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Developing an Appreciative Peer Mentorship Curriculum in a Cooperative Education Program
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Annie Kelly; Chris Cooper; Vladimir Miskovic – New Directions for Student Services, 2023
Appreciative Advising is applied in the creation and delivery of an "Appreciative Mentorship" course for University of Cincinnati undergraduate peer mentors. The article explores course content, learning activities, and assignments. A former peer mentor shares examples of applying the phases when mentoring pre-professional engineering…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Peer Relationship, Engineering Education
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Bircher, Lisa S.; Sansenbaugher, Bonnie – Science and Children, 2017
This article describes an elementary science summer day camp at East Palatine High School in East Palestine, Ohio, for students in grades K-4, aided by high school (grades 9-12) student mentors. The school's Outdoor Area for Studies in Science (OASIS) is used for formal and informal studies in science for an elementary science camp week. The camp…
Descriptors: Summer Science Programs, Elementary School Students, High School Students, Mentors
The Weight of the Metric: Performance Funding and the Retention of Historically Underserved Students
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Li, Amy Y. – Journal of Higher Education, 2019
Performance funding policies allocate state appropriations to public institutions based in part on retention and completion outcomes, and equity metrics allocate additional funding for graduating historically underserved students. Through interviews of 52 college administrators and state policymakers, I explore campus responses to performance…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Administrator Attitudes, Institutional Mission, Equal Education
Responding to the Call to Prepare Highly Effective Teacher Candidates in the United States: The Curriculum Redesign Effort in Advancing Teacher Education
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Banks, Tachelle; Jackson, Debbie; Harper, Brian – Higher Education Studies, 2014
This article supports the notion of high quality clinical teacher preparation models and lays out an argument for investing in professional education that is organized around more coherent systems for cultivating clinical practice. This article outlines the creation and implementation of a clinically-based teacher preparation program. Project…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Professional Education
Using Research Knowledge To Improve Teacher Education: Implementation of an Induction Program for Inquiring Professionals--Part A: The Project Portrayal, Part B: The Program Assessment Report, Part C: The Practice Profile, Appendices.
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Zimpher, Nancy L.; Rieger, Susan R. – 1988
This 3-year project, part of an ongoing collaborative program development effort, is aimed at improvement of teacher education between Ohio State University and five Franklin County (Ohio) school districts. The project established a pilot program to help beginning teachers explore their own needs and classroom processes with the assistance of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
The Administrative Entry Year Program in Ohio: A Resource Guide.
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Daresh, John C.; Playko, Marsha A. – 1989
In nine chapters, this guide provides planners of professional development programs for school administrators, directors, and supervisors with background information for assistance with the design of local entry-year programs and activities by employing school systems. In chapter 1, the legal basis for entry year programs is examined through a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Inservice Education