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Developing A Nursing Management Degree Programme To Meet The Needs Of Irish Nurse Managers, Pauline Joyce
Developing A Nursing Management Degree Programme To Meet The Needs Of Irish Nurse Managers, Pauline Joyce
Pauline Joyce
Background The study is placed within the context of the Irish health care system, which has undergone tremendous change, at the dawn of the new millennium, in particular from the nursing management and leadership viewpoint. Aim of the study The aim of this study is to explore nurses' expectations of the content and delivery of nursing management degree programme. Methods This is an on-going action research study. Data has been collected using a focus group interview, questionnaire, document analysis and a reflective diary. Data was analysed using thematic analysis and SPSS as appropriate to qualitative and quantitative data respectively. To …
Leading Professional Learning Communities Toward Efficacy, Laura S. Witherington
Leading Professional Learning Communities Toward Efficacy, Laura S. Witherington
Administrative Issues Journal
As Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), defined by DuFour et al (2008), continue to sweep into schools across the nation, school administrators need the tools to assess the productivity of the teachers’ collaborative teams. PLCs provide the structure for teachers to analyze student achievement data and design common formative assessments. The PLC Efficacy Rubric discussed in this presentation was developed for use in the College Ready in Mathematics and Physics Partnership grant funded by the National Science Foundation to provide school administrators the tools to evaluate teachers’ collaborative work and guide them to increased success. This presentation introduces the five indicators …