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Direct linkWoolum, Amy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Since the 1960s, business leaders and educators used the idea of "goal setting theory" as a guide to success. Teachers who implemented goal setting strategies contributed to student success and achievement. During my study, I found little existing literature focused on academic goal setting implementation for students in Tennessee rural…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Goal Orientation
Atkins, Jennifer S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
With increased pressures on school districts to enhance student achievement, administrators are implementing professional learning communities (PLCs) as one method to improve student performance (DuFour & Eaker, 1998, Hord, 1997, Thompson, Gregg, & Niska, 2004). Educators working within a PLC experience a shared ideology, supportive…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Elementary Education, Standardized Tests, Scores
Karen Elizabeth Harper – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The State of Tennessee transitioned to new science standards. Previous methods for delivering professional development were unable to support teachers in pedagogy, content knowledge, or sustainability during this paradigm shift. As such, a lead teacher model was thoughtfully and intentionally implemented, and delivered professional development for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Professional Development, State Standards
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2012
Research has shown that certain ways of teaching can make a difference in whether students learn standards-based content. Many strategies have proven to be effective in teaching literacy, mathematics, science and social studies. These strategies have facilitated blending academic and career/technical subjects to make learning more meaningful for…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Secondary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Reading Instruction
Jones, Jone S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This causal-comparative study examined the effects of the collaborative leadership style provided by professional learning communities (PLCs) on the students' Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) mean Value-Added achievement scores in language arts and mathematics. The study used twenty-nine selected middle schools in eight different…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Cooperation, Communities of Practice, Scores
Bozman, Charles E., Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between the principals' leadership behavioral style, teacher' efficacious beliefs, and teachers' trust in the principal to the schools' graduation rate, the ACT and TCAP writing assessment school-wide averages, and the AYP English/reading and AYP mathematics school-wide. Working on the…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Trust (Psychology), Graduation Rate, Self Efficacy
