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Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Cannata, Marisa; Rutledge, Stacey A.; Socol, Allison Rose – Teachers College Record, 2016
This chapter describes a model for continuous improvement that guides the work of the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools, or NCSU. NCSU is a research and development center funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, the research arm of the United States Department of Education. At the core of the Center's work is an innovative…
Descriptors: High Schools, Total Quality Management, Educational Research, Educational Innovation
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Lyons, Becky; Ray, Chris – Journal of Adult Education, 2014
This article poses a model for developing a book club to promote praxis. This model is built upon a basic four step framework for developing book clubs and includes specific recommendations to focus the book club on reflection of theory and how to incorporate it into practice. This model will be used to start a book club examining Continuous…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Praxis, Models, Clubs
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Travers, Nan L.; Evans, Marnie T. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
Over the past two decades, American institutions have been expected to include systematic program reviews to meet accrediting standards, either by independent or governmental review agencies. Program evaluation is critical for several reasons: it provides systematic ways to assess what needs improvement or what needs changing and it provides ways…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Audiences, Prior Learning, Program Effectiveness
Fry-Ahearn, Betty; Collins, David – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2016
A grant from the School Leadership Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education during 2008-14 provided the opportunities and resources for SREB to bring together its cutting-edge knowledge base, field experience, and substantial bank of publications and training materials in the closely related fields of school improvement and school…
Descriptors: Principals, Low Achievement, Administrator Education, Educational Improvement
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Evans, Lisa; Thornton, Bill; Usinger, Janet – NASSP Bulletin, 2012
A firm grounding in change theory can provide educational leaders with an opportunity to orchestrate meaningful organizational improvements. This article provides an opportunity for practicing leaders to review four major theories of organizational change--continuous improvement, two approaches to organizational learning, and appreciative inquiry.…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Priluck, Randi; Wisenblit, Joseph – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2011
This paper describes two models of assessment of undergraduate business learning in two similar universities located on the East Coast of the United States. Both models stem from seeking continued accreditation by the AACSB and are focused on a group of student skills identified by the faculty as essential to undergraduate business education. The…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Models, Educational Assessment, Undergraduate Study
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Goodpaster, Kenneth E.; Maines, T. Dean – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2012
Catholic business schools need a process to shape their operations intentionally in light of the Catholic moral tradition. Recent developments in Catholic health care suggest a model they might follow. This model uses a method known as the "Self-Assessment and Improvement Process" (SAIP), which helps leaders deploy moral principles…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Catholics, Church Related Colleges, Beliefs
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Jeyaraj, Anand – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
The design of enterprise information systems requires students to master technical skills for elicitation, modeling, and reengineering business processes as well as soft skills for information gathering and communication. These tacit skills and behaviors cannot be effectively taught students but rather experienced and learned by students. This…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Simulated Environment, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods
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Andreadis, Nicholas – Performance Improvement, 2009
The challenge for leaders today is to create and develop the capability of their organization. Leaders must perceive and manage their organization as a dynamic, open system where learning is the core competence underlying innovation, growth, and sustainability. Creating a culture of learning is the first work of leadership. This article presents a…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Development, Leaders
Dittmar, Eileen; McCracken, Holly – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
Experienced e-learning faculty members share strategies for implementing a comprehensive postsecondary faculty development program essential to continuous improvement of instructional skills. The high-impact META Model (centered around Mentoring, Engagement, Technology, and Assessment) promotes information sharing and content creation, and fosters…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Mentors, Student Evaluation, Total Quality Management
Abdous, M'hammed; He, Wu – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2009
During the past three years, we have developed and implemented an enterprise information system (EIS) to reengineer and facilitate the administrative process for preparing and teaching distance learning courses in a midsized-to-large university (with 23,000 students). The outcome of the implementation has been a streamlined and efficient process…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Information Systems, Total Quality Management, Models
Simmons, John – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
The data are clear: Unless the nation can find a better way to accelerate improvement in the quality of education and implement it in the next 10 years, this nation will lose its competitive edge against other nations and another generation of children will be lost. Eighty percent of Illinois high school graduates are not capable of doing the…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Low Achievement, Theory Practice Relationship, Models
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Brune, Kendall – Educational Gerontology, 2011
To discuss the relationship between residents and the management team, we must first review the transition from a medical model to a social model of care that is sweeping across America. Long-term care (LTC) management models were developed for a very autocratic and hierarchical style of management based in the 1960s. Those facilities were built…
Descriptors: Health Services, Older Adults, Administrative Organization, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
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Hirsh, Stephanie – Journal of Staff Development, 2009
Good teaching occurs when educators on teams are involved in a cycle in which they analyze data, determine student and adult learning goals based on that analysis, design joint lessons that use evidence-based strategies, have access to coaches for support in improving their classroom instruction, and then assess how their learning and teamwork…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Professional Development, Models, Teamwork
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Spiers, Cynthia E.; Kiel, Dorothy; Hohenrink, Brad – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
The effectiveness model focuses the institution on mission achievement through assessment and improvement planning. Eleven mission criteria, measured by key performance indicators, are aligned with the accountability interest of internal and external stakeholders. A Web-based performance assessment application supports the model, documenting the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Effectiveness, Accountability, Systems Approach
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