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Lepe-Ramirez, Adriana – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Numerous studies have found that students of color are often subject to teacher biases or negative preconceptions. These biases often result in barriers and limitations that negatively impact students' academic achievement and social and emotional development. Studies have also documented the impact of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrator Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods
Gammill, Deidra MacLellan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This two-phase sequential mixed methods study examined the relationship between professional development, whether in the form of traditional professional development, a professional learning community and/or lesson study, and teacher self-efficacy and self-directed learning in order to gain a greater understanding of the role professional…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Self Concept, Mixed Methods Research
Smith, Kishawn L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A local concern has been the effectiveness of school improvement efforts such as professional learning communities (PLCs) on student achievement. The results of this study are necessary as policy makers, school districts, administrators, and teachers aim to increase student achievement and the effectiveness of PLCs. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Academic Achievement
Fitzgerald, Jessica M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This action research study was designed to elicit urban, secondary school teachers' understandings of themselves as adult learners and their perceptions of job-embedded professional development in a single, urban school district in Connecticut. The conceptual framework that guided this study was derived from Knowles, Holton, and Swanson's (2011)…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Secondary School Students, Adult Learning, Self Concept