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The Role of Instructional Coach and Prinicpal in Support of College Readiness Standards in High School Writing: a Case Study
(2012-05)
Writing is the gatekeeper for college readiness. It is critical to marry the relationship of writing to the processes of analysis and synthesis, the levels at which college readiness is assessed. As more and more teachers ...
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL LEADERS
(2014-12)
Educational leaders are faced with the challenge of preparing more students than ever to be college ready. Many school districts in the US have turned to offering the Advanced Placement (AP) program to add rigor to the ...
Teachers' Perceptions of the Interactive Whiteboard: Ease of Use, Usefulness, and Relationship of Training
(2015-08)
The Interactive Whiteboard is quickly becoming a mainstay in the modern classroom. While it is being heralded as a powerful tool that has the potential to increase student motivation and teacher instructional flexibility, ...
Mathematics and Science Teachers’ Transfer of Online Learning to Face-to-Face Classrooms
(2016-12)
Historically, science and mathematics teacher educators model best practices in face-to-face settings as a way to teach about learner-centered instruction. As this challenge has begun to be met in recent years by instructors ...
An Analysis of Texas' Professional Learning Efforts in Deafblindness and The Effect on Teacher Self-Efficacy
(2019-05)
Identifying how current teachers are aware and accessing professional learning opportunities related to educating students with deafblindness and determining which professional learning opportunities impact these teachers’ ...
Breaking Barriers: Campus Leaders Commitment to Technology Integration
(2013-08)
This paper critically analyzed the school reform movement of technology integration from the campus leaders’ perspectives. Leaders need to be committed to this global change in order for students to be successful in the ...
Female Leadership and New Teacher Professional Development
(2012-08)
This paper is a self-study that researched women’s ways of knowing and female leadership. Through four episodes, my first year teaching story was shown to be, and defined as a cover story. I examined differences between ...
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRST-YEAR TEACHER PERCEPTIONS, NEW TEACHER INDUCTION AND TEACHER RETENTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
(2016-12)
Across the nation school districts are faced with the dual challenge of growing student enrollment and high teacher turnover. At the same time, each year new teachers enter the profession lacking the appropriate skills ...
Curriculum Alignment for Bilingual Students with Autism and Teacher’s Perceptions about Professional Development to Support Inclusion
(2019-12)
Background: A review of the literature of preschool curriculum implemented with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) revealed a significantly restricted number of evidence-based protocols available for public school ...
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A LOOK AT EFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE C3 COACHING MODEL
(2014-08)
Professional development of teachers is critical in order for educators to not only improve their own performance, but also to help students learn at a greater rate (Darling-Hammond & Richardson, 2009). Research has shown ...