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Dion Dolton Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The proposed qualitative year-long descriptive study explored how high school teachers who participated in a Professional Learning Community had their school leadership aspirations impacted while serving in the New York City Public School System. Currently, the system has a dire need to fill school and district instructional, supervisory, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, High School Teachers
Julie Case – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Professional learning communities (PLCs) have become common in many educational settings. A collaborative team (CT) is one component of a PLC. The purpose of this action research study was to examine the impact of a professional development innovation, Project Collaboration, which included a set of on-demand support modules for CTs to support…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, School Districts, Educational Innovation
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
Morris-Hayes, Jennifer J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Professional learning communities (PLCs) are an essential avenue for high-quality change and work. Maintaining unity among groups with differing opinions is challenging. This mixed-methods study aimed to assess elementary teachers' current perceptions of PLCs to determine their effectiveness by answering four research questions: What are the…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers
Tiffanie Ho – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Professional learning communities (PLCs) have been used among educators in higher education as a way to address areas of concern, such as reform. One such area in higher education concerns inequities in education because they impact student learning and achievement. Faculty-driven PLCs in higher education have also been focused on ensuring that…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Higher Education, College Faculty
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
Webber, Laci Camille – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Veteran secondary teachers are becoming complacent and isolating themselves because of changes in teacher professional development; however, continuing to learn and update instructional practices is part of teacher professional development. To better understand veteran secondary teachers, their views and experiences must be understood. The problem…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Secondary School Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Eboni Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Prior to this study being conducted, it was not known how teachers describe the PLC collaboration among teachers and school leaders that supports faculty development. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how teachers in Texas describe the PLC collaboration among teachers and school leaders that supports faculty development.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration
Espinola, Maggie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Previous scholarship finds that effective Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have increased student achievement and advanced teacher pedagogy. As a result, PLCs have become increasingly prevalent in school reform efforts to remediate professional development. Dialogue is considered an essential component of effective PLC practice needed to…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, High School Teachers, Interpersonal Communication, Faculty Development
Szabo, Zsuzsa – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The importance of teacher collaboration and professional growth are highlighted by their inclusion in the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). In ESSA, it is recommended that teachers are provided with opportunities to collaborate and participate in learning communities. The purpose of this action research study was to address the problem of…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Public Schools, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice
Carrie Fieger – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Inequities exist in the foundations of our society, which includes education. These inequities specifically affect marginalized students in their ability to access and have opportunities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) at the elementary level. This action research project sought to investigate and strengthen the interest in…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, STEM Education, Equal Education, Communities of Practice
Cheryl E. Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Director of Elementary Education, elementary principals, and elementary teachers offered information during a structured interview, surveys, and a focus group pertaining to collaboration. Within the context of this study, collaboration was defined as "a way of working with colleagues that is characterized by cooperation, mutual respect,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Elementary Schools, Principals
Kapp-Heifner, Kelli Elise – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the perceptions online adjunct higher education faculty have towards the use of professional learning communities as a component of their pedagogical training. This research emerged from two trends in higher education, adjunct faculty reliance and online education. This research addressed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communities of Practice, Adult Learning, Learning Theories
Fuller, Kelvin K. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Over time, state testing has been the central focus of schools and school districts regarding accountability and the pressures to improve student achievement (Dufour, 2004). Under those circumstances, professional learning communities have been discovered to improve teacher effectiveness which in turn improves overall student achievement (Kuh,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Individual Differences
Hancock, James K. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of professional learning communities by comparing practices and strategies of content and grade level teams in middle schools. Utilizing data from student assessment, comparison of teams in this middle school was conducted to determine practices and conversations that have an impact on…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Educational Strategies, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Leadership