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Obamehinti, Feyi – Online Submission, 2017
Schools across the nation know the importance of student achievement; which is at the core of teaching and learning. Here in Texas, we have an accountability rating system that helps gauge how well students are doing annually. Texas accountability system is based on a system of indexes that provides an all-inclusive assessment of the performance…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Faculty Development, Accountability, Educational Assessment
Goree, Krystal; Williams, Yolanda; Hamilton, Suzanne; Mathews-Perez, Amy; Talbert, Sandra; Strot, Rick; Barrett, Sara; Bolfing, Darlene; Miller, Sue; Almaguer, Dora; Gilbreath, David; Martinez, Donna; Rubio, Belinda; Ward, Victoria; Edison, Ricky; Henry, Marsha; Mechell, Rebecca; Pritchard, Melissa; Welsh, Kaitlin – School-University Partnerships, 2019
The PDS partnership between Baylor University and Waco Independent School District commenced in 1993 in the context of a national conversation about innovations for improving teacher preparation and practice. During its 25-year history, the partnership has garnered national recognition, with Hillcrest PDS serving as one of 18 representative PDS…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Universities, School Districts
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Shapley, Kelly; Sheehan, Daniel; Maloney, Catherine; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
In the study of the Technology Immersion model, high-need middle schools were "immersed" in technology by providing laptops for each teacher and student, instructional and learning resources, professional development, and technical and pedagogical support. This article reports third-year findings for the teacher component of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Middle Schools, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Amechi, Mauriell H. – New America, 2022
Despite the growing popularity of WBL, the community college and workforce development fields need greater transparency and clarity on the design of these programs to broaden workforce pathways, ensure the transferability of exemplary program models, and support the advancement of equitable outcomes for all students, especially learners from…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship
Beach, Richard – Online Submission, 2011
This paper analyzes the influence of three different learning paradigms for learning literacy--formalist, cognitive-processing, and literacy practices--on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. It argues that the Common Core State Standards are based largely on a formalist paradigm as evident in the emphasis on teaching text…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Models, State Standards, Educational Change
Petrzelka, Valerie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This ethnographic case study was designed to investigate a successful professional development model, perceived effective professional learning and process for determining professional development for teachers. With eighty years of research on professional development, limited research was available on the process for determining professional…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Case Studies, Interviews, Computer Software
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Synar, Edwyna; Maiden, Jeffrey – Journal of Education Finance, 2012
The purpose of this study was to develop a model that may be used to estimate the financial costs of teacher turnover in urban school districts. It is estimated that 50% of the beginning teachers leave the profession within the first five years on the job (Murname, Singer, Wilett, Kemple, and Olsen 1991; Colbert and Wolff 1992; Ingersoll 2003;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Beginning Teachers
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Gersten, Russell; Dimino, Joseph; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca; Taylor, Mary Jo – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
The ESEA Blueprint for Reform states that teachers need "effective, ongoing, job-embedded, professional development that is targeted to student and school needs… [and] aligned with evidence of improvements in student learning." Unfortunately, the professional development approaches advocated, though sensible and compelling in theory,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Vocabulary Development, Observation, Grade 1
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Codi Jaynes; Mario Barrientos; Wayne Humphrey – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2020
As the state of Texas transitions its developmental programs to the corequisite model, the faculty at Angelo State University (ASU) are adjusting their corequisite model, which was implemented 5 years ago. This article traces the origin and development of the current model of corequisite learning at ASU, as well as illustrate best practices that…
Descriptors: Universities, Required Courses, Educational Change, Models
Flores, Belinda Bustos; Clark, Ellen Riojas; Claeys, Lorena; Villarreal, Abelardo – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
The Academy for Teacher Excellence (ATE) at the University of Texas at San Antonio and San Antonio College is proposed as a comprehensive model whose overarching goals include: (1) creating a learning ecology that values diversity and prepares teacher candidates for work in diverse communities; (2) increasing the number of Latino students pursuing…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Teacher Education, Teacher Competencies, Hispanic Americans
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Yopp, Ashley; McKim, Billy R.; Moore, Lori L.; Odom, Summer F.; Hanagriff, Roger – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has often been an umbrella term for a wide range of competencies, including emotional processes, social and interpersonal skills, and cognitive regulation (Jones, Bouffard, & Weissbourd, 2013). We used the Borich (1980) needs assessment model to assess the professional development needs of Texas agricultural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Needs Assessment, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Tilhou, Rebecca – Journal of School Choice, 2020
Home education support groups and associations are increasingly becoming hubs for home learning communities to share resources and knowledge. This literature review examined (a) motivations for joining homeschool groups; (b) values and beliefs that led to the formation of homeschool groups; and (c) how the culture of homeschool groups aids in…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Nontraditional Education, Models, Parents as Teachers
Deal, S. Todd; Yarborough, Preston – Center for Creative Leadership, 2020
Formal leadership development programs enhance what students learn in the classroom by giving them powerful tools for personal and professional success. They are also a differentiator for many institutions. They help schools attract more high-ability students, distinguish themselves from peer institutions, and increase the value of a student's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Leadership, College Students, Leadership Training
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Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2013
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Students, Barriers
Brown, Seth; Choi, KC; Herman, Becki – American Institutes for Research, 2011
The HOPE Foundation (HOPE) commissioned the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to conduct an exploratory study of the implementation and impact of the Courageous Leadership Academy (CLA). In this report, the authors introduce the school reform model, describe the study methodology, present findings for each of the three research questions…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Exhibits
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