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The Impact Of Stand-Alone Professional Development Versus Job-Embedded Professional Development On Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Program Evaluation, Ayana Lucas
Dissertations
School leaders throughout the United States use various methods to create professional learning opportunities that lead to effective teaching practices. The purpose of my study is to evaluate the impact of stand-alone professional development on teacher self-efficacy of teachers who have attended or incorporated professional development in their learning environments. The context of this evaluation is elementary, middle, and high schools in the United States. My study demonstrates outcomes of a disconnect between instructional leaders and teachers in the perception of job-embedded professional development and its effect on teacher self-efficacy. My study also demonstrated an outcome that there is a …
The Teaching Artist Experience: An Art-Based Study Exploring Teaching Artists' Perspectives On The Efficacy Of Employment-Based Training And Support, Tessa Bry Taylor
The Teaching Artist Experience: An Art-Based Study Exploring Teaching Artists' Perspectives On The Efficacy Of Employment-Based Training And Support, Tessa Bry Taylor
Educational Studies Dissertations
This art-based research study seeks to examine teaching artists’ current perspectives on the models of training and support provided to them by their employers. The study was conducted with a group of teaching artists exploring two key research questions: What models of training and support do teaching artists receive? What are teaching artists perspectives on the efficacy of those models? Responses were explored collaboratively through a cyclical process of artmaking, reflection, and discussion designed and facilitated by the artist-researcher. The study yielded the following outcomes: teaching artists believe training and support received from employers is inefficient and inconsistent; teaching artists …