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Our Words Matter: The Impact Of Professional Development On Positive Teacher Language, Jennifer L. Hilderbrand
Our Words Matter: The Impact Of Professional Development On Positive Teacher Language, Jennifer L. Hilderbrand
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)
Research shows that quality student-teacher relationships contribute to students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes. During phase 1 of this Improvement Science study, Buck Mountain Elementary School adults expressed concern with student-adult relationships. Specifically, adults indicated that connectedness with students has deteriorated since the onset of learning in a COVID 19 impacted context. Next, phase 2 investigated the impact of professional development on positive teacher language as an effective strategy to increase quality student-teacher relationships. Using a participatory-classroom action research method, participants engaged in a five-session intervention cycle of professional development focused on positive teacher language to support teachers in rebuilding …