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Goe, Laura; Matlach, Lauren – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2014
With nearly a million paraprofessionals working in elementary and secondary schools (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013), ensuring they are well prepared and supported is essential to their and their students' success. Paraprofessionals work closely with classroom teachers to support students from special populations and are typically supervised by…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Research, Role
Vanderlinde, Ruben; van Braak, Johan; De Windt, Vicky; Tondeur, Jo; Hermans, Ruben; Sinnaeve, Ilse – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
As a significant step in the consolidation of the importance of technology in education, the Flemish Government recently (September 2007) introduced a formal technology curriculum for schools. This compulsory curriculum replaces already existing but non-binding technology guidelines and is an important action in the Flemish policy of educational…
Descriptors: Technology Planning, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries

Shroyer, George – Catalyst for Change, 1979
Contends that improvement in teaching must be a continuous process and suggests a cycle of review, identify, analyze, and revise to stimulate greater self-confidence and success in teachers. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Staff Development, Teacher Behavior
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1976
This planning model outlines eight steps that enable local education agencies to formulate a program for staff development. The program is designed to modify organizational, managerial, and instructional practices that inhibit reading success among both children and adults. The eight action steps are: (1) assess district-wide reading needs; (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Reading

Campbell, John J. – Reading World, 1978
Presents strategies which reading teachers can use with content teachers and students to facilitate the teaching of reading skills in content classes. (JM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills

Ellis, Susan – Journal of Staff Development, 1985
The Greenwich, Connecticut, public school system is training teachers and administrators in the use of structured cooperative learning groups as part of a district-wide strategy to explore a variety of effective teaching practices. The cooperative learning program and its impact on teachers and students is described. (MT)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Instruction, Instructional Improvement

Mandeville, Garrett K.; Rivers, Janelle L. – Educational Leadership, 1989
Despite the growing popularity of Madeline Hunter's Program for Effective Teaching staff development model, there is little evidence that student achievement increases after such a program has been implemented. A recent study of South Carolina achievement test data corroborates this assertion. Coaching length and quality may be key factors in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Implementation

Sparks, Georgea Mohlman – Educational Leadership, 1989
Charges that the Mandeville and Rivers article in the same "Educational Leadership" issue is seriously flawed for failing to address whether teachers actually used Hunter's Program for Effective Teaching techniques as intended. Only careful observation of the 25 participating teachers with two years' experience using the ideas could…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Staff Development, Teacher Effectiveness

Hunter, Madeline – Educational Leadership, 1989
Commends Mandeville and Rivers' article in the same "Educational Leadership" issue for demonstrating familiarity with the Hunter staff development model and acknowledging the importance of proper implementation strategies. Presents evidence showing that abbreviated training periods and insufficient coaching are to blame for the model's…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Staff Development, Teacher Effectiveness

Garmston, Robert J. – Journal of Staff Development, 1995
This paper details three practical ways in which presenters can exceed expectations by addressing content as well as increasing participants' capacity for collaboration. The methods include providing the rationale for collaboration before group learning activities, encouraging participants in active learning, and focusing attention on…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Instruction

Burns, Deborah E.; Reis, Sally M. – Roeper Review, 1991
A rationale for teaching thinking skills to gifted students is presented, and a five-step approach is offered, including create a skills taxonomy, develop a scope and sequence chart, provide staff development time, develop unit plans, and teach and evaluate the lessons. (JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Lesson Plans, Program Development

Protheroe, Nancy – ERS Spectrum, 2001
Discusses how to make instructional improvement decisions using data-based assessment. Describes three steps in using data-based assessment: developing the right questions, collecting and analyzing the data, and providing staff support to make effective use of the data. Effective use of assessment data requires both quality data and sufficient…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education

Strong, Richard W.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1990
A group of professional staff developers committed individually to different movements cooperated to unite five varied programs: Instructional Theory into Practice (ITIP), thinking skills, cooperative learning, teaching styles and strategies, and reading and writing in the content areas. The group rediscovered the big ideas shaping curriculum,…
Descriptors: Consultants, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2014, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 28 to 30 of June, 2014. Education, as an important right in our contemporary world, began since we exist. Knowledge and skills were passed by adults to the young, and cultures began to extend their experiences through various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Trends, Educational Change

Sacca, Katherine C. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1991
This article examines critical staff development issues that must be addressed if cooperative learning is to produce quality implementation across classrooms. Staff development programs should consider teacher ownership and governance, teachers' levels of concern regarding education innovation, formats for training, relevance of ecological impact,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Postsecondary Education