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Download full textAutumn Barnes, Contributor; Adina Cooper, Contributor; Marci Hertz, Contributor; Kesha Hudson, Contributor; Sarah Lee, Contributor; Sandra Leonard, Contributor; Bailee Peralto, Contributor; Mary Schauer, Contributor; Katy Suellentrop, Contributor; Jorge Verlenden, Contributor; Natalie Wilkins, Contributor; Camara Wooten, Contributor; Anna Yaros, Contributor – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023
This action guide was designed for school administrators in kindergarten through 12th grade schools (K-12), including principals and leaders of school-based student support teams, to identify evidence-based strategies, approaches, and practices that can positively influence students' mental health. This action guide describes six in-school…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Schools, Early Childhood Education, Middle Schools
Direct linkOlivia Almanza – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perception of the principal and teachers regarding what transformational leadership practices meet the needs of EBs in a DLI PK-8th grade campus in South Texas. The research site was selected for having 40% emergent bilingual students. The campus principal has been implementing a…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Transformational Leadership
Peer reviewedTara Gossman – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2025
Delve into the transformative journey of teachers and administrators from a rural school district as they bring "Principles to Actions" to life. Pawnee City Public Schools believes effective teaching affects student learning and implemented a successful district-wide plan to improve student learning through the eight Mathematics Teaching…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Rural Areas, State Departments of Education
Derek John Varansky – ProQuest LLC, 2020
A rural Midwestern school district the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) adaptive assessment did not yield the expected improvements in student outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand teacher practice regarding MAP implementation. The conceptual framework was based on Fullan and Langworthy's change…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Cygan, Heide; Tribbia, Carly; Tully, Jamie – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
Schools are uniquely positioned to impact student health and academic outcomes through health and wellness policies. The purpose of this study was to describe factors influencing implementation of school health and wellness policies, specifically those focused on physical activity and nutrition. In-depth, stakeholder interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: School Health Services, School Policy, Wellness, Physical Activities
Chu, Lisa; DeArmond, Michael – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2021
There is wide recognition that supporting social-emotional learning (SEL) is a critical task for schools as they emerge from the pandemic, but implementation is challenging and SEL programs can easily turn into isolated and disjointed initiatives. When schools treat SEL as an isolated initiative, implementation can be uneven and difficult to…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Social Emotional Learning, Teaching Methods, Pandemics
Tyler, Burr; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Estrella, Denise; Arnett, Elizabeth; Iveland, Ashley; Nilsen, Katy – WestEd, 2020
The NGSS Early Implementers Initiative was created to help eight California school districts and two charter management organizations, supported by WestEd's K-12 Alliance, implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Many educational initiatives are funded for only a couple of years. This unique initiative spanned an extraordinary six…
Descriptors: State Standards, Science Education, Science Instruction, School Districts
Tyler, Burr; Estrella, Denise; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Iveland, Ashley; Nilsen, Katy; Arnett, Elizabeth; Valcarcel, Josh – WestEd, 2020
Over the course of six years, a diverse group of school districts and charter management organizations in California ran a substantial experiment in implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in elementary and middle grades. WestEd led an extensive evaluation of that effort, the California K-8 NGSS Early Implementers Initiative,…
Descriptors: Science Education, State Standards, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Ruchti, Wendy P.; Bennett, Cory A.; Dunstan, Michelle – Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, 2018
Teacher leaders are often responsible for providing professional development to improve teacher effectiveness and student learning. Leading professional development for teachers can be highly effective when the focus is on student learning in on-going and relevant contexts. This article describes a school-based, teacher-led collaborative process…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Environment
Nilsen, Katy; Iveland, Ashley; Tyler, Burr; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Arnett, Elizabeth – WestEd, 2020
This 13th report in WestEd's evaluation of the K-8 Early Implementers Initiative for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) provides an extensive response to the following question: What does NGSS science teaching look like in the classroom? The report first discusses Initiative teachers' experiences with four instructional practices that…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods
Michele Capurso; John L. Dennis; Luciana Pagano Salmi; Cristina Parrino; Claudia Mazzeschi – Continuity in Education, 2020
The isolation related to the COVID-19 pandemic is causing both physical and mental health concerns for children worldwide. When the pandemic is over, schools and kindergartens represent a crucial context that can play an important role in promoting young people's well-being. This paper presents a school re-entry program aimed at creating an arena…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Reentry Students, Elementary School Students
Estrella, Denise; Tyler, Burr; Britton, Ted; Iveland, Ashley; Nguyen, Kimberly; Arnett, Elizabeth – WestEd, 2019
NGSS Early Implementers is a six-year initiative created to help eight California school districts and two charter management organizations, supported by WestEd's K-12 Alliance, implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Administrators need learning opportunities if they are to adequately understand the substantial shifts of the Next…
Descriptors: School Districts, Science Education, State Standards, Kindergarten
Michele Shuster; Kira Claussen; Melly Locke; Krista Glazewski – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2016
At the intersection of biology and computer science is the growing field of bioinformatics--the analysis of complex datasets of biological relevance. Despite the increasing importance of bioinformatics and associated practical applications, these are not standard topics in elementary and middle school classrooms. We report on a pilot project and…
Descriptors: Biology, Information Science, Faculty Development, Summer Programs
Cornell, Dewey G.; Allen, Korrie; Fan, Xitao – School Psychology Review, 2012
This randomized controlled study examined disciplinary outcomes for 201 students who made threats of violence at school. The students attended 40 schools randomly assigned to use the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines or follow a business-as-usual disciplinary approach in a control group. Logistic regression analyses found, after…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, Guidelines, Discipline, Violence
Louisiana Department of Education, 2006
The Louisiana Literacy Plan is designed to address the learning needs of all students in grades PK-Adult Education in order to improve the literacy rates of students in the state, thereby developing a more literate and capable citizenry for the future. Connecting this plan to the No Child Left Behind Act, Louisiana seeks to close the achievement…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Professional Development, Literacy Education, State Programs
