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Learning and Change in the Redesign of a Primary Health Care Initiative
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Rule, John; Dunston, Roger; Solomon, Nicky – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to provide an account of learning and change in the redesign of a primary health-care initiative in a large metropolitan city in Australia. Design/Methodology/ Approach: The paper is based on research exploring the place and role of learning in the re-making of health professional practices in a major New South Wales…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Program Design, Educational Change, Longitudinal Studies
Improving Quality for Child Care Centers in Greater Philadelphia: An Evaluation of Success by 6®. Final Report. Publication #2016-07
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Warner-Richter, Mallory; Lowe, Claire; Tout, Kathryn; Epstein, Dale; Li, Weilin – Child Trends, 2016
The Success By 6® (SB6) initiative is designed to support early care and education centers in improving and sustaining quality in Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). This SB6 evaluation report examines implementation and outcomes. The findings have implications for SB6 continous quality improvement process…
Descriptors: Success, Research Reports, Child Care Centers, Educational Improvement
Improving Quality for Child Care Centers in Greater Philadelphia: An Evaluation of Success by 6®. Executive Summary. Publication #2016-07A
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Warner-Richter, Mallory; Lowe, Claire; Tout, Kathryn; Epstein, Dale; Li, Weilin – Child Trends, 2016
The Success By 6® (SB6) initiative is designed to support early care and education centers in improving and sustaining quality in Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). The SB6 evaluation report examines implementation and outcomes. The findings have implications for SB6 continous quality improvement process…
Descriptors: Success, Research Reports, Child Care Centers, Educational Improvement
Curriculum Transformation: The Israeli Teacher Certification in Gifted Education
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Vidergor, Hava E.; Eilam, Billie – Gifted and Talented International, 2010
The aim of the present study was to assess Israeli certification program for teachers of gifted taking its initial steps in 5 locations. Research sample comprised 40 stakeholders. Goodlad's model of curriculum transformation constituted a framework for describing the various programs as they change from the Ministry to the teachers studying them.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Program Design, Gifted, Teacher Certification
Implementing a Cross-District Principal Mentoring Program: A Human Resources Approach to Developing Midcareer Principals' Leadership Capacities
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Della Sala, Matthew R.; Klar, Hans W.; Lindle, Jane Clark; Reese, Kenyae L.; Knoeppel, Robert C.; Campbell, Michael; Buskey, Frederick C. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2013
Despite the key role that principals play in leading schoolwide change, districts' efforts to support principals are often limited, particularly in rural settings. In this article, we report the preliminary findings of a cross-district mentoring program for nine midcareer rural school principals. The collaboratively developed human resource…
Descriptors: Principals, School Districts, Program Implementation, Mentors
Mature Programs of Study: A Structure for the Transition to College and Career?
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Alfeld, Corinne; Bhattacharya, Sharika – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2012
This study uses a mixed methods approach to examine a new type of curriculum configuration that supports students' transitions to college: career technical programs of study (POS). Interview and survey data were collected from a college and its feeder high schools in each of three well-established ("mature") sites in geographically…
Descriptors: Student Records, Student Attitudes, Career Guidance, Transitional Programs