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Gow, Gordon A.; Dissanayeke, Uvasara; Jayathilake, Chandana K.; Kumarasinghe, Isuri; Ariyawanshe, Kumudu; Rathnayake, Sanduni – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2020
This article reports on a technology stewardship training program to promote ICT leadership development with agricultural extension practitioners in Sri Lanka. Researchers used a multi-method approach with a single embedded case study. Data were collected using a pre-course survey, formal course evaluation, classroom observation, and…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Information Technology
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Greenleaf, Justin P.; Klaus, Kaley; Arensdorf, Jill – Journal of Leadership Education, 2017
The Voss Advanced Undergraduate Leadership Experience (VALUE), is a student cohort program with a competitive application process. Students must have a prerequisite level of leadership education and self-select into one of three designated tracks. Students are paired with faculty and community mentors to learn about operations and collaboration in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Leadership Training, College Programs, Mentors
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Burbaugh, Bradley; Seibel, Seibel,; Archibald, Thomas – Journal of Leadership Education, 2017
The linkages between interventions and outcomes of leadership initiatives have been insufficiently studied. To better understand these links, the Virginia agricultural leadership program conducted a pathway mapping session to investigate the program's theory of change. In this novel process, program participants engaged in collaborative…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Intervention, Agricultural Education, Learning Activities
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Baker, Jill A.; Bloom, Gary S. – Learning Professional, 2017
Many principal supervisors in the United States work in relative isolation and experience no professional development designed to support them. Over the past four years, the role of principal supervisor in Long Beach Unified School District in California has shifted from compliance and at-a-distance supervision practices to a deeply rooted…
Descriptors: Principals, Problem Solving, Management Development, Capacity Building
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Hayes, Sharon Moran; Williams, Jeanine L. – NADE Digest, 2016
The current trend in postsecondary literacy is to offer developmental reading and writing coursework in an integrated, (and in most cases) accelerated, format. This move toward integration and acceleration is definitely in line with the research literature; however, many of these new courses do not reflect the curricular and pedagogical reforms…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Integrated Activities, Acceleration (Education), Critical Thinking
Strebe, Connie; Mosley, Chaney; Biggerstaff, Patrick; Cox, Lynne Cagle; Williams, Hershel; Lindsley, Dawn; Umehira, Ron – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2013
Each year since 2009, the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) has supported the National Leadership Fellowship Program. This program is geared towards individuals with a desire not only to develop their own leadership skills, but also to become advocates for career and technical education (CTE). Responsibilities and expectations…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Advocacy, Vocational Education, Professional Associations
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Kilbane, Teresa; Pryce, Julia; Hong, Philip Young P. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
Legislative advocacy is an important and long-standing skill in social work. However, this role cannot be left solely to social workers who specialize in macro and policy practice. Rather, clinical social workers who assist clients as they face "private" troubles (Mills, 1959) also need to face the structural barriers that contribute to…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Activism, Models, Caseworker Approach
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Karavas, Evdokia – ELT Journal, 2014
The purpose of this article is to highlight and discuss the strategies used to diffuse and manage a primary ELT innovation in Greece, strategies that proved essential for developing stakeholders' acceptance and ownership of the innovation, thereby facilitating its further development and sustainability. The PEAP Programme, launched in 2010,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction
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Johnson, Grace F. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2013
This paper shares one learning technique for honing undergraduate students' personal competencies. The senior accounting capstone course at a small Midwestern private liberal college includes a weekly seminar series, called the Friday Forum, where students and practitioners meet to discuss a current professional accounting article. Since Spring…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Competency Based Education, Accounting, Seminars
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Kaul, Corina R.; Johnsen, Susan K.; Witte, Mary M.; Saxon, Terrill F. – Gifted Child Today, 2015
Effective program models are needed for low-income youth. This article describes one successful summer enrichment program, University for Young People's Project Promise, and outlines three key components of a Partnership for Promoting Potential in Low-Income Gifted Students (Partnership Model), which is based on Lee, Olszewski-Kubilius, and…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Summer Programs, Enrichment Activities, Urban Areas
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Pool, Juli L.; Carter, Gabriel M.; Johnson, Evelyn S.; Carter, Deborah R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2013
Students who fail to develop proficiency in math skills in the primary grades are more likely to experience difficulties in the math curriculum later on. These students may be in need of a more targeted intervention, or Tier 2 supports, in mathematic instruction. Although the instructional principles of an effective math intervention are becoming…
Descriptors: Intervention, Use Studies, Mathematics Instruction, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Huling, Leslie; Resta, Virginia; Yeargain, Pat – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2012
Novice teacher attrition has long been a concern among educators and policy makers who have responded with various types of induction and mentoring programs and increased efforts to recruit more teachers. Yet, these efforts have not created the stable work force needed to implement school reform efforts. The school staffing challenge is further…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Orientation, Mentors, Beginning Teachers
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Adedokun, Omolola A.; Parker, Loran C.; Loizzo, Jamie; Burgess, Wilella D.; Robinson, J. Paul – Journal of Extension, 2011
Participant perceptions of program effectiveness and impact are undoubtedly a popular focus of Extension program evaluations. However, the effects of participants' characteristics and contextual variables on program perceptions and how the resulting data can be used for program improvement are less explored in evaluation studies. Using data from…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Regression (Statistics), Participant Satisfaction
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Simpson, Annie E.; Evans, Greg J.; Reeve, Doug – Journal of Leadership Education, 2012
The Engineering Leaders of Tomorrow Program (LOT) is a comprehensive curricular, co-curricular, extra-curricular leadership development initiative for engineering students. LOT envisions: "an engineering education that is a life-long foundation for transformational leaders and outstanding citizens." Academic courses, co-curricular certificate…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Leadership, Chemical Engineering, Data Analysis
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Mallory, Ellen; White, Charles; Morris, Thomas; Kiernan, Nancy Ellen – Journal of Extension, 2011
Reading the Farm is a 2- to 3-day professional development program that brings together agricultural service providers from a range of agencies, with various expertise and levels of experience, to explore whole-farm systems and sustainability through in-depth study of two case-study farms. Over 90% of past participants reported that the program…
Descriptors: Expertise, Agriculture, Professional Development, Case Studies
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