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Semrow, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explored and analyzed a purposeful sample size of five teachers from four districts on the perceptions of teachers in first and second grade regarding their participation in whether or not professional development provided through Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) grant activities influenced their implementation of…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Problem Based Learning, Technology Integration, Influences
Goe, Laura; Matlach, Lauren – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2014
With nearly a million paraprofessionals working in elementary and secondary schools (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013), ensuring they are well prepared and supported is essential to their and their students' success. Paraprofessionals work closely with classroom teachers to support students from special populations and are typically supervised by…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Research, Role
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Ammentorp, Louise; Smith, Takiema Bunche – Young Children, 2011
The wide range of experience, education, and competence can make it challenging for administrators to plan and implement ongoing professional development that meets the needs of each teacher, particularly in centers serving preschoolers from families with low incomes. Administrators must meet multiple, and seemingly ever-changing, state and agency…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Administrators, Preschool Children
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Szczepaniak, Andrew – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
This article discusses how the author, together with his fellow teachers at Gilbert Public School District, effectively links professional development to teacher practice and student learning. With the help of the team at My Learning Plan Inc., a professional development management and evaluation system, they are taking initial steps to gauge the…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, Evaluation
Brotherton, Steve; Kostine, Callista; Powers, Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Schools across the country are implementing professional development initiatives with the intent of improving student outcomes. Over the past twenty years the criterion for measuring professional development has shifted from identifying what schools quantify to how professional development impacts students' performance. Teachers are under a…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Cooperation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology
Peter, Nancy E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Out-of-school time (OST) is a growing field that includes afterschool, evening, weekend, summer, school-age care, childcare, positive youth development, and workforce development programs (NIOST, 2000). Research demonstrates that OST professional development is critical to program quality and student impact (Weiss, 2005/2006). In an effort to…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Professional Development
Ivey, Shannon Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation study focused on three aspects of staff development in North Texas: (1) funding sources, (2) types of professional learning programs, and (3) teachers' views of the effectiveness of the funded programs. Qualitative data came from interviews with nine district administrators concerning funding sources and how those resources…
Descriptors: Tax Rates, Questionnaires, Adult Learning, Program Effectiveness
Basic Skills Agency, 2007
The second in a series of five, module 2 provides everything one will need to run sharply focused, practical staff development training sessions for adult and Post-16 literacy, language and numeracy teachers. Each module addresses aspects of teaching and learning commonly identified as areas in need of improvement and can be used individually or…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Activities, Training, Staff Development
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Allen, David; Ort, Suzanna Wichterle; Schmidt, Joseph – Theory Into Practice, 2009
Assessment, particularly formative assessment, is critical to knowing how a student is performing academically and how best to support that student. Teachers, especially new teachers, need ongoing support in developing and using both summative and formative assessments as an integral part of their instructional practice. Written collaboratively by…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Staff Development, Teaching Methods
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Bluteau, Patricia; Krumins, Marie Anne – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2008
This article explores the importance of giving academics the space to be creative in developing new teaching materials in the context of a government drive to increase the quality of the student experience, and what this means for "academic staff development". Academics who have engaged with a UK Centre for Excellence in Teaching and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Staff Development, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Zame, Martin Y.; Hope, Warren C.; Respress, Trinetia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2008
Purpose: Leadership is a key commodity in twenty-first century organizations. This is especially true for school organizations. This paper aims to respond to six questions about head teachers and leadership of basic schools. Design/methodology/approach: Head teachers responded to survey items about proficiencies required for effective leadership…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Basic Skills Agency, 2006
The first in a series of five, module 1 provides everything one will need to run sharply focused, practical staff development training sessions for adult and Post 16 literacy, language and numeracy teachers. Each module addresses aspects of teaching and learning commonly identified as areas in need of improvement and can be used individually or as…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Learning Activities, Numeracy, Training
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Le Tendre, Mary Jean – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1996
The Improving America's Schools Act amends the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act making professional development a central component of its emphasis on improving teaching and learning through Titles I and II. A statement of principles of high quality professional development has been issued in support. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Federal Legislation, Inservice Education, Learning
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Leander, Kevin M.; Osborne, Margery D. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2008
We analyse two narratives of teacher-facilitator teams producing elementary science curricula and disseminating them to their peers. We draw on these stories to interpret how teacher-facilitators position themselves with respect to other educators (e.g. peer teachers and development-team members), to real and imagined students and parents, to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Educational Change, Teacher Leadership
McCamish, Josie – Understanding Our Gifted, 2004
Each summer Middle Tennessee State University captures the enthusiasm of teachers and students in this cost-free academy, which offers quality professional development for teachers and a week of stimulating learning experiences for approximately 200 students in grades K-12. The university provides a meaningful summer experience for both teachers…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Higher Education
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