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Cleveland, Michelle Ellen – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Formal collaborative structures for teacher teams as professional learning communities (PLC) have long been a supported practice aimed at changing instructional practice and increasing student outcomes in a cycle of continuous improvement. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of PLC teams at the middle school level in a…
Descriptors: Principals, Communities of Practice, Middle Schools, Teamwork
Norman McDuffie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The participatory action research (PAR) aimed to build educators' culturally responsive teaching capacity to support equitable classrooms. The study focused on the culturally responsive teaching development and decision-making process of a middle school principal, three Language Art teachers, and the culturally responsive teaching influence to…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Equal Education, Principals, Middle Schools
Karkar Esperat, Tala Michelle – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to provide an example of instructional coaching for inservice teachers within the context of community-engaged scholarship (CEP), involving professional learning communities (PLCs). This study seeks to encourage policymakers to allocate budgets for instructional coaches, as well as resources for schools.…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods, Principals
Turk, Autumn R. – Middle Grades Review, 2021
This essay contends that personalized professional learning can support the shift towards a culture of personalized learning at the middle school level, with the potential to make a district-wide impact. If you have ever worked in a middle school, you would agree there is a sense magic and contagious energy within middle school students. Middle…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Students, School Districts, Individualized Instruction
Jasmine Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative exploratory case study focused on seventh and eighth grade teachers and a school principal's opinions and experiences to better understand why students' reading performances were failing in one public charter school in New Jersey and to provide solutions and recommendations for enhancing students' reading performance. Four…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Grade 8, Grade 7, Principals
Mintrop, Rick; Charles, Jessica – Journal of Educational Change, 2017
Group formation studies are rare in the literature on teacher professional learning communities (PLCs). But they are needed to render realistic scenarios and design interventions for practitioners who work in schools where teachers encounter distress and social adversity. Under these conditions, we may need approaches to PLC development that are…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teamwork, Teacher Collaboration, Disadvantaged Schools
Swanson Hoyle, Kylie Jayne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
After-school programs, such as a STEM Career Club, can promote student interest, engagement, and awareness of STEM majors and fields, as well as encourage teachers to become more knowledgeable and competent in STEM areas. In this dissertation study, two schools were selected from a larger NSF-funded project to participate in this study. Teacher-…
Descriptors: After School Programs, STEM Education, Clubs, Student Interests