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Bakhshaei, Mahsa; Hardy, Angela; Francisco, Aubrey; Noakes, Sierra; Fusco, Judi – Digital Promise, 2018
Research findings suggest that instructional technology coaching may be a critical lever in closing the gap in the usage of technology, sometimes referred to as the digital use divide. In the 2017-2018 school year, we provided 50 schools in 20 school districts across five states, with a grant to support an onsite, full-time instructional…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Coaching (Performance), Program Implementation, Educational Technology
Stollar, Lori J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study of a suburban school district in south central Pennsylvania employed a mixed method design to explore teachers' perceptions of their professional learning community (PLC) and the impact of such on teaching effectiveness and student learning. Perceptual data was collected through the Learning Community Culture Indicator (LCCI) teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Suburban Schools, School Districts
Connors-Tadros, Lori; Horowitz, Michelle – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2014
Early childhood teachers are rightly concerned with implementing a system that was, at least in the initial stages, designed with a different set of teachers in mind--teachers of older students who have standardized achievement data. In most states, policy, practices, and guidance for early childhood teachers are just now being developed or…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, State Standards, Government Role
Doyle, Daniela; Han, Jiye Grace – ConnCAN, 2012
This report highlights 10 of the most advanced and talked-about teacher evaluation systems nationally: Delaware; Rhode Island; Tennessee; Hillsborough County, Florida; Houston, Texas; New Haven, Connecticut; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Washington, DC (referred to throughout just as Washington); Achievement First (a charter management organization,…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Profiles, Teacher Evaluation, Site Analysis
Bierman, Karen L.; Sanford DeRousie, Rebecca M.; Heinrichs, Brenda; Domitrovich, Celene E.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Gill, Sukhdeep – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Recent research has validated the power of evidence-based preschool interventions to improve teaching quality and promote child school readiness when implemented in the context of research trials. However, very rarely are follow-up assessments conducted with teachers in order to evaluate the maintenance of improved teaching…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Evidence, Teacher Effectiveness, Instructional Effectiveness
Spigelmyer, Frances Erickson – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative study via an action research design explored adjunct faculty pedagogical perceptions at Butler County Community College (BC3) in Butler, Pennsylvania. Based on a preliminary study by the researcher, adjunct survey data was analyzed to determine if there was a need for pedagogy training and, if so, what adjuncts believed that…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Community Colleges, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Needs
Ramirez, Heidi A.; Schofield, Lynne Steuerle; Black, Melissa – Urban Education Collaborative, 2009
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP), like many other urban school districts, struggles to increase its hiring and retention of experienced and highly qualified teachers in its low-performing/high-need schools. Toward the goal of improving teacher quality and the experience balance, particularly in hard-to-staff schools, the Philadelphia…
Descriptors: Principals, Teacher Selection, Urban Schools, School Districts
Patrick, Edward M.; Dawson, Judith A. – 1985
During the 1984-85 academic year, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) initiated efforts to reform school districts' teacher supervision/evaluation (TS/E) procedures. The goal was to improve the quality of classroom instruction and develop more consistent, meaningful teacher evaluations. This paper describes a study conducted by Research…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Program Implementation, School Districts
Brown, Diane; Reumann-Moore, Rebecca; Hugh, Roseann; du Plessis, Pierre; Christman, Jolley Bruce – Research for Action, 2006
This report examines the implementation of the first year of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative. Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, it is an on-site professional development initiative that employs instructional coaches using Penn Literacy Framework in an attempt to improve the level of teacher instruction in districts across the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Implementation, High Schools, Professional Development
Patrick, Edward M.; Dawson, Judith A. – 1985
In the 1984-85 school year, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) began to actively encourage Pennsylvania school districts to reform their teacher supervision/evaluation (TS/E) procedures. To obtain data necessary for developing TS/E models, the PDE commissioned Research for Better Schools (RBS) to conduct a study of five school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods