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Greenway, Rosanne; McCollow, Meaghan; Hudson, Roxanne F.; Peck, Charles; Davis, Carol A. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine teacher perspectives about evidence-based practices (EBP) and decision-making for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Given the current EBP movement, our study sought to understand practitioner definitions and perspectives on EBP and decision-making. Interview data from nine special…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evidence, Best Practices, Decision Making
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Valois, Robert F.; Lewallen, Theresa C.; Slade, Sean; Tasco, Adriane N. – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the formative evaluation results from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Healthy School Communities (HSC) pilot project. Design/methodology/approach: This study utilized 11 HSC pilot sites in the USA (eight sites) and Canada (three sites). The evaluation question was…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Best Practices, Program Implementation
Reitter, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Because of the importance of early usage of career counseling and other services offered by career services centers, students should begin using these services during their freshman year. While research has shown some correlation between marketing messages and students' intentions to use career services, no research has been done to identify which…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Centers, Use Studies, Best Practices
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Wanzare, Zachariah – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
This article reports some findings of study regarding practices and procedures of internal instructional supervision in public secondary schools in Kenya. The findings are part of a large-scale project undertaken in Kenya to determine the perceptions of headteachers, teachers and senior government education officers regarding the practices of…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Teacher Supervision, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
Vacher, Kai, Ed. – Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, 2010
Schools are now re-designing their curricula to include knowledge and understanding of globalisation. For many schools this is a an extension of the curriculum innovation work focussed on providing more personalised learning pathways for their students. This publication is aimed to support school leaders and teachers in their journey to…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Educational Resources
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Petersen, George J.; Fusarelli, Lance D.; Kowalski, Theodore J. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2008
This article reports the results of a survey of novice superintendents in California, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio. The research provides a profile of novice superintendents and their opinions regarding the adequacy of academic preparation and the problems they encountered after entering this challenging position. Findings indicate that the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Superintendents, Best Practices, Educational Practices
LaPointe, Michelle, Ed.; Darling-Hammond, Linda, Ed.; Meyerson, Debra, Ed. – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2007
In 2003, with funding from The Wallace Foundation, a national team of researchers organized by Stanford University and The Finance Project set out to find and examine a set of exemplary pre- and in-service professional development programs for principals, along with the policy contexts in which they operate. The purpose of the study was to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Change, Case Studies, Best Practices
Darling-Hammond, Linda; LaPointe, Michelle; Meyerson, Debra; Orr, Margaret Terry; Cohen, Carol – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2007
This study examines eight exemplary pre- and in-service principal development programs. The programs were chosen both because they provide evidence of strong outcomes in preparing school leaders and because, in combination, they represent a variety of approaches with respect to their designs, policy contexts, and the nature of partnerships between…
Descriptors: Evidence, Case Studies, Instructional Leadership, Principals