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Distinguishing Models of Professional Development: The Case of an Adaptive Model's Impact on Teachers' Knowledge, Instruction, and Student Achievement
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Koellner, Karen; Jacobs, Jennifer – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
We posit that professional development (PD) models fall on a continuum from highly adaptive to highly specified, and that these constructs provide a productive way to characterize and distinguish among models. The study reported here examines the impact of an adaptive mathematics PD model on teachers' knowledge and instructional practices as well…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Methods
Planning and Maintaining Sound Advisory Programs.
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Galassi, John P.; Gulledge, Suzanne A.; Cox, Nancy D. – Middle School Journal, 1997
Considers some of the groundwork affecting the foundations of advisory programs in middle schools, focusing on key decisions made in the planning stages of the program. Presents an advisory typology that can be used to compare existing programs, design a new program, or evaluate and renovate an existing program. (KB)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Middle Schools
A Portrait of an ARSI Teacher Partner in Oneida, Tennessee
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Horsch, Elizabeth; Heenan, Barbara – Inverness Research Associates, 2006
This is the story of Barbara Shoemaker and her work as an Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative (ARSI) Teacher Partner in Oneida, Tennessee. It is the story of what she values and the experiences that shaped her approach to education. In particular it is about what she learned from her experience with the Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative, and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Middle School Teachers, Pilot Projects, Elementary Schools