ERIC Number: EJ1035706
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 17
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Consulting with Groups of Teachers. Evaluation of a Pilot Project in Ireland
Nugent, Mary; Jones, Valerie; McElroy, Deirdre; Peelo, Mary; Thornton, Teresa; Tierney, Theresa
Educational Psychology in Practice, v30 n3 p255-271 2014
This article reports on a two year project in which educational psychologists offered consultation to groups of teachers, to help them find solutions to school-based problems. Teachers were drawn from within individual schools and from across a number of schools. Typically, teachers were trained by educational psychologists in group consultation processes. Group consultation sessions were usually offered on a termly basis (three times per year). The group consultation sessions were facilitated by two psychologists. A formal process was followed, using a problem-solving structure. A pilot project ran for two years and was evaluated using quantitative and qualitative methods. Data were collected from teachers, school principals and psychologists. Findings indicate that group consultation is an effective method of service delivery, particularly for clusters of small, rural schools. The evaluation considers aspects of group consultation that could be further developed and new directions for this model of working.
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Consultation Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Educational Psychology, School Psychologists, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Counseling Services, Problem Solving, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Delivery Systems, Cost Effectiveness, Social Problems, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Special Needs Students, Faculty Development, Group Guidance, Questionnaires, Case Records, Formative Evaluation, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland
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