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Armwood, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A large suburban school system in the mid-Atlantic United States identified the Data Wise Improvement Process (DWIP) as a systemic strategy to achieve the district-wide goal of student achievement for college and career readiness. Elementary science teachers marginally participated in school-based instructional team meetings to analyze student…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Collaboration
Hu, Rong – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The research aimed to provide a complete understanding of characteristics, facilitators, and challenges in implementing professional learning communities in multi-age schools. This study utilized a mixed-methods multiple case study design. Participants in this study were teachers from two private K-8 multi-age schools. The characteristics of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Private Schools, Communities of Practice, Mixed Age Grouping
Yusra Jadallah Abed Khasawneh; Raghad Alsarayreh; Adnan Ahmad Al Ajlouni; Haitham Mustafa Eyadat; Mohammad Nayef Ayasrah; Mohamad Ahmad Saleem Khasawneh – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2023
The present study aims to examine the influence of teacher collaboration within professional learning communities (PLCs) and collaborative teaching practices on both the professional growth and academic achievement of students. The study employed a mixed-methods research design that incorporated both qualitative and quantitative research…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Team Teaching, Teaching Methods
Ola M. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In an effort to meet the requirements of the many reform efforts facing schools, professional learning communities (PLCs) have been created and implemented by many schools as a valuable strategy to increase student achievement. The main focus of most PLCs is on the cultivation of learning, which includes teachers and administrators working…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience
Christina Mariani-Petroze – Journal of Catholic Education, 2023
This study explores the impact of professional learning communities on student achievement in a small school setting. Aaron Hansen's book, "How to Develop PLCs for Singletons and Small Schools," offered a guide for arranging vertical, grade-level teams with one teacher per grade level at one private, K-8 school. The faculty engaged in…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement, Small Schools, Private Schools
Bunnaen, Wutthisak; Prasertsang, Parichart; Worapun, Wittaya – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
The purposes of the study were to investigate the effects of a professional learning community (PLC) on Thai demonstration school students' grade point averages and to study and to study students' satisfaction with the professional learning community to improve their grade point averages. The participants were 107 students in a demonstration…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Demonstration Programs, Foreign Countries
Victoir T. Cahoon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
For more than ten years, students at Bayard Middle School have not demonstrated mastery of the Common Core State Standards based on their performance on the state assessment administered every spring. Regardless of the particular assessment, students have consistently scored at the bottom of the state when compared with their grade-level peers.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mastery Learning, Common Core State Standards, Communities of Practice
Jessica Berry – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In this mixed-methods convergent parallel database design study on the roles of the model professional learning communities (PLC), I explored the teacher's perceptions of the PLC process on teacher enhanced instruction and elementary student academic outcomes through interviews. I also examined archrival Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR)…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Outcomes of Education, Professional Development
Anderson, Shonna G.; Olivier, Dianne F. – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2022
This quantitative study explored teacher perceptions of professional learning community dimensions, teacher self-efficacy, and collective efficacy. Professional learning communities (PLCs) have been shown to positively impact teacher self-efficacy and collective efficacy, all supporting student achievement. The overarching question guiding this…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Group Dynamics
Marian Arnett – ProQuest LLC, 2022
For decades, mandates have driven the way we educate our students. Seemingly ever since the inception of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), schools across the nation have struggled to meet federal standards for student success. However, when many schools still failed to show a significant amount of achievement, they became labeled "Priority"…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice
David Michael Sims – ProQuest LLC, 2022
One of the biggest problems facing American educators is the challenge to increase student achievement in the era of accountability and high stakes testing (DuFour et al., 2016). Student test scores and achievement remain stagnant across south Georgia (GADOE, 2018a; GADOE, 2019b). One reform used by schools to help increase student achievement is…
Descriptors: Principals, Experience, Attitudes, Communities of Practice
Sherman, Tyrone – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Researchers have shown that effective professional learning communities (PLCs) enhance the ability of educators to improve student outcomes at schools, including schools with a student body of more than 75% students of color. Educators and policy makers need to understand more about how educators in these school settings experience PLC work. The…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
Brown, Benjamin D.; Horn, Rolanda S.; King, Gwendolyn – Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership, 2018
During recent decades, professional learning communities (PLCs) have enhanced education from lower grade levels through college years, with many resulting benefits. PLCs provide an environment that encourages professional development, collaboration and innovation among teachers. Research suggests positive school reform occurs when teachers…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development
Moulakdi, André; Bouchamma, Yamina – International Education Studies, 2020
The professional learning community (PLC) is considered to be an effective school improvement strategy centered on student achievement. The goal of this study was to introduce the PLC approach in a few public elementary schools in Cameroon to evaluate the causal impact of this organizational model on student learning. A quasi-experimental approach…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement
Floyd, Jessia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact professional learning community (PLC) implementation and collegial trust have at the organizational level and the effect these elements have on the positive school culture that nurtures academic achievement in select rural Title I elementary schools located in southeastern North Carolina. An…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Organizational Change, Communities of Practice, School Culture