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Joe Anistranski; Karen Harper; Stephanie Zeiger – Learning Professional, 2024
Educators and researchers often think of program design and program evaluation as separate endeavors, even intentionally creating a firewall between them. But what if designers and evaluators worked together, combining their insights to strengthen both the program and the study of it? In the work of evaluating a statewide professional learning…
Descriptors: Program Design, Program Evaluation, Professional Development, State Legislation
Pierrottet, Celina – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2022
Teachers need training and support to address the secondary traumatic stress (STS) they may experience as well as identify and address students' trauma. To ensure that all teachers can do both, state leaders need to embed trauma-informed practices in mandated teacher training on trauma and self-care. A trauma-informed education system will ensure…
Descriptors: Teachers, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, Trauma Informed Approach
Christopher J. Rivera; Bradley Sasser; Joshua Baker – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2023
Supporting beginning teachers continues to be problematic for education systems across the nation. Issues concerning recruitment and retention have long plagued the profession. The onset of the global pandemic exacerbated these issues, particularly across rural communities. Researchers continue to advocate for the need to provide beginning…
Descriptors: State Programs, Beginning Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Coaching (Performance)
Gertrude Jones Black – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this study, I explored professional learning community sustainability at the school, district, and state levels. Researchers have found that professional learning communities are a means of effective professional learning for teachers and a vital factor in increased student achievement. However, there is very little multi-case research…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Sustainability, Faculty Development, School Culture
Fowler, Brian; Vegas, Emiliana – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2021
Computer science (CS) education helps students acquire skills such as computational thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration, among others. As these skills take preeminence in the rapidly changing 21st century, CS education promises to significantly enhance student preparedness for the future of work and active citizenship. Based on prior…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, State Programs, Program Implementation, Elementary Secondary Education
Weisenfeld, Georgenne G.; Hodges, Kate Schellie; Copeman Petig, Abby – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2023
In the United States, state-funded preschool is a critical component of both K-12 public education and the early childhood education and care system. In 2021, 44 states and the District of Columbia operated 63 school/center-based preschool programs serving over 1.3 million children. The vast majority of state-funded preschool programs require two…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Finance, State Programs, Team Teaching
Kristen Higgins – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Schools and Districts continue to look for ways to grow their teaching staff's professionalism, skills, efficacy, and their positive impact on their students and the community. The State of New Jersey Department of Education has even created a teacher evaluation system where teachers must earn effective or highly effective evaluative status in…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Leadership Styles, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation
Colorado Department of Higher Education, 2025
Senate Bill 19-190 created the Teacher Mentor Grant Program within the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE). The purpose of this program is to provide funding to educator preparation programs (EPP) that partner with local education providers (LEP), including school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools to provide…
Descriptors: Mentors, Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Grants
Education Commission of the States, 2020
This report documents the results to date of reforms underway from Strong Start Arkansas, one of the six systems that make up the first phase of the Strong Start to Finish initiative, an initiative of Education Commission of the States. Building on previous initiatives, Strong Start Arkansas (SSARK) was created as a partnership between the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, College Mathematics, College English, Student Placement
Zinth, Jennifer; Weyer, Matt – Education Commission of the States, 2021
Instruction in prekindergarten through third grade (P-3) lends itself to authentic, project-based and playful experiences that immerse learners in STEM activities and instruction. In an era of increased focus on literacy and math skills, STEM provides an interdisciplinary approach that may prove more effective for young students to acquire skills…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, STEM Education, Mathematics Anxiety, Faculty Development
Tracy L. Gross – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Teacher attrition is a main contributor to teacher shortages; providing effective professional development leading to increases in self-efficacy, reflective capacity, and job satisfaction may support teacher retention. Effective professional development, self-efficacy, reflective practice, and job satisfaction are all directly related to teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Self Efficacy, Reflection, Job Satisfaction
Marjorie E. Wechsler; Susan Kemper Patrick; CharlieĀ Thompson; Stephanie Levin – Learning Policy Institute, 2024
California has a two-tiered credential structure for education administrators. The first tier is the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. An individual who has completed all requirements for a preliminary credential but does not have an offer of employment in an administrative position may apply for a Certificate of Eligibility, which…
Descriptors: State Programs, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Credentials
Hoover, Sharon A. – State Education Standard, 2019
Recognizing the effects of trauma besetting many of their students, many states, districts, and schools are revamping approaches to making schools physically and psychologically safer. Many of the steps to establish safer, more supportive schools are aligned with those needed to create trauma-responsive schools. State boards of education are…
Descriptors: Coping, School Safety, Trauma, Mental Health
Ferrara, Angela M.; Lambert, Richard G.; Holcomb, T. Scott – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2020
This report contains information on the background of and research on the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessments (NC KEA). Evidence shows that implementing formative assessment is difficult for teachers and schools. Given that North Carolina will be adopting a new KEA measure for the fall of 2020, this report summarizes previous research on…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Programs, Formative Evaluation, Kindergarten
Giordano, Keri; McKeating, Eileen; Chung, Debbie; Garcia, Victoria – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Expulsion has been a well-documented practice in early learning centers throughout the United States. The present study attempted to describe expulsion practices in one state's community childcare centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Surveys from 161 childcare program administrators were analyzed and, overall, expulsion rates appeared to be lower…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Child Care Centers, Expulsion