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Sullivan, Lisa; Westover, Theresa – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
What happens when teachers are given funding and time to identify and develop targeted and innovative professional learning? This article focuses on lessons learned from grants funded through the California Department of Education that were designed to do just this. As the state and the nation consider the best approaches to professional learning…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, State Programs, State Aid, Models
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Jacobson, Linda – Journal of Staff Development, 2016
Susana Velasco always thought she designed lessons for her kindergarten students to help them meet the academic standards for their grade. But now she feels better equipped to adapt instruction to meet the needs of all the children in her class--a skill she has developed through her school's participation in the Literacy Design Collaborative…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Models, Alignment (Education), Academic Standards
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Ermeling, Bradley A.; Gallimore, Ronald – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
Making schools learning places for teachers as well as students is a timeless and appealing vision. The growing number of professional learning communities is a hopeful sign that profound change is on the way. This is the challenge learning communities face: Schools and districts need implementation models flexible enough to adapt to local…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Program Implementation, Models, Cooperative Learning
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Clark, Lynn V. – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Finding out what instructional leadership looks like is at the center of a new trend in leadership development: videos of practice. These range from minimally edited videos of a leader's own practice to highly edited clips that focus on successful leadership actions in authentic school settings. While videos of practice are widely used in teacher…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Video Technology, Models
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Akhavan, Nancy – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
This article describes a school district administrator's research on optimal coaching experiences for classroom teachers. This research was done with the intent of gaining a better understanding of how coaching affects student learning. The author defines coaching as the assistance given to a teacher to improve on teaching practices in order to…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Coaching (Performance), Teacher Competencies
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Bickel, Donna DiPrima; Bernstein-Danis, Tabetha; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
Learning how to give effective feedback can be a difficult task for teacher leaders. This is especially true for what is called "hard feedback"--that is, feedback that challenges the teacher's practice and therefore may cause some level of professional discomfort. Educators at the University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Learning have…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Program Effectiveness, Literacy, Feedback (Response)
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Jacobs, Jennifer; Koellner, Karen; Funderburk, Joanie – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Education researchers frequently seek out districts, schools, and teachers as partners for professional learning projects. They share their ambitious vision--a new model of professional learning that will support an empowered community, instructional improvement, and student achievement. The authors, along with other members of their research…
Descriptors: Researchers, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Middle Schools
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Little, Catherine A.; Paul, Kristina Ayers – Journal of Staff Development, 2009
Every teacher can recall a range of experiences in professional development workshops. Some of these may have provided opportunities in which teachers felt engaged, empowered, and supported as learners, while others felt disconnected from practice. Although these authors recognize that workshops, particularly those with no follow-up support, are…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Workshops, Program Design
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Ermeling, Bradley A. – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Establishing school-based professional learning appears so simple and straightforward during inspiring presentations at summer workshops, but keeping collaborative work focused on teaching and learning in such a way that it produces consistent results is a highly underestimated task. Investigations and experience from a group of researchers at the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Summer Programs, Workshops, Sustainability
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Grose, Karen; Strachan, Jim – Journal of Staff Development, 2011
Three years ago, the Toronto District School Board, the largest in Canada and the fourth-largest in North America, began to explore demonstration classrooms as a way to create a richer model of job-embedded, differentiated, and personalized professional learning. By doing action research and examining a variety of professional learning models from…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Action Research, Foreign Countries, Models
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von Frank, Valerie – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
African-American boys are sent to the principal's office more often than any other group and disproportionately to their numbers in a school, according to Victor Cary, partner at the National Equity Project in Oakland, California. That is just one example of how the issues of society at large--racism, classism, sexism, language, and other…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Males, African American Students, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Shear, Linda; Penuel, William R. – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
The best science teachers are not only experts in teaching and knowledgeable about science content, but they are also great at teaching science. They have specialized teaching knowledge, including knowledge of effective pedagogical practices in science, student difficulties with understanding content, and curricular purposes. As a result,…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Science Instruction
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Wood, Fred H. – Journal of Staff Development, 1982
A model program, developed by the Institute for the Development of Educational Activities (/I/D/E/A), to prepare staff development specialists for school improvement projects is described. In this model, trainees experience the staff development processes they will be implementing in schools during their training.
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
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Saban, Joseph M.; And Others – Journal of Staff Development, 1994
Staff development planners, trainers, and evaluators can increase the impact of the staff development activities when they view their work from multiple perspectives using the Centric Reflection Model. The model offers a visual representation of various types of reflection that can occur in training design, delivery, and evaluation. (SM)
Descriptors: Egocentrism, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach, Models
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Crosby, Jeanie – Journal of Staff Development, 1982
Six areas of staff development program evaluation in which participants may be meaningfully involved are: (1) clarification of the program's goals; (2) development of a design for the evaluation study; (3) development of methods for measurement; (4) analysis of information; (5) response to evaluation instruments; and (6) reporting on an evaluation…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
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