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Munson, Jen; Saclarides, Evthokia Stephanie – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
While coaches can have a positive impact on teachers' practice and students' learning, in many school districts teachers have the autonomy to decide whether and when to work with a coach. Coaches then must work to gain access to teachers' classrooms. In a recent study of 28 content-focused coaches, researchers Jen Munson and Evthokia Stephanie…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Professional Autonomy, Program Effectiveness
Linda F. Nathan; Taarini Goyal; Evonne Alvarez – Phi Delta Kappan, 2025
Providing professional development to busy principals is an ongoing challenge for many school districts. Lynn Public Schools in Massachusetts and the nonprofit Center for Artistry and Scholarship (CAS) in Boston partnered to provide professional development to 16 principals in the district. Linda F. Nathan, Taarini Goyal, and Evonne Alvarez…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness, Coaching (Performance)
Wayne, Andrew J.; Coggshall, Jane G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Effective instructional coaching won't happen across a district without a well-specified coaching program and a reliable way to guide coaches. Fortunately, there are innovations from research and development efforts that can help districts put into practice the best ideas about instructional coaching. Andrew Wayne and Jane Coggshall describe how…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness, Coaching (Performance), Program Effectiveness
Heather C. Hill; Kathleen Lynch; Kathryn E. Gonzalez; Cynthia Pollard – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
How should teachers spend their STEM-focused professional learning time? To answer this question, Heather Hill, Kathleen Lynch, Kathryn Gonzalez, and Cynthia Pollard analyzed a recent wave of rigorous new studies of STEM instructional improvement programs. They found that programs work best when focused on building knowledge teachers can use…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Skills
Fields, Erica T.; Levy, Abigail Jurist; Karelitz, Tzur M.; Martinez-Gudapakkam, Audrey; Jablonski, Erica – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
Data from a recent study show that investing in science teachers' professional growth and teaching ability is a wise choice. However, the professional development must have the right content (the science discipline that teachers are actually teaching), at the right time (when they are assigned to teach that science discipline), and in a stable…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Science Teachers, Performance Factors, Best Practices
Gratz, Donald B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
When proposing performance pay for teachers, reformers first must answer three questions: What is the definition of teacher performance? What is the definition of student performance? and What are the goals of schooling? Reformers also need to examine the assumptions that guide their proposals and prepare to deal with the implementation issues…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Academic Achievement, Merit Pay, Job Performance
Springer, Matthew G.; Gardner, Catherine D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
After earlier plans fell out of favor, pay for performance plans are becoming more popular. Factors that make those plans more viable include new data systems and ways to measure performance, increased attention on the importance of effective teaching, the need for efficiencies in salary schedules during tough economic conditions, and a change in…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Salaries, Information Systems
Ascher, Carol – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
During the early 1970s, over 150 school districts and several states contracted with private companies to deliver instruction, and the Nixon Administration initiated a vast privatization field experiment in Texarkana. None of these performance contracting experiments significantly improved instruction. Instead, they raised issues of staffing,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Roschewski, Pat; Isernhagen, Jody; Dappen, Leon – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
In 2000, the state of Nebraska passed legislation requiring the assessment of student performance on content standards, but its requirements were very different from those of any other state. Nebraska created what has come to be known as STARS (School-based Teacher-led Assessment and Reporting System). Under STARS, each of Nebraska's nearly 500…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, State Standards, Outcomes of Education, Accountability
Spalding, Elizabeth – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The New Standards Project, attempting to create an assessment system comprised of performance exams, portfolios and projects, may not have fulfilled its promise to create a national system of tests worth teaching to. However, NSP did deliver high- quality professional-development opportunities for hundreds of teachers across the nation. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 4