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Gidari, Styliani; Kakana, Domna Mika – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2022
In this article, we present the evaluation of a kindergarten teachers' professional development programme, 'Upgrading the quality of the pre-school environment' conducted by the participating teacher--thee programme is aimed at the improvement of the quality of Early Childhood Education and Care. The evaluation, which followed a mixed-method…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Program Evaluation, Faculty Development
Marc Hernandez; Sarah Kabourek; Isis Owusu; Arvind Ilamaran – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
NORC at the University of Chicago designed and implemented an impact evaluation of the SEEDS of Learning (SEEDS) professional development (PD) program on behalf of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, in collaboration with Kidango. SEEDS of Learning is an evidence-based PD program that prepares early childhood educators to help children develop the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Evidence Based Practice
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Filiz Demirci; Cengiz Özyürek – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2024
The study aims to investigate the influence of the online professional development (PD) program focused on precollege engineering education on science teachers' teaching engineering self-efficacy. A nested mixed research design was employed to conduct the study, in which the basic qualitative design was integrated into a weak experimental design…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Rachel Schechter; Anna Robinson; Isabella Ilievski – Online Submission, 2024
In a study examining the efficacy of Heggerty's Bridge to Reading program during the 2023-2024 school year, LXD Research measured the program's impact on kindergarten and first-grade students' reading outcomes on the NWEA MAP Reading Fluency assessment. Results indicated that first graders using the program demonstrated significantly greater…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Beginning Reading
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Kayla Rollins; Adem Ekmekci; Xuan Zhao; Hersh Waxman – Grantee Submission, 2024
This report summarizes the results of kindergarten through fifth grade students' academic achievement outcomes in mathematics and science following four years of campus-level participation in the Launching Elementary Academic Foundations (LEAF) to STEM program. The LEAF to STEM Program consists of three key components that were adapted for K-5…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Rigelman, Nicole; Lewis, Chandra – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2023
Transforming mathematics learning and teaching toward more equitable and effective approaches is critical to student mathematics learning and identity development. This task at-scale in a district takes time, commitment, and mathematics expertise that may not be widespread in the absence of focused professional development. District and regional…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Kindergarten, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers
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El-Hamamsy, Laila; Chessel-Lazzarotto, Frédérique; Bruno, Barbara; Roy, Didier; Cahlikova, Tereza; Chevalier, Morgane; Parriaux, Gabriel; Pellet, Jean-Philippe; Lanarès, Jacques; Zufferey, Jessica Dehler; Mondada, Francesco – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
Integrating computer science (CS) into school curricula has become a worldwide preoccupation. Therefore, we present a CS and Robotics integration model and its validation through a large-scale pilot study in the administrative region of the Canton Vaud in Switzerland. Approximately 350 primary school teachers followed a mandatory CS continuing…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Robotics, Pilot Projects, Faculty Development
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Chang, Ching-Wen; Cheng, Shan-Shan; Chang, I-Wen; Liaw, Fong-Ruey; Cheng, Ching-Ching – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2021
Taiwan government consolidated the kindergarten and daycare systems in 2012, and launched a new national curriculum framework, Early Childhood Education & Care Curriculum Framework (ECECCF), as a guidance for quality early childhood education programs. Research has shown that the effects of a new educational program highly depended on the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Preschool Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Egan, Cate A.; Merica, Christopher B.; Paul, David R.; Bond, Laura; Rose, Seth; Martin, Andrew; Vella, Chantal – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objectives: In the USA, 18% of school-aged young people are classified as obese, and rural populations appear to be particularly at risk. Achieving high levels of fitness reduces the risk of obesity and underlying health conditions. To better understand youth obesity trends and fitness levels, annual fitness testing ([FT], that is, surveillance)…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Health Behavior, Teacher Attitudes, Distance Education
Claudia A. Medlin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Online learning continues to grow at unprecedented rates. K-12 had more than 275,000 students enrolled in full-time virtual schools in 2011--2012 and over 2 million participating in at least one online course. Despite this growth, there is little research on model formation and model validation for online learning. Two research-based models were…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Case Studies, Faculty Development, Kindergarten
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Helsloot, Angela – Research-publishing.net, 2022
In this case study, Angela Helsloot, Principal at Allambie Heights Public School, on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, uses data from standardised tests and benchmark reading assessments across the school to show the positive impact that Sounds-Write instruction has had in Kindergarten and Year 1. [For the complete volume, "Systematic Synthetic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Standardized Tests, Benchmarking, Reading Tests
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
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2022
The 2021-22 accreditation year continued to be impacted in significant ways by the ongoing nature of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. All accreditation activities, including site visits, were adjusted to reflect this new reality while maintaining full implementation of the system. This report presents information about the major activities of the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), COVID-19, Pandemics, School Visitation
Baumgartner, Erin; Thrash, Courtney – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2021
Wide variation exists with respect to how Literacy by 3 is implemented. Though the Literacy by 3 program has been in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) since the 2014-2015 school year, there remains wide variation with respect to which aspects of Literacy by 3 are implemented in classrooms and to what extent the practices are utilized.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Literacy Education, Classroom Techniques, Models
Tyler, Burr; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Estrella, Denise; Arnett, Elizabeth; Iveland, Ashley; Nilsen, Katy – WestEd, 2020
The NGSS Early Implementers Initiative was created to help eight California school districts and two charter management organizations, supported by WestEd's K-12 Alliance, implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Many educational initiatives are funded for only a couple of years. This unique initiative spanned an extraordinary six…
Descriptors: State Standards, Science Education, Science Instruction, School Districts
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