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Rachel L. Juergensen; Amy Pleet-Odle; Meg Knapp – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
Inclusion has become the focus of a significant body of research, advocacy, and committed action in communities, businesses, and schools across the United States and beyond. Professional development focused on inclusion is part of a program called "Joyful Inclusion." Evaluating the impact a professional development program has on…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Inclusion
Ramona Coleman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This exploratory study, in which the participants portrayed a critical role, aimed to discover the perceptions of professional development in changing educator practice at the secondary level with middle school teachers in an urban school district. The data collection process included semi-structured interviews with nine secondary teachers via…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Schools
D. Jake Follmer; Randall Groth; Jennifer Bergner; Starlin Weaver – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
"Lesson study" has garnered considerable attention from educational researchers and practitioners as a promising method for improving instruction. At its core, lesson study reflects a collaborative inquiry process, grounded in cycles of planning, enacting, and reflecting, that promotes teacher learning through active engagement in lesson…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, STEM Education, Theories
Menbere Shiferaw; Kaitlyn G. O'Hagan; Meryle Weinstein – Education and Urban Society, 2025
Teacher shortages, especially in high-need subjects and schools, are a long-standing issue in many districts, and teacher turnover is a key driver. In this article, we examine the association between Urban Advantage (UA), a professional development-focused science initiative, and middle school science teacher retention in the nation's largest…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Middle School Teachers, Science Education, Urban Schools
Cynthia French – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this applied research study was to strengthen Tier I instruction within seventh and eighth-grade mathematics classrooms. This applied research study uses three elements; professional learning communities, consistent content-specific professional development, and increased student achievement to strengthen Tier I instruction in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Middle School Teachers
Johnny William Bostick – ProQuest LLC, 2024
It should be noted that about a year after this researcher began work on this dissertation, he became seriously ill, greatly interfering with his ability to function. In 2019 he was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a terminal lung disease. As his physical condition continued to worsen, work on the dissertation came to practically a…
Descriptors: Bullying, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students
Dana Perez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined the effectiveness of an eight-week Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) coaching cycle on improving instructional strategies for English Learners (ELs) in seventh-grade classrooms. The goal was to enhance the literacy performance of ELs by 15% on the LAS Links literacy subtest. The coaching cycle aimed to integrate…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Academic Achievement, English Language Learners, Coaching (Performance)
Browne, Liz; Defty, Chris; Guo, Na; Hou, Kai; Wang, Dan; Zhuang, Lu – Teacher Development, 2022
Reporting on a mixed methods study carried out in China, this article explores the impact of an educational initiative some years after delivery. Taking data from a three staged longitudinal study, this paper facilitates debate about the nature of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) delivered in a transnational context. To promote such…
Descriptors: Classification, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
Usry, Julieann – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Research in this study investigates teachers' perceptions of professional development (PD) and the characteristics that make up an effective professional development. This study will explore Algebra 1 teachers' perceptions of their PD needs, including their preferred method of PD, preferred time frame, materials, and content they deem to be the…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
Melinda Wallace; Maria Paredes; Faith Burtamekh, Contributor; Kenwyn Derby, Contributor – WestEd, 2024
Developed for school and district leaders, Family and Communication Engagement (FACE) departments, educators, and all departments charged with engaging families, this playbook offers evidence-based strategies to enhance family engagement in middle schools. It is a comprehensive resource for those seeking to implement broad-based improvements and…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Family Involvement, Evidence Based Practice, Middle Schools
Dicdiquin, Juana B.; Mobo, Froilan D.; Cutillas, Anesito L. – Online Submission, 2023
This study assessed the effectiveness of a professional development program for junior high school mathematics teachers in the Philippines and analyzed their achievement test results in Mathematics. The study aimed to identify the factors affecting the quality of mathematics instruction and propose solutions to these challenges. The study found…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Junior High School Teachers
Emily L. Wilkins – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study was prompted by the continuous rise in expectations for students with disabilities to have access to the general education curriculum within the general education classroom. This study was a program evaluation on the Marilyn Friend co-teaching models that utilized Stufflebeam's (1960) Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) program…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Teaching Models, Teacher Collaboration, Middle Schools
Chase, Paul A.; Schechter, Rachel L.; Li, Katherine – Online Submission, 2023
Responsive coaching at engage2learn is an innovative, and with this and previous reports--an evidence-based solution. This 2021-2022 study compellingly validates the efficacy of the engage2learn program through an exploration of NWEA MAP® Growth™ and STAAR test scores for Math and Science, Grades 6-8. LXD Research, an independent research firm,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Grade 6, Grade 7

Stephen Hiller; Jessica Campbell; Patricia Muller; Anne-Maree Ruddy – Grantee Submission, 2024
The Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC) and its partners administered the STEM-CS intervention to support the professional learning of middle and high school STEM teachers in rural southcentral Kentucky counties. The goals of the STEM-CS intervention were to improve teacher STEM-CS knowledge, practice, implementation, and…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Rural Schools, Faculty Development, STEM Education
Nina M. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This applied action research with program evaluation aimed to determine if teacher-led professional development and empowerment initiatives such as the Teacher Leader Collaborative (TLC) contributed to a group of teachers' efficacy and professional growth to reduce teacher turnover of English Language Arts (ELA) teachers at Bernard Williams Middle…
Descriptors: Prevention, Faculty Mobility, Faculty Development, Teacher Leadership