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Karen Dempsey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Sparse information exists on how elementary teachers might use reflective journaling as a tool for professional development (PD) to enhance their teaching methods. The problem is that even though elementary teachers have access to a variety of PD opportunities, these opportunities are often insufficient for meeting individual teachers' needs to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Reflection, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes
Leslie K. Wilcox – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Homelessness is a global social justice concern. Social work staff at homeless shelters have high turnover and burnout rates, and have little to no experience with the homeless population. In this study, a professional development training on self-awareness was given to social work staff using social justice theory, a disaster resilience education…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Social Work, Homeless People, Staff Development
Maryann Orawczyk – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study explored how supervisors in student affairs describe their supervisory learning journey. Supervision is an important facet of the student affairs profession, yet there is an apparent lack of intentional supervisory training and development for these professionals. This study endeavored to understand how supervisors in…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Supervisory Training, Administrator Attitudes, Lifelong Learning
Monteverdi, Rachel – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Although the literature on leadership is abundant and funds spent on leadership training have consistently increased over time, only 13% of organizations report that they have done a quality job with increasing leadership skills. Senior executives asserted that only 11% of leadership development interventions achieved and sustained the desired…
Descriptors: Leadership, Skill Development, Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness
Lindsay M. Woodbridge – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The professional development process for counselors begins during their formal training and extends throughout their careers. Reflective thinking is closely connected with ongoing professional development. When counselors reflect on their experiences, they can generate new insights to shape future practice. Feedback is another important tool for…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Counselor Educators, Professional Development, Counselor Training
Megan Leigh Normandin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study used a qualitative action research approach to engage a group of secondary English teachers in a collective inquiry to determine the best model for transformative teacher reflexivity and dialogue. Through solution-focused conversation, the goal was to design a sustainable framework for professional development that fosters creative,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Secondary School Teachers, English Instruction, Transformative Learning
Peter Stewart Tobio Stover – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study assesses the effectiveness of the curriculum for an online professional development training designed to support people working in the helping professions gain greater self-awareness about how they respond to stress and trauma in the midst of emotionally charged interactions. The training utilizes an existential, developmental, and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Stress Management, Trauma, Emotional Response
Lauren M. Stiles – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The wide range of learning needs in elementary and secondary general education classrooms presents both a challenge and an opportunity for general and special education teachers. It is critical for teacher self-efficacy and student success that teachers believe they are equipped with the knowledge and instructional strategies to plan and implement…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Regular and Special Education Relationship, General Education, Special Education
Dennis Soares – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate a model of implementing restorative justice practices through understanding our current systems, structures, and resources that positively promote student engagement while mitigating challenging behaviors in middle school classrooms. Cycle 1 data were collected from administrators, support staff, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Restorative Practices, Student Behavior
Christina Lynn Fabbro – ProQuest LLC, 2022
As the U.S. and student populations continue to diversify, examining the relationships between college coursework and the students' perceptions of institutional support of diversity in conjunction with learning outcomes is crucial. Higher education's goal is to prepare students for life post-graduation, including being active participants in our…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Diversity, Courses, Cultural Awareness
Peter Murdock Levin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This three-paper self-study dissertation explored the process of becoming a teacher with a focus on the emotional dimensions of teaching. Becoming a teacher is a complex, emotionally demanding process (Kelchtermans & Deketelaere, 2016) and teachers' emotions impact student achievement, motivation, and well-being (Balanescu, 2019). While…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development
Renée M. Cockrell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
School turnaround initiatives are top-down in nature and tend to relegate students and teachers to passive roles rather than empowering them as central change agents in school improvement. The purpose of this qualitative Action Research study was to investigate and deepen the use of student feedback to improve teaching and learning experiences and…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, School Turnaround, Educational Improvement
Kennedy, Daryl – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This descriptive case study using mixed methods examined principal supervisors' experience implementing the School Administration Manager (SAM) process designed to increase their focus on instructional leadership in a urban school district in the mid-Atlantic area. The research was framed around principal supervisors using the Constructivist…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Supervisors, Urban Schools
Pesavento, Theresa M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation focuses on support for faculty teacher professional learning at a research university. This study brings new perspectives and direct data reporting to the field of higher education faculty professionalism. My conceptual perspective offers approaches to developing robust faculty teacher professional learning structures that are…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Higher Education, College Faculty, Communities of Practice
Andrew Leonard Giannini – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to describe how exemplary superintendents build leadership capacity with their executive teams using Kirtman's (2014) Seven Competencies for School Leadership. This multiple case study used purposeful criterion sampling and recommendations from a panel of experts to identify seven…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Leadership Training, Capacity Building, Teamwork