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Examining Teacher Efficacy In An Urban School District Through An Induction And Mentoring Program, Vonda Kim Scipio
Examining Teacher Efficacy In An Urban School District Through An Induction And Mentoring Program, Vonda Kim Scipio
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Induction and mentoring programs are being implemented throughout the nation by school districts as intensive professional development for new teachers. These programs are designed to accelerate the development of novice teachers as a strategy to improve the academic achievement of preschool to 12th-grade students. In an effort to assess the relative importance of school-level factors that might further such teachers' growth, the purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of three cohorts of mentored teachers with respect to five working conditions: (a) colleagues' contributions to new teachers' professional growth; (b) principal support of new teachers' professional growth; (c) …
Common Core State Standards And Technology Integration: A Study Of Teachers' Experiences After Professional Development, Angela V. Christopher
Common Core State Standards And Technology Integration: A Study Of Teachers' Experiences After Professional Development, Angela V. Christopher
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At the time of this research, implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represented a fundamental shift in the way teachers were to provide instruction. The standards were designed to emphasize rigorous content and disciplinary practices that required higher order thinking, depth of knowledge, and adaptive application at each grade level. Expectations for high quality, student-centered technology integration were also embedded within some of the standards. The purpose of this research was to examine the perspectives of K-8 teachers after professional development and their experiences changing instructional practices for CCSS and technology integration. This phenomenological study was guided by three …
Exploring The Relationship Between Professional Development And Student Achievement, Tamora Lashawn Jackson
Exploring The Relationship Between Professional Development And Student Achievement, Tamora Lashawn Jackson
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Abstract The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between professional development and student achievement by addressing three major standards of professional learning: content, process, and context. This study included 276 teachers from 28 middle schools. Data from this study was gathered using the Standards Assessment Inventory (SAI) survey instrument designed by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) and publicly available achievement data from the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP), a criterion-referenced achievement test. The Standards Assessment Inventory (SAI) was used to examine teachers' perceptions of professional development at the school level.The overall purpose of this study was …