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Shannon, Darbianne K.; Snyder, Patricia A.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; McLean, Mary – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2021
Professional development (PD), which includes coaching, has demonstrated the capacity to affect preschool teachers' use of evidence-based practices. The present study explored how coaches facilitated conversations within practice-based coaching (PBC) partnerships. A direct behavioral observation coding system was developed to investigate (a) the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Professional Development, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
Shannon, Darbianne K.; Snyder, Patricia A.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; McLean, Mary – Grantee Submission, 2020
Professional development (PD), which includes coaching, has demonstrated the capacity to affect preschool teachers' use of evidence-based practices. The present study explored how coaches facilitated conversations within practice-based coaching (PBC) partnerships. A direct behavioral observation coding system was developed to investigate: (1) the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Professional Development, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
Snyder, Patricia; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; McLean, Mary; Sandall, Susan; McLaughlin, Tara; Algina, James – Exceptional Children, 2018
We conducted a randomized controlled potential efficacy trial to examine effects of two variants of the Tools for Teachers (TfT) professional development (PD) intervention on preschool teachers' implementation of embedded instruction practices and children's developmental and learning outcomes. Thirty-six preschool teachers recruited from three…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Fox, Lise K.; Snyder, Patricia – Brookes Publishing Company, 2014
If your program is among the thousands using the evidence-based "Pyramid Model for Promoting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children," this is the one tool you need to support teachers to effectively use the practices. Developed by highly respected creators of the Pyramid Model for classrooms enrolling children 2-5…
Descriptors: Observation, Preschool Education, Evidence Based Practice, Social Emotional Learning
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Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Hardy, Jessica K.; Schnitz, Alana G.; Adams, Jessie Morris; Kinder, Kiersten A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
Training and coaching with performance feedback has been effective for supporting teachers to use evidence-based instructional practices. However, coaching with performance feedback has primarily been used to support teachers to use discrete skills, and there has been little evidence of maintenance and generalization. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Best Practices
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Snyder, Patricia A.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Fox, Lise – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
In active implementation science frameworks, coaching has been described as an important competency "driver" to ensure evidence-based practices are implemented as intended. Empirical evidence also has identified coaching as a promising job-embedded professional development strategy to support implementation of quality teaching practices.…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, At Risk Students
Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Hardy, Jessica K.; Schnitz, Alana G.; Adams, Jessie Morris; Kinder, Kiersten A. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Training and coaching with performance feedback has been effective for supporting teachers to use evidence-based instructional practices. However, coaching with performance feedback has primarily been used to support teachers to use discrete skills, and there has been little evidence of maintenance and generalization. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Best Practices, Check Lists, Coaching (Performance)
Snyder, Patricia A; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Fox, Lise – Grantee Submission, 2015
In active implementation science frameworks, coaching has been described as an important competency "driver" to ensure evidence-based practices are implemented as intended. Empirical evidence also has identified coaching as a promising job-embedded professional development strategy to support implementation of quality teaching practices.…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Best Practices, Coaching (Performance), Comparative Analysis
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Artman-Meeker, Kathleen M.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2013
This study examined the effects of in-service training with performance feedback on preschool teachers' use of classroom preventive practices. Three practices designed to prevent challenging behavior were selected: transition preparations, rule reminders, and social-emotional teaching strategies. Following a brief training on each practice,…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Preschool Teachers, Prevention, Classroom Techniques
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Hsieh, Wu-Ying; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; McCollum, Jeanette A.; Ostrosky, Michaelene M. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2009
This single-subject study assessed the effects of in-classroom coaching on early childhood teachers' use of emergent literacy teaching strategies. Teaching strategies were grouped into clusters related to oral language and comprehension of text, phonological awareness and alphabetic principle, and print concepts and written language, with coaching…
Descriptors: Observation, Written Language, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness
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Maxwell, Kelly L.; McWilliam, R. A.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Ault, Melinda Jones; Schuster, John W. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2001
Tested psychometric properties of a new measure of developmentally appropriate practices in kindergarten through third grade and the predictive value of classroom and teacher characteristics. Found that grade, class size, number of children with disabilities, teacher educational level, teacher experience, and teacher beliefs accounted for 42…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Teachers