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Morningstar, Mary E.; Clark, Kelly A.; Holzberg, Debra G. – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2017
The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to summarize relevant research to update practitioners and professional development (PD) providers about designing effective and impactful professional development models. Few studies were found specific to transition professional development; therefore, this bibliography includes a wider review of PD…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Models, Program Design, Professional Development
Grover, Kenda S.; Walters, Shelly; Turner, Ronna C. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2016
As online learning is becoming more deeply entrenched in higher education, many institutions are designing professional development activities aimed at helping faculty improve their online teaching. The focus of this descriptive study was on identifying the preferences faculty who teach online have regarding how they want to learn about new…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Preferences, Online Courses
Courtemanche, Marie – Online Submission, 2014
This report examines teachers' perceptions about Professional Development Units (PDUs), an optional component of the REACH program, as well as the effects of participation on instructional practice and student growth.
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
Davis, Dannielle Joy; Chaney, Cassandra; Edwards, LaWanda; Thompson-Rogers, G. Kaye; Gines, Kathryn T. – Negro Educational Review, 2012
In this article we describe the experiences of Black women academics who participated in one or more of the following programs geared towards supporting the research and professional development of faculty: (a) the Sisters of the Academy's (SOTA) Research Boot Camp; (b) the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity's Faculty Success…
Descriptors: Females, Foundation Programs, Faculty Development, Professional Development
Shymansky, James A.; Wang, Tzu-Ling; Annetta, Leonard A.; Yore, Larry D.; Everett, Susan A. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
This paper is a report of a study that examines the relationship between teacher participation in a multi-year, K-6 professional development effort and the "high stakes" science test scores of different student groups in 33 rural mid-west school districts in the USA. The professional development program involved 1,269 elementary school…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Primary Education, Language Arts, Teacher Participation
Mikami, Amori Yee; Gregory, Anne; Allen, Joseph P.; Pianta, Robert C.; Lun, Janetta – School Psychology Review, 2011
We investigated the effects of My Teaching Partner-Secondary (MTP-S), a teacher professional development intervention, on students' peer relationships in middle and high school classrooms. MTP-S targets increasing teachers' positive interactions with students and sensitive instructional practices and has demonstrated improvements in students'…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Teacher Participation, Systems Approach
Budak, Ayfer – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
This study investigated how involving in a lesson study process at virtual settings impacted participating teachers' knowledge. The two elementary mathematics teachers, teaching in two public elementary schools at distant cities and meeting occasionally face to face and regularly at virtual settings formed the sample of this study. Neither of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Faculty Development, Mathematics Teachers, Virtual Classrooms
Jaquith, Ann; Mindich, Dan; Wei, Ruth Chung – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
According to national survey data, access to and participation in professional development varies widely across states, and the quality of professional development across most states is far from meeting research-based definitions of effective professional development, with a few pockets of excellence in some states. In this study, "Teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, National Competency Tests, Educational Change, State Departments of Education
Powell-Moman, Amy D.; Brown-Schild, Valerie B. – Science Educator, 2011
This paper investigates the impact of a two-year professional development program on teacher self-efficacy for inquiry-based instruction. The program utilizes scientist-teacher partnerships to develop content knowledge, inquiry-based instruction, and leadership skills for in-service STEM teachers. Participating teachers are administered a survey…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Participation, Faculty Development, Scientists
Bansilal, S.; Goba, B.; Webb, L.; James, A.; Khuzwayo, H. – Africa Education Review, 2012
The introduction of the subject Mathematical Literacy (ML) as part of the education reform process, led to the development of many large scale in-service programmes designed to train practising teachers to teach the new subject. The purpose of the study is to examine the challenges associated with providing in-service training for teachers of ML,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Mathematics Skills, Numeracy
van Es, Elizabeth A. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2009
This study examines the nature of teacher participation in the context of a video club. Video clubs are professional development meetings in which teachers watch and discuss excerpts of video from their classrooms. In this study, I adopt a situative perspective to examine how teachers develop in their participation to accomplish the goals of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Clubs, Faculty Development, Professional Development
McAleer, DeAnna; Bangert, Art – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2011
This article explores how patterns of engagement and program design impact professional learning and development of mathematics mentor teachers as they participate in an asynchronous mentoring program, e-Mentoring for Student Success (eMSS). In specific, this study: 1) sought to determine if activity level was related to mentors' perceived…
Descriptors: Program Design, Mentors, Mathematics Teachers, Professional Development
Akiba, Motoko – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
Based on a statewide survey of professional learning activities among 577 middle school mathematics teachers in Missouri, this study examined two questions: 1) What professional learning activities do middle school math teachers participate in and how much time do they spend in these activities?, and 2) How are teacher qualifications and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mentors, Learning Activities, Teacher Qualifications
Fay, Carolyn – 1992
The first part of this paper presents the findings of a study of the leadership needs of five practicing teacher leaders. Findings identified an expressed need for specific teacher development and training, which led to the creation of a Leadership Institute for the Future of Teaching (LIFT). The second part of the paper describes the LIFT…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Leadership, Leadership Training
Glowacki-Dudka, Michelle; Brown, Michael P. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2007
Faculty learning communities (FLC) provide opportunities for professional development and personal growth within university settings. Some FLC are structured; others are unstructured. Faculty at a mid-sized Midwestern state university were asked a series of close- and open-ended questions that examined the reasons for and benefits from their…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Educational Opportunities
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