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Leading Teaching and Learning Together: The Role of the Middle Tier. How Do Education Systems Enable Instructional Leaders to Be Effective? Research Brief. Instructional Leaders at the Middle Tier. No. 3
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Tournier, Barbara; Chimier, Chloé; Childress, David; Jones, Charlotte – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2023
To improve teaching and learning outcomes, teachers and head teachers need whole-system support to build professionalism and enhance their practice. Roles at the middle tier of education systems, or those professionals working between the school and central level, offer unique capacities to facilitate collaboration, broker knowledge, scale…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Teaching Methods, Middle Management, Educational Quality
Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T.: New Teaching Roles Create Culture of Excellence in High-Need Schools. An Opportunity Culture Case Study
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Han, Jiye Grace; Barrett, Sharon Kebschull – Public Impact, 2013
This case study reports on the work of Denise Watts, who in 2011 was the newly named Project L.I.F.T. executive director and a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools zone superintendent. She approached Public Impact for help in meeting the new Project L.I.F.T. (Leadership and Investment for Transformation) goals. Facing urgent needs for real change, Watts…
Descriptors: Case Studies, School Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Program Design
Education Past, Present, and Future: From How to What to Why.
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Kaufman, Roger – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2000
The future of educational design, development, and improvement lies in integrating "how" with "what" and "why." Critical strategic thinking factors include abandoning comfort zones; focusing on ends, not means; linking all three planning and result levels; starting with an ideal vision; preparing measurable…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Definitions, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
A Special Report: Toward a New Generation of Schools: The Florida Schoolyear 2000 Initiative.
Salisbury, David F. – Educational Technology, 1992
Discussion of redesigning the current models of public education focuses on the Schoolyear 2000 Initiative in Florida, which is aimed at large-scale redesign of schooling. Design requirements for the new model are described, the role of technology is discussed, and the use of quality systems and total quality management (TQM) concepts is reviewed.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
The Changing Role of Vocational and Technical Education and Training (VOTEC). Context, Actors, Challenges.
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Pair, Claude – 1994
Reports analyzing vocational-technical education (VTE) in individual member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) were reviewed to identify changes in the role of VTE in the context of technological and structural change, economic crisis, and uncertainty. Major transformations in VTE affecting its organization,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Practice and Assessment in Nursing and Midwifery: Doing It for Real. Researching Professional Education Research Series Report.
Phillips, Terry; Schostak, John; Tyler, Judith – 2000
The assessment of practice in nursing and midwifery education programs across England was examined to determine its validity, reliability, fairness, and effectiveness in maintaining and developing the quality of care. The research was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 was designed to identify theoretical and practical areas of concern that would…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Competence, Education Work Relationship