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Young, A. Keith; Osborne, Tamarra – ASCD, 2023
How do you see yourself as a trainer? Are you occasionally extraordinary, or do you flail about a bit? Are you connected to a helpful community of other trainers, or are you just starting out and feeling isolated and alone in your job? Do your workshops end with thunderous applause, or do you have nightmares about participants gazing into the…
Descriptors: Trainers, Training, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Hagermoser Sanetti, Lisa M.; Williamson, Kathleen M.; Long, Anna C. J.; Kratochwill, Thomas R. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2018
Numerous evidence-based classroom management strategies to prevent and respond to problem behavior have been identified, but research consistently indicates teachers rarely implement them with sufficient implementation fidelity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation planning, a strategy involving logistical…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Classroom Techniques, Evidence Based Practice, Program Implementation
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McGee, John J.; Lin, Fan-Yu – Preventing School Failure, 2017
Many factors cause student disengagement from school that subsequently result in high dropout rates. Alternative education (AE) programs provide a different pathway for at-risk youths who do not meet the goals, standards, and requirements of traditional educational settings. However, educational agencies have vastly different interpretations…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness, Program Development
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Reid, Ken – Educational Studies, 2011
In 2009, the Welsh Assembly Government published its Report on the review of behaviour and attendance in schools in Wales. The National Behaviour and Attendance Review (NBAR) in Wales was chaired by the author of this paper. Both the Review and the Welsh Assembly Government's response contained recommendations related to the training and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Student Behavior
Shernoff, Elisa S.; Frazier, Stacy L.; Marinez-Lora, Ane; Atkins, Marc S.; Keel, Joanna – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The "Teachers Supporting Teachers in Urban Schools Project" is a 3-year study funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (Development and Innovation Study) and designed to enhance new teachers' effectiveness around the two strongest empirical predictors of attrition--classroom management and engaging learners--and connectedness to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mentors, Urban Schools
Stallings, Jane – 1974
This report describes a study of the classroom implementation of seven Follow Through sponsors' models to assess whether or not planned variation exists and to investigate the impact on child achievement tests of the various classroom processes or procedures used by the different sponsors. The sample represents approximately 20 first grade and 20…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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Schultz, Jeffrey; Yinger, Robert J. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1984
The experiences of two social scientists in developing and implementing a teacher inservice program on inquiry skills of teachers are discussed. Problems and successes of the workshop are analyzed. (DF)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Inquiry, Inservice Teacher Education
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Tobin, Tary; Sprague, Jeffrey – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2000
This article reviews teaching strategies expected to be effective in alternative education programs for students at risk for school failure, dropout, and delinquency. The need for alternative education programs for students in both special and general education is discussed, along with recommended alternative education strategies and program…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Delinquency
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Cruz, Lisa; Cullinan, Douglas – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
This article describes a points-and-levels system to improve behavior of students with learning and behavioral disabilities in an upper-elementary special education setting. The four levels each involved specified responsibilities and privileges and students earned specified numbers of points to qualify for a "successful day" and eventual…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Individual Development
Gennari, Patricia A.; And Others – 1982
The Data-Based Staff Development Program is an integral feature of the Adaptive Learning Environments Model (ALEM), an educational program developed to provide basic skills learning experiences that are adaptive to the individual learning needs of students. The Data-Based Staff Development Program was designed to assist school personnel…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Canter, Lee – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
Assertive Discipline (AD) advocates a systematic approach which enables teachers to set firm, consistent limits for students while remaining cognizant of students' need for warmth and positive support. This article describes effective and ineffective teacher disciplinary behaviors, AD competencies, and the implementation of AD at Rice Elementary…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education
Guisler, Helen; Molek, Carol – 1994
A series of five workshops were conducted to instruct adult education practitioners so that they could better perform their jobs as teachers of late adolescents and at-risk students. The five workshops covered the following topics: (1) adolescent development and working with at-risk youth; (2) classroom and behavior management relating to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators
Lee, Nancy V. – 1988
The development of a composition segment in a course in English as a second language for graduate students in a Chinese technological university is described. The approach used in tailoring the program to student needs and university requirements under the severe constraints of scheduling and available resources is discussed. Letters to the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cohesion (Written Composition), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Adamson, Harley K.; Burke, Caseel D. – 1981
Results of a longitudinal study of graduates of a competency based teacher education program at Weber State College are presented. Selected for study were those who were in their first, third, fifth, or seventh year of teaching. Respondents were principals who assessed the work of the teachers, and teachers who evaluated their preparation program.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education, Graduate Surveys
Cooper, Richard – 1994
A project was conducted to provide staff development workshops about adults with learning problems to agencies throughout Pennsylvania. Workshops and accompanying guides on nine topics ranging from understanding learning differences, problems, and disabilities to alternative instructional techniques were developed. Workshops were conducted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Inservice Teacher Education
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