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Dobbs, Christina L.; Ippolito, Jacy; Charner-Laird, Megin – Journal of Staff Development, 2016
Effective and authentic communities of practice in schools have the potential to support teachers in improving their instructional practices around perennial challenges, such as improving the literacy skills of all students. But before they can achieve such goals, communities of practice take time to build, effort to sustain, and ongoing support…
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement, Communities of Practice
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Gibbons, Lynsey K.; Lewis, Rebecca M.; Batista, Lisa Nguyen – Journal of Staff Development, 2016
Teachers are regularly asked to use data to inform their instruction. In the past, teachers examined student work in isolation. Now, however, teachers increasingly have dedicated meeting times. So how can teachers collaboratively examine student work and use their findings to improve instruction? In this article, a team of teachers at Hilltop…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Improvement
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Johnson, Wes – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Teachers' social capital is defined as "the knowledge and resources for teaching practice accessible through a social network." The first step to analyzing teachers' social capital is to understand the structure of their social network. Some networks are highly interconnected, offering teachers numerous opportunities to share ideas and receive…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Feedback (Response), Social Capital
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Yopp, David; Burroughs, Elizabeth A.; Luebeck, Jennifer; Heidema, Clare; Mitchell, Arlene; Sutton, John – Journal of Staff Development, 2011
Instructional coaching is gaining popularity as a school-based effort to increase teacher effectiveness and student achievement. A coach can be broadly defined as a person who works collaboratively with a teacher to improve that teacher's practice and content knowledge, with the ultimate goal of affecting student achievement. By its very nature,…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Coaching (Performance), Teachers
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Slabine, Nancy Ames – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Without adequate time and resources, it is impossible for school districts and schools to support professional learning that leads to effective teaching practices, supportive leadership, and improved student results. That's why one of the seven new standards in Learning Forward's Standards for Professional Learning focuses specifically on…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Educational Change
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Dumas, Chad; Kautz, Craig – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
In the Hastings Nebraska Public schools, two of the eight schools have been identified as national models of educational effectiveness. In seven of eight buildings, in just four years, student test scores have increased from around 60% proficiency to around 80% proficiency or better. At Hastings, central office leaders emphasize three key…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Test Results, Student Evaluation, Cooperation
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Antonovich, Jane; Jones, Kelly; Hoffman, Deborah – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Some schools make significant contributions to a child's growth and development with little to show on a standardized test, while other schools do little, with acceptable results on those same tests. This article describes how Lincoln Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin, made creative use of resources to promote student achievement and meet…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, Elementary School Students, Professional Development
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Crow, Tracy – Journal of Staff Development, 2011
As school districts create systems to identify, monitor, and assess teacher effectiveness, they consider a variety of sources, including observations of teaching practices and analysis of student assessments. A new voice--student perceptions--has emerged as a valuable source of information. In many districts, leaders are collecting data from a…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teacher Effectiveness, School Culture, Academic Achievement
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Cary, Carol; Lamattina, Maria – Journal of Staff Development, 2011
In today's workplace, the ability to solve complex problems, think critically, and engage in continuous, self-directed learning is essential. Recognizing that providing the kind of education that fosters such abilities necessitated considerable change in its schools, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Office of Catholic Education developed a…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, High Schools, Catholics, Academic Achievement
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Knight, Jim – Journal of Staff Development, 2007
Hundreds of instructional coaches are being hired by schools to improve professional practice. Since coaches provide on-site professional learning, they can adapt their approach to meet the unique needs of the teachers and students in the schools where they work. Since coaches can provide professional development that addresses teachers' concerns…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Partnerships in Education
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Slosson, Jim – Journal of Staff Development, 2007
In this article, the author discusses how an instructional leader can overcome organizational inertia and create a genuine systemic change by starting small. To make a successful change, an organization must do the following: (1) Find the right staff and a powerful idea; (2) Provide a sponsor; (3) Start small; (4) Get results; (5) Find a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement
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Mohr, Nancy – Journal of Staff Development, 1998
Presents 12 constructivist tools and techniques for teaching groups of teachers and leaders and helping promote change. By establishing constructivist norms and applying the constructivist tools and techniques, staff developers can help all group members share their collective knowledge while stretching their thinking about teaching. The paper…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rasmussen, Claudette; Hopkins, Susan; Fitzpatrick, Michele – Journal of Staff Development, 2004
A carefully developed, comprehensive professional development plan takes time, energy, and coordination of resources, but when it's done well, it can seem as effortless as a perfectly pitched curve ball. Seven steps, each with a set of guiding questions, can help planners meet the goal and create a program that produces results. [Appended to this…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Educational Planning, Guides, Program Effectiveness
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Elmore, Richard F. – Journal of Staff Development, 2006
In this article, the author examines successful schools with high concentrations of poor and minority children--those in which students were doing as well as or better than those in affluent schools on statewide standardized tests--to see what they were doing to improve the level of instruction in their classrooms. These high-performing,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Faculty Development, Teacher Expectations of Students, Educational Malpractice