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Heather Leaman; Connie DiLucchio – SRATE Journal, 2023
The authors report findings from a study examining teachers' experiences conducting research in their classrooms and their perceptions of teacher research as a tool for professional learning and development. Data from open-ended surveys (n = 38) and group interviews (n = 18) suggest that: (a) teachers value self-direction and choice in…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Research
Nwokorie, Anderline – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the current K-12 educational system, there is a lack of mentoring programs for novice principals, and as a result, a substantial number of principals are not well prepared to do the complicated job of a principal. The nation's report card shows how United States students have regressed in reading and math and which states experienced the most…
Descriptors: Principals, Mentors, Experience, Individual Development
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Aprille Phillips; Michael Teahon; Chelsea Feusner; Elizabeth Ericson – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2024
This qualitative study explores the early implementation of a university school leadership preparation program and school district collaborative effort to develop school leaders and sustain leadership capacity in nine rural school districts. Emerging findings drawn from survey, focus-group, and participant observation data include (a) the…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership, Capacity Building, Program Implementation
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D. Joel Whalen; Charles Drehmer; Andrew Cavanaugh – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2024
Innovative classroom-tested approaches to cross-cultural communication--diversity, equity, and inclusion--and personal and professional development are featured. Readers can explore 10 teaching creations debuted at the 2023 "My Favorite Assignment" sessions at the Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Innovation, Teaching Methods
Corbeil, Joseph Rene, Ed.; Khan, Badrul H., Ed.; Corbeil, Maria Elena, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
"Microlearning in the Digital Age" explores the design and implementation of bite-sized learning and training in technology-enabled environments. Grounded in research-based best practices and a robust, eight-dimensional framework, this book applies the latest developments in mobile learning, social media, and instructional/multimedia…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Minicourses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design
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Merchant, Betty; Garza, Encarnación – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to analyze and report on a "different" model of leadership preparation that was customized to prepare school leaders to practice in schools where the student population is predominantly Latino and in an urban school setting. It is a preparation program designed to advance interactive collaboration between…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Social Justice, Leadership, Leadership Styles
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Guva, Gunilla; Hylander, Ingrid – School Psychology International, 2012
Internationally, educators have proposed a shift from a narrow diagnostic view to a holistic and salutogenic perspective on pupils' school-related difficulties. There is, however, little evidence to suggest that such a shift has taken place, despite being talked about by school administrators. In Sweden such a shift is proposed through a new…
Descriptors: Evidence, Health Promotion, School Psychologists, Physical Health
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Jalongo, Mary Renck – Educational Leadership, 1992
Personal narratives can reveal the nurturing dimension of the teaching role, characterize important changes in teachers' professional lives, and encourage more reflective practice. Such stories are not superfluous features of teachers' lives, but rather are basic to their continued individual and professional growth. (25 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Personal Narratives, Professional Development
North Dakota State Dept. of Public Instruction, Bismarck. – 1986
In 1986, following the mandate of the North Dakota Legislature, the Teachers' Professional Practices Commission recommended to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction a statewide model for professional development of educators. The model was developed in cooperation with educators, professional associations, state agencies, two state…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach, Individual Development, Inservice Teacher Education
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Newman, Katherine K. – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Argues that two major transitions in a teacher's professional development offer inherent possibilities for occupational growth--the tenth year, in which teachers opt for a classroom career, and the twentieth year, which marks a major alteration in attitudes towards students and towards the process of aging. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Maturity (Individuals), Midlife Transitions
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Dillon-Peterson, Betty – Journal of Staff Development, 1982
Betty Dillon-Peterson, the director of staff development for the Lincoln (Nebraska) schools, relates key experiences which shaped her career and also her views about how staff developers can work effectively. She advocates design of a special course of study for staff developers. (PP)
Descriptors: Educational Background, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Professional Development
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Sharp, Kenneth J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Describes the characteristics and effectiveness of the I/D/E/A Principals' Inservice Program, in which principals form collegial support groups to encourage one another in planning and implementing personal professional development and school improvement projects and in committing themselves to permanent programs of continuous improvement. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development
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Dale, Jack D. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1997
Continual additions of discrete educational programs are ineffective and deleterious to the educational system. The New American Schools Development Corporation and Goals 2000 are examples of systemic school-improvement initiatives. A new paradigm based on lifelong learning and individual and team growth is essential. A learning organization must…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development
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Gossett, Donna – English Education, 1985
Describes six ways an English supervisor or any other instructional leader can reach beyond the school system to learn about current practices in the field. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Teacher Education, Individual Development, Professional Development
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Guskey, Thomas R. – Journal of Staff Development, 1994
Examines research about the effectiveness of professional development. Procedural guidelines drawn from research on individual and organizational change provide a framework for developing the optimal mix of professional development processes and technologies for specific contexts at particular points in time. The potential impact of implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
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