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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
Little, Mary E. – SRATE Journal, 2020
With the increasing demand for improved student achievement in mathematics, few studies have been conducted examining teacher efficacy when continuously supported through a collaborative professional learning community (PLC) structure. This study examined teacher efficacy within PLC activities in a middle school. Both the belief that mathematics…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice
Hairon, Salleh; Goh, Jonathan Wee Pin; Chua, Catherine Siew Kheng – School Leadership & Management, 2015
Professional learning communities (PLCs) have gained considerable attention in education. However, PLCs are dependent on how group members collectively work and learn towards shared goals on improving teaching and learning. This would require leadership to support meaningful and productive interactions within PLC contexts, and hence, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Leadership, Communities of Practice, Professional Development
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
Marsh, Julie A.; Bertrand, Melanie; Huguet, Alice – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: Despite increased access to student learning data, scholars have demonstrated that teachers do not always know how to use these data in ways that lead to deep changes in instruction and often lack skills and knowledge to interpret results and develop solutions. In response, administrators have invested in instructional coaches, data…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Data, Information Utilization
Marculitis, Terri – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Writing skills are crucial for student success in school. Students are assessed on their ability to write well using both lower (grammar, sentence structure) and higher (writing to respond to literature, demonstrate understanding of a topic) order skills. Writing is also important beyond the classrooms, as many jobs require the use of strong…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Improvement, Professional Development, Communities of Practice
Fayles, Cason – Online Submission, 2021
Culturally Responsive Restorative Practices, an innovative framework intended to counteract discipline disparities and improve school climate and culture, entered year 3 of implementation in 2020-2021. Highlights from ten participating schools included improved perceptions of school climate by students and staff and consistent participation in…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Wells, Caryn M.; Feun, Lindson – Journal of Educational Change, 2013
This paper documents the progress of eight middle schools, four from one school district, and four from another that were engaged in the process of implementing Professional Learning Community (PLC) concepts. The descriptive study used quantitative and qualitative information gathered in a standardized, open-ended interview with the teachers and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Middle Schools, Likert Scales, School Districts
Powell, Eldridge – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The continued failure of a large, suburban, Title I high school to meet adequate yearly performance indicators as defined in the No Child Left Behind Act is a concern for school personnel, district officials, and the school community. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether 9th grade teachers working collaboratively, within…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Mathematics Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools, Secondary School Teachers
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
Sahin-Topalcengiz, Emine; Yildirim, Bekir – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2020
This qualitative research aims to determine teachers' opinions about in-class web 2.0 practices after distance professional development involvement. Twelve teachers from different public schools were selected purposefully as a sample group. The Web 2.0 and Distance Training Interview Form (WDTIF) was used after implementing web 2.0 tools in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Impact of Sustained Professional Development in STEM on Outcome Measures in a Diverse Urban District
Capraro, Robert M.; Capraro, Mary Margaret; Scheurich, James Joseph; Jones, Meredith; Morgan, Jim; Huggins, Kristin Shawn; Corlu, M. Sencer; Younes, Rayya; Han, Sunyoung – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Sustained professional development can support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) reform. The authors describe a 3-year study of sustained professional development for 3 diverse urban schools across the salient factors of fidelity of implementation of project-based learning, development of professional learning communities,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, STEM Education, Urban Schools, School Districts
Pella, Shannon – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2011
The bulk of current research on teacher professional development is focused on teacher learning in the context of teacher professional learning communities (PLCs). In teacher PLCs, groups of teachers meet regularly to increase their own learning and the learning of their students. Teacher PLCs offer a learning model in which, "new ideas and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Faculty Development, Professional Development, Language Arts
Slack, Andrea – International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 2019
The number of English Learners (ELs) is growing across the United States, yet research indicates that teachers are not receiving enough professional development specifically focused on serving ELs (de Jong & Harper 2005). Teacher leader roles which incorporate both EL program management and supporting teachers in addressing the challenges of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Access to Education, English Language Learners, Professional Development
Holland, Nikki; Wright, Ginney P.; Goering, Christian Z. – Journal of Staff Development, 2016
In many cases, teachers shy away from including much writing because of the many hours it requires to read and provide substantial feedback on such papers. Yet writing is widely understood as critically important to learning (Applebee & Langer, 2013; Mayher, 1983; Zinsser, 1989). This article describes a program from the Northwest Arkansas…
Descriptors: Student Writing Models, Constructivism (Learning), Formative Evaluation, Professional Development