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Marci Rockey; Colvin T. Georges; Jewel A. Bourne; Nicole Delmastro-Jeffrey – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2022
This brief describes the participatory action research by the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL)--built on the findings of an initial evaluation study of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) program review process--toward the development of an equity-centered rubric to advance learning and support for the state's…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Program Evaluation, Equal Education
Pawlow, Laura; Sleeper, Kristen – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2018
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's multiple techniques for assessing its Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities program seek to address both bigpicture concerns (e.g., are students learning?) and more pragmatic questions (e.g., are there barriers to participation?). The benefits and challenges of the quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Program Evaluation, Creative Activities
Walker, Karen; Grossman, Jean; Andrews, Kristine; Carrington, Nicholas; Rojas, Angela – MDRC, 2015
This study examines a Wallace Foundation-sponsored initiative aimed at improving the financial management skills and practices of 25 Chicago afterschool providers through training and coaching. Two models for this professional development were provided and each produced long-lasting improvements. Moreover, organizations receiving the…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, After School Programs, Money Management, Program Evaluation
Roohani, Behnam – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study focused on exploring Illinois community college faculty development coordinators' perceptions about how they are implementing faculty technology professional development programs and providing technical support for part-time faculty in the Illinois community college systems. Also examined were part-time faculty perceptions of the degree…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Anand, Gopesh; Chhajed, Dilip; Hong, Seung Won; Scagnoli, Norma – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
The insertion of mobile technology in educational settings is becoming more prevalent, making it important to understand the effectiveness of such technology in enhancing students' learning and engagement. This article is based on research conducted to study the effects of the use of mobile technology--specifically iPads--by students in a graduate…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Technology Uses in Education
Yohalem, Nicole; Devaney, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia – Wallace Foundation, 2012
A quality improvement system (QIS) is an intentional effort to raise the quality of afterschool programming in an ongoing, organized fashion. There are a number of reasons the QIS is gaining popularity. The main reasons community leaders are drawn to improving quality is that they know that 1) higher quality programs will mean better experiences…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Community Leaders, After School Programs, Partnerships in Education
LaCursia, Nancy – Health Educator, 2011
Introduction: Quality professional development (PD) is critical for health teachers to positively impact student learning. PD elements include administrator support, teacher involvement, content-specific focus, collaboration time, and program evaluation. Purpose: This study investigated (a) whether PD was supported, (b) which PD opportunities were…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Program Evaluation, Interviews, Substitute Teachers

Matsko, Kavita Kapadia – ERS Spectrum, 2010
Recruiting quality teachers is a top priority for school districts across the country. However, recent research demonstrates that an even greater challenge facing schools is retaining newly recruited teachers, particularly in urban school settings. This article analyzes the effects of two key components of many formal induction programs--mentoring…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Mentors, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Collaboration
Manning, Carmen; Sisserson, Kendra; Jolliffe, David; Buenrostro, Patty; Jackson, Wendy – Education and Urban Society, 2008
This study focuses on an evaluation project that served as a powerful professional development experience for teachers and leaders in a network of Chicago small schools. The network of small schools led by the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative is based on the Authentic Intellectual Achievement (AIA) framework originally conceived by Fred…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Program Evaluation, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
Steven Glazerman; Allison Seifullah – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2012
In 2007, using funds from the federal Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) and private foundations, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) began piloting its version of a schoolwide reform model called the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP). Under the TAP model, teachers can earn extra pay and take on increased responsibilities through promotion (to mentor…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Teacher Promotion, Mentors
Ruby, Allen; Doolittle, Emily – National Center for Education Research, 2010
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Division of Violence Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborated to conduct a rigorous impact evaluation of programs aimed at improving students' behavior. For this evaluation, such programs were termed Social…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, School Activities
Glazerman, Steven; Seifullah, Allison – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
In 2007, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) began implementing a schoolwide reform called the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) using funds from the federal Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) and private foundations. Under the TAP model, teachers can earn extra pay and responsibilities through promotion to mentor or master teacher as well as annual…
Descriptors: Teacher Promotion, Mentors, Academic Achievement, Teacher Motivation
Glazerman, Steven; McKie, Allison; Carey, Nancy – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2009
The Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) was developed in the late 1990s by the Milken Family Foundation as a schoolwide policy to improve schools by raising teacher quality. Under the TAP model, teachers can earn extra pay and responsibilities through promotion to Mentor or Master Teacher and can earn annual performance bonuses based on a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Promotion, Mentors
Johanson, Joyce; Clark, Letha; Daytner, Katrina; Robinson, Linda – Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 2009
Accessing Curriculum through Technology Tools (ACTTT), a model development project, was developed and tested by staff of the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (the Center), a research and development unit within the College of Education and Human Services at Western Illinois University. The major goal of ACTTT was to develop,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Kindergarten
Robinson, Linda; Schneider, Carol; Daytner, Gary; Johanson, Joyce; Hutinger, Patricia – Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 2009
The Early Childhood Technology Integrated Instructional System 3 (EC-TIIS 3), housed in the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (the Center) within the College of Education and Human Services at Western Illinois University (WIU), was funded in 2004 by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) as a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Children, Workshops, Educational Technology
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