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Rosemary, Catherine A.; Roskos, Kathleen A.; Landreth, Leslie K. – Guilford Publications, 2007
This highly practical guide is grounded in the authors' experience setting up and running a successful professional development program to improve K-3 reading instruction. The book systematically describes how professional development works: how sessions are organized, what they contain, routines and procedures, and the roles of each participant.…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
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Bostick, Dee; Anderson, Ron – Professional School Counseling, 2009
School counselors are under increasing pressure to evaluate their programs in a manner consistent with teachers and other educators. A small-group counseling intervention was used by a school counselor as part of a three-level program planning initiative that illustrated best research practices to evaluate program outcomes. Forty-nine third-grade…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counseling Services, Group Counseling, Program Evaluation
Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2009
Facing mounting evidence that California has fallen behind on many key indicators of educational performance, policymakers and the public share considerable interest in exploring whether California should expand public funding for preschool education. This expanded funding will be most effective if resources can be directed to their most efficient…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Education, Educational Objectives, Academic Achievement