While women make up over half of doctoral students in the biological sciences, that number decreases as they progress through academic job rankings. The "leaky pipeline" and other metaphors have been used to describe the underrepresentation of women in STEM, but these metaphors fail to address how institutional structures, such as…

Teacher leadership is a powerful concept in school development. However, teachers' readiness to take on the leadership role is rather delicate. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between teachers' readiness for leadership and two main factors that affect it: distributed leadership and school culture. Quantitative data from…

Teacher workload is a growing problem internationally. In this article, we analyse an attempt by the state education bureaucracy of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, to address this through the 'Quality Time Program'. Drawing on labour process theory and Carol Bacchi's framework of 'What's the problem represented to be?', we analyse how the…

Given the demand for anatomy instruction, it is imperative to understand the current cohort of anatomy teachers. This study aimed to delineate the demographic characteristics, academic backgrounds, and professional responsibilities of United States (U.S.) anatomy teachers. A survey was sent to teachers who were identified by their professional…

Academicians are commonly associated with academic tasks of teaching and research. However, recent scenario reveals that academicians' workloads are not restricted to merely academic tasks. Academicians also hold administrative positions, involved with students' development activities, community services and professional development. Shouldering…

The purpose of this self-study guide is to increase the knowledge, skills, and ability of teachers to implement evidence-based instructional practices by improving the effectiveness of literacy coaching. This self-study guide is intended to help administrators, teacher leaders, and coaches determine which components of literacy coaching to…

Teachers play a significant role in fulfilling the objectives of inclusive education where every child, including children with special needs (CWSN) are admitted to regular school. In the present study, which is confined to special education teachers of Delhi government schools, the researcher made an attempt to have an insight into their autonomy…

Teachers play a crucial role in the education of students with disabilities and their participation in the special education process is critical and mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA). Despite the important role teachers play in the education of students with disabilities and the legal ramifications for…

Using time to enable success in teaching and learning is a critical part of every school's, district's and state's journey to success. It seems that there is never enough time in schools, and leaders struggle to make the most of what they have. How best to use this precious resource is a critical question. While time in isolation from other…

The purpose of the current study was to comparatively analyze the determinants and outcomes of teachers' psychological contract fulfillment in charter and regular public schools. Guided by the relevant literature, teachers' trust in their principals, teachers' obligations, and principals' obligations were the determinants of psychological contract…

Much debate centers on the most necessary elements of teacher preparation programs, with many focusing on practice of core instructional tasks (Forzani 2014; Kennedy 2016), which may be diluted in alternative preparation programs (Forzani 2014). Teachers prepared in alternative programs tend to have greater difficulties with classroom management,…

This paper reports on findings from the first author's doctoral research examining the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in Australian flexi schools. "Collaborative yarning methodology" storyboarding was used to hear (and theme) the collective experiences of Indigenous teaching and non-teaching staff in these…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of instructional leadership, professional communities and extra "non-teaching" responsibilities for teachers on student achievement. Design/Methodology/Approach: For a sample of 214 teachers from 88 primary schools in Pakistan, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were…

According to Schuster and Finkelstein (2006) faculty workloads have been increasing dramatically. Besides the additional hours worked by faculty the composition of work has changed as well (Schultz et al., 1989). Studies on research, teaching and service components of promotion and tenure (P&T) decisions at colleges and universities have…

This is the companion report to "Early Progress: Interim Research on Personalized Learning" which documents the teacher survey results for the 2013-14 school year. Researchers obtained and analyzed both qualitative and quantitative data from each school to create a broad picture of the schools' efforts to implement personalized learning…