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Jennifer Helen Spivey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The aim of this research was to create spaces for kindergarten writers by collaborating with kindergarten teachers through action research cycles. The inquiry's problem of practice is situated in the understanding that writing instruction within kindergarten classrooms is being sidelined due to a drive to teach in ways aligned to a sub-skills…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Authors, Writing Teachers
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JeanMarie Farrow; Annemarie H. Hindman; Barbara A. Wasik – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
Early writing is a critical factor in children's literacy development and academic success. This study observed and analyzed videos from twenty-eight teachers working in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first-grade classrooms in under-resourced schools. The coding process focused on categorizing the type (language- and code-based) and demand…
Descriptors: Writing Teachers, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Language Usage
Laura Piestrzynski – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Although extensive research has focused on young children's writing and identified the importance of early writing experiences, there is a limited amount of writing occurring in some early childhood classrooms. Furthermore, existing research on teacher supports for emergent writing in preschool classrooms is limited. This study examined how one…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Preschool Children
Elsa L. Galindo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative narrative inquiry study examined the challenges and opportunities in a writing workshop framework and teachers' perceptions of their role in addressing the inequities of writing instruction in the early grades. The narrative inquiry study examined the contextualized phenomena within writing instruction in early childhood…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Writing (Composition), Writing Teachers, Teacher Role
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Santos, Ana Isabel – International Education Studies, 2015
The transition between educational levels is a process characterized by the complexity and repercussions that it represents to the future of children's education. Studies conducted in this field acknowledge the relevance of the approximation and continuity between the practices of preschool and primary teachers for children's development and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Writing Teachers, Reading Teachers
Houston Independent School District, 2017
In January 2007, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) inaugurated the Teacher Performance Pay Model, 2005-2006, becoming the first school district in the nation to implement a performance pay system of this magnitude based on individual teacher effectiveness. Improvements and enhancements were made to that model to form the district's…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Job Performance, Awards, Teacher Effectiveness