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Brock, Matthew E.; Barczak, Mary A.; Dueker, Scott A. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2021
Paraprofessionals are often tasked with providing instruction to students with severe disabilities despite little or no training in evidence-based practices. Previous studies have demonstrated that specific strategies (i.e., didactic instruction, modeling, and immediate performance feedback) in a 1-to-1 format can enable paraprofessionals to…
Descriptors: Team Training, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Implementation, Teaching Methods
Legters, Nettie; Parise, Leigh – MDRC, 2016
Providing ninth-graders with academic and social support can put more students on the graduation path, but it can be challenging for schools and school systems to implement that support routinely and effectively. This brief describes how Broward County Public Schools adopted a community of practice (CoP) approach to improve school-based teams'…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Urban Schools, Grade 9, Educational Policy
Lemons, Christopher J.; Sinclair, Anne C.; Gesel, Samantha; Gruner Gandhi, Allison; Danielson, Louis – National Center on Intensive Intervention, 2017
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education funded the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII, or the Center) in 2011. NCII's mission during the first five years of funding was to build the capacity of local education agencies (LEAs) to support schools, practitioners, and other stakeholders in the…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Individualized Education Programs, Program Implementation, Special Education
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Schildkamp, Kim; Poortman, Cindy – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: Data-based decision making can lead to increased student achievement; however, schools struggle with the implementation of data-based decision making. Professional development in the use of data is therefore urgently needed. However, professional development is often ineffective in terms of improving the knowledge, skills, and attitude…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Data, Evaluation Utilization, Information Utilization
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Sallee, Jeff; Peek, Gina G. – Journal of Extension, 2014
Extension and 4-H youth development programs are addressing a shortage of scientists, engineers, and other related professionals by promoting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This case study illustrates how the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program trained youth-adult teams to design and implement STEM projects. The STEM…
Descriptors: Extension Education, STEM Education, Case Studies, Youth Programs
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Flannery, K. Brigid; Sugai, George; Anderson, Cynthia M. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2009
School-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) is designed to promote positive teaching and learning climates supporting positive social behavior and academic achievement. As a proactive school-wide approach, all students and all staff across all settings are considered. This approach has been implemented in more than 5,000 schools across the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Social Behavior, Academic Achievement, Positive Reinforcement
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Ding, Huiling; Ding, Xin – Business Communication Quarterly, 2008
To help alleviate issues of free-riding and conflicts in team projects, this study proposes the systematic incorporation of project management methods to introduce a process-oriented approach to and a critical praxis in team projects. We examined how the systematic use of project management methods influenced students' performance in team…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Program Implementation
Sims, Henry P., Jr.; Dean, James W., Jr. – Personnel, 1985
This article reviews the quality circle concept, shows why its characteristics appeal to American executives, and examines some of its limitations. It looks at self-managing teams and discusses the reasons that adoptions have been relatively few. It then shows what organizational conditions are necessary for quality circles to evolve into teams.…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Organizational Climate, Problem Solving, Program Design
Cohen, Elizabeth G.; Intili, Jo Ann – 1982
Applying industrial organizational theory to classroom management, the authors examined the organization of a complex bilingual curriculum for the effects of shared authority among students and teachers and the effects of shared decision-making among staff. Using a math-science curriculum called "Finding Out: Descubrimiento," the nine…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Decision Making
Schack, Gina; Overturf, Brenda J. – 1994
This paper describes the professional development team (PDT) concept, reports results of a study of the development and year-long implementation of a PDT, and describes the effects of the PDT on school personnel and on subsequent implementation of a professional development school (PDS). The PDT is presented as a viable option for improving K-12…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Educational Innovation, Educational Principles
Rooth, Edna – 2000
The Lifeskills Project in South Africa provides services to communities in lifeskills facilitation training. Empowerment and capacity building in course and workshop participants is an underlying theme, with emphasis on self-concept enhancement for community enhancement. Aims of the Lifeskills Project include: (1) training facilitators in…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Community Development