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Mendez, Sylvia L.; Keith, Rebecca; Conley, Valerie Martin; Haynes, Comas; Gerhardt, Rosario – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This study explored a new mentoring and advocacy-networking paradigm sponsored by the National Science Foundation (14-7680) under the NSF call by the Office for Broadening Participation in Engineering. The Increasing Minority Presence within Academia through Continuous Training (IMPACT) program pairs underrepresented minority (URM) faculty with…
Descriptors: Mentors, Engineering, Minority Group Teachers, College Faculty
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Collet, Vicki S. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Research suggests that learning is situated, social, and constructed. Teachers, as well as their students, learn through collaborative participation in meaningful activity. This study investigates the impact of a Writing Project Institute on teachers' learning and instruction, considering characteristics of professional learning that influenced…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Instructional Improvement, Dialogs (Language), Institutes (Training Programs)
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Dray, Barbara J.; Brancard, Ruth – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Purpose: Findings from a multi-year project entitled, Teachers Working Together to develop and implement culturally and linguistically responsive practices (TWT-CLRP) conducted at a large urban 6-12 school that predominantly served Latino emerging bilingual learners will be shared. All teachers shifted practices and adopted an ethos that all…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Culturally Relevant Education, Language Usage, Urban Schools