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Bingham, Andrea J.; Pane, John F.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Hamilton, Laura S. – Educational Policy, 2018
In the current educational context, school models that leverage technology to personalize instruction have proliferated, as has student enrollment in, and funding of, such school models. However, even the best laid plans are subject to challenges in design and practice, particularly in the dynamic context of a school. In this collective case…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Models, Program Implementation, Case Studies
Yuksel, Yusuf – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Despite the popularity of planned change efforts, the failure rates of implementation are as high as 50 to 70 percent (Lewis & Seibold, 1998). While these efforts are affected by technical issues, the organizations' approach to change, structure, technological capabilities, and organizational culture and communication practices are…
Descriptors: Police, Organizational Culture, Organizational Change, Organizational Communication
Dretzke, Beverly; Ingram, Debra; Peterson, Kristin; Sheldon, Timothy; Wahlstrom, Kyla; Baker, Julia; Crampton, Anne; Farnsworth, Elyse; Lim, Alicia Zhi Hoon; Yap, Shannen – Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2015
Minnesota Statutes 122A.40, Subdivision 8 and 122A.41, Subdivision 5, require that all districts evaluate teachers beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. In response to the statutes, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) convened a work group in early winter 2011 to consult with the MDE Commissioner to develop a state model for teacher…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation, State Departments of Education, State Legislation
Han, Jiye Grace; Barrett, Sharon Kebschull – Public Impact, 2013
This case study reports on the work of Denise Watts, who in 2011 was the newly named Project L.I.F.T. executive director and a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools zone superintendent. She approached Public Impact for help in meeting the new Project L.I.F.T. (Leadership and Investment for Transformation) goals. Facing urgent needs for real change, Watts…
Descriptors: Case Studies, School Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Program Design
Frank, Kenneth A.; Zhao, Yong; Penuel, William R.; Ellefson, Nicole; Porter, Susan – Sociology of Education, 2011
Although knowledge has been linked to productivity within and between organizations, little is known about how knowledge flows into schools and then diffuses from teacher to teacher within schools. Here, the authors hypothesize that the value of different sources of knowledge depends on a teacher's current level of implementation. The authors test…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Elementary Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Experience
Indiana Department of Education, 2012
If education in Indiana is to dramatically improve, the systems and policies that collectively shape the learning experiences for students must be re-imagined. In the spring of 2011, the Indiana legislature passed IC 20-28-11.5, a new law relating to the evaluation of all certified teaching staff and administrators. Prior to this legislation,…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Laws
Doolittle, Sarah A.; Rukavina, Paul B. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
This single case study (Yin, 2009) compares an established urban physical education/ sport/physical activity program with two models: Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program/CSPAP (AAHPERD, 2013; CDC, 2013); and Lawson's propositions (2005) for sport, exercise and physical education for empowerment and community development to determine…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comprehensive School Health Education, Physical Activities, Urban Schools
Antunes, Pedro; Costa, Carlos J.; Pino, José A. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2006
Introduction: Genre analysis is an approach to study communication patterns and thus it can be applied to the specific context of meetings. This research investigates the use of genre analysis in the design of electronic meeting systems. Background: The primary goal of genre analysis is to understand how virtual communities use digital…
Descriptors: Meetings, Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication, Literary Genres
Rees, Ruth – 1985
This paper documents the development of a conceptual framework to ensure that the necessary steps are undertaken for effective policy implementation. These steps include the articulation of policy, the translation of policy into procedures, the operationalizing of those procedures into rules, and then both internal (formative) and external…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Tazioli, Pam; And Others – 1987
Children with disabilities and their families tend to interact with numerous human services agencies, but often no formal mechanisms exist to coordinate the agencies' services. The Concurrent Services Model was developed and pilot tested to meet this need. Strategies are offered to ensure that interactions among agencies become more efficient and…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
Michaletz, James E. – 1985
This essay presents an approach to substantial and long-range curriculum change in three stages: planning, implementation, and evaluation. Planning, to which three quarters of the paper is devoted, is defined as a deliberate, collaborative, continuous process of determining and providing for the most effective manner to implement a change. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Frasier, James E.; Stanton, William – 1982
This publication reports the development of the vocational-technical resource consortia in Ohio and identifies the operational procedures associated with successful programs. Five exemplary consortia were studied in some depth; however, data were obtained from all of the 23 consortia in the state. The research indicates that the consortium is an…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Development