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Radoslovich, Julie; Roberts, Shelley; Plaza, Andres – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
Committed to being a charter school with a professional learning community that empowers teachers, New Mexico's South Valley Academy (SVA) staff transformed its state evaluation process into a practitioner action research process (Anderson, Herr, & Nihlen, 2007). While teachers self-diagnose growth needs and play active roles in improving…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Innovation, Models, School Law
Henry, Wesley L. C.; VanGronigen, Bryan A.; Wronowski, Meredith L.; Olive, James L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
While the demands of teaching continue to escalate, teacher development has changed relatively little over time, leaving many of today's teachers feeling underprepared, overwhelmed, or demoralized with few opportunities to make real change. Teacher leadership holds promise for both addressing challenges within schools and empowering teachers.…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Educational Improvement, Faculty Development, Urban Schools
Berry, Barnett – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
This article provides a summary of the five major recommendations from the nation's highly accomplished teachers on the problems in staffing high-needs schools. Insights from these teachers reveal that salary incentives alone will not suffice to attract and retain good teachers for high-needs schools. Working conditions matter--most notably,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Incentives
Easton, Lois Brown – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
"Training" certainly fit the factory model of education. To others, the word conjured images of what one does to animals, getting them to sit, roll over, and play dead. Few educators now describe their learning experiences as training. The word "development" may be an improvement, but just a small one. It evokes images of what someone does to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Improvement
Garcia, Jesus – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
In this response to Kevin St. Jarre's article "Reinventing Social Studies", the author agrees with St. Jarre that the social studies curriculum needs to change. However, he stresses that the improvement process will not be easy. Creating university social science and social studies courses that would prepare secondary teachers with the knowledge…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Studies, History Instruction, Curriculum Development
Stiggins, Rick – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
In this article, the author offers a new vision of assessment that has the potential of bringing about remarkable gains in student achievement. The time has come to take advantage of the new understanding of the potential of assessment and to fundamentally rethink the relationship between assessment practices and effective schools in the United…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement