University Partnerships, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to provide a roadmap of one way to use professional development school (PDS)-university relationships to create the foundations of sustainable inclusive education practices. This paper outlines PDS practices enacted the first year of a project that took place at a public elementary school that serves students in grades…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, College School Cooperation, Sustainability, Inclusion
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Yager, Stuart; Yager, Robert – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
This study focuses on the depth of implementation of a professional development initiative. In one group, the school based leadership team was provided specialized coaching to support and monitor the implementation of the initiative. In the other group, no assistance was provided. Results indicate that the coaching of a school-based leadership…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Leadership, Instructional Leadership
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Sinclair, Becky Barton; Naizer, Gilbert; Ledbetter, Cynthia – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a teacher professional development program on the classroom teaching practices of the participants. This particular professional development program included an intensive summer institute, 8 monthly follow-up sessions, informal participant-professor mentoring and peer networking. The majority…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Self Efficacy, Program Effectiveness, Grade 4
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van Es, Elizabeth A. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2009
This study examines the nature of teacher participation in the context of a video club. Video clubs are professional development meetings in which teachers watch and discuss excerpts of video from their classrooms. In this study, I adopt a situative perspective to examine how teachers develop in their participation to accomplish the goals of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Clubs, Faculty Development, Professional Development
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Cameron, Marilee; Loesing, Jenine; Rorvig, Vickie; Chval, Kathryn B. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2009
Analyzing student work can help teachers improve the teaching and learning of mathematics. Fortunately, the four authors have experienced professional development that supports teachers' professional growth and provides tools to begin the challenge of analyzing student work. However, as they began to assume leadership roles in their schools and…
Descriptors: Teachers, Faculty Development, Professional Development, Leadership
Whitebook, Marcy; Gomby, Deanna; Bellm, Dan; Sakai, Laura; Kipnis, Fran – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2009
When it comes to teacher preparation, the support provided to new teachers, and ongoing professional development for working teachers, Grades K-12 and the field of early care and education (ECE) are two very different worlds. While both worlds assume that teachers' classroom skills and behavior can be influenced at multiple points in time (through…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Young Children, Educational Change, Professional Development
Heller, Joan I.; Curtis, Deborah A.; Rabe-Hesketh, Sophia; Verboncoeur, Carol J. – Online Submission, 2007
This study was designed to assess the impact of "Mathematics Pathways and Pitfalls" ("MPP") on the mathematics that second-, fourth-, and sixth-grade students learn. The specific research questions that were addressed are: (a) What is the impact of "MPP" on students' knowledge of the mathematics topics addressed,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 4, Grade 6, Research Design
Presmeg, Norma; Barrett, Jeff – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Japanese lesson study, in various adapted forms, is becoming increasingly significant in professional development of mathematics teachers in the USA. Our goal in the research reported in this paper was to investigate, in a three-tiered teaching experiment, the cycles of learning of two researchers, six teachers, and the students in three grade 4…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Grade 5, Grade 4, Mathematics Teachers
Berry, Barnett; Turchi, Laura; Johnson, Dylan; Hare, Dwight; Owens, Deborah Duncan; Clements, Steve – Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, 2003
This report presents the case-study findings from a cross-state investigation focused on Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, intended to deepen understanding around the influence of high stakes accountability on teacher learning and the capacity of districts and schools to support instructional practices…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Opportunities