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School Culture And Leadership Of Professional Learning Communities, Daniel Carpenter
School Culture And Leadership Of Professional Learning Communities, Daniel Carpenter
CUP Faculty Research
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore supportive and shared leadership structures at schools as a function of school culture policies and procedures.
Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative study was conducted at three secondary schools in the Midwestern USA. Administrators and teachers were interviewed, professional learning communities observed and artifacts collected to explore school culture policies, procedures and leadership in the implementation of professional learning community practice.
Findings
This study concludes that school leaders must provide supportive and shared leadership structures for teachers in order to ensure a positive school culture and effective professional learning communities that impact school improvement. …
More Than Hoop Jumping: Making Accreditation Matter, Mary D. Burbank, Melissa M. Goldsmith, Alisa Bates
More Than Hoop Jumping: Making Accreditation Matter, Mary D. Burbank, Melissa M. Goldsmith, Alisa Bates
CUP Faculty Research
This study provides a discussion of faculty perspectives on the impact of national accreditation on a teacher education program. Research questions from a three-year investigation examined the influence of accreditation on how teacher educators approach their work and whether meeting accreditation requirements contributes to ongoing, systemic self-reflection. Self-study survey data identified faculty perspectives on the influence of accreditation on planning, instruction, curriculum development, assessment, and collaboration. Accreditation as a form of self-study reveals both strengths and the inherent challenges of meeting the sometimes competing goals of accreditation requirements and meaningful examinations through self-reflection. Study implications underscore the need for conscious …
Service Learning As An Instructional Strategy For The Preparation Of Teachers, Alisa J. Bates, Dina Drits, Cathi Allen, Peggy Mccandless
Service Learning As An Instructional Strategy For The Preparation Of Teachers, Alisa J. Bates, Dina Drits, Cathi Allen, Peggy Mccandless
CUP Faculty Research
This paper addresses the strengths and challenges of university-based service learning projects, using preservice elementary teachers in an undergraduate social studies methods course as a model for implementing service learning in university courses. The goal of the project was to provide future teachers with the motivation and experience in facilitating service learning projects as a means of promoting student equity, social responsibility, and social justice. The carryover of this attitude and response to the first year of the teaching career is considered. Three cases of teachers are presented to share findings that focus on issues of context, teacher characteristics, understanding …