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Schneider, Jack – Journal of Education Policy, 2014
Teach For America (TFA), an organization that places college graduates in urban and rural classrooms for two-year terms of service, is lauded by reformers who see its five-week summer training institute as evidence that teachers have little to learn before entering classrooms. Yet, while boosters see TFA as a radical alternative to traditional…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Preservice Teacher Education, Summer Programs, Institutes (Training Programs)
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Funk, Elizabeth – Educational Considerations, 2013
Strong leadership has a tremendous impact on organizations. This special edition of "Educational Considerations" highlights the journey of the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute (KELI), from inception to implementation. All of the authors in this special themed edition of "Educational Considerations" describe the various…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Administration, Administrator Education, Leadership Training
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Devin, Mary – Educational Considerations, 2013
This article is a follow-up to Mary Devin's report on the collaborative efforts required to create the "Kansas Educational Leadership Institute" in 2010. The Kansas Educational Leadership Institute (KELI) moved from planning to implementation on March 30, 2011, as a statewide systematic support system for the recruitment, development,…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Statewide Planning, Leadership Training, Institutes (Training Programs)
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DeWitt, Natalie; Lohrmann, David K.; O'Neill, James; Clark, Jeffrey K. – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: The purpose of this study was to detect and document common themes among success stories, along with challenges, as related by participants in the Michiana Coordinated School Health Leadership Institute. Four-member teams from 18 Michigan and Indiana school districts participated in semiannual Institute workshops over a 3-year period…
Descriptors: Surveys, Interviews, Formative Evaluation, Health Programs
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship