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Williams, Kate Z.; Margulieux, Lauren E.; Lawrence, G. David – To Improve the Academy, 2020
Higher education teaching certificate programs can improve graduate students' and postdoctoral scholars' teaching while preparing them for their future roles as faculty, providing a multi-tiered benefit to universities' teaching goals. This article documents the decision points and initial success of a redesign of one such teaching certificate…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Certification, Graduate Students, Doctoral Students
Stewart, Alan E.; Knox, John A.; Schneider, Pat – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2015
A survey of 691 Georgia teachers suggested that their students generally were not prepared for severe weather. Teachers also were somewhat dissatisfied with the quality of the teaching resources on weather and weather safety. Only 46 (7%) of the teachers were aware of the American Red Cross Masters of Disaster (MoD) weather science and safety…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation, Workshops, Teacher Education
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Guzdial, Mark; Ericson, Barbara; Mcklin, Tom; Engelman, Shelly – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
Georgia Computes! ("GaComputes") was a six-year (2006-2012) project to improve computing education across the state of Georgia in the United States, funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal of GaComputes was to broaden participation in computing and especially to engage more members of underrepresented groups which includes…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Educational Policy, Computer Science, Intervention
Early, Diane M.; Maxwell, Kelly L.; Skinner, Debra; Kraus, Syndee; Hume, Katie; Pan, Yi – Child Trends, 2014
Georgia has been at the forefront of the pre-kindergarten movement since implementing its pre-k program in 1992 and creating the nation's first state-funded universal pre-k program in 1995. Georgia's Pre-K, administered by "Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning" (DECAL), aims to provide high-quality…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
Early, Diane M.; Pan, Yi; Maxwell, Kelly L. – Child Trends, 2014
The primary purpose of the accompanying final study was to evaluate the impact of two professional development models on teacher-child interactions in Georgia's Pre-K classrooms. Teachers were randomly selected to participate and were randomly assigned to one of the professional development conditions or to a control group. Because of this…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
Parrish, Paige; Howley-Rowe, Caitlin – 2000
As part of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program, schools participated in the Formative Evaluation Process for School Improvement (FEPSI), a package of services mainly provided during two visits each school year. This document reports on the evaluation of training for Georgia educators involved in FEPSI as site researchers.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Hobbs, Tim; Szydlowski, Steven; West, Daniel, Jr.; Germava, Otar – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2002
Forty-nine Georgian professionals from the fields of health, education, and rehabilitation were brought together for a week-long workshop to discuss issues related to disability, rehabilitation, and special education. Workshop activities included a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis of special education in Georgia.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Shapiro, David S.; And Others – 1968
This three year demonstration of a mental health program developed by the Bradley Center in Columbus, Georgia, centered on the training of physicians and ministers in standardized methods of managing emotional and social problems of patients and parishioners seeking help. Involved was the challenge of entering two Georgia Communities and obtaining…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Clergy, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
Morin (Alfred J.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1974
The Georgia State Department of Education engaged in the development of three Career and Vocational Teacher Education Centers (located at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Georgia Southern College) during the 1972-73 school year. Their primary purpose was to provide an interdisciplinary approach to their teacher education…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education