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Nita A. Tarchinski; Thomas Matthew Colclough; Ashley Atkinson; Emily Bonem; Nathan Emery; Victoria Farrar; Madeleine Gonin; Daniel Guberman; Eleanor Louson; Matthew Mahavongtrakul; Timothy McKay; Marco Molinaro; Meryl Motika; Lizette Alda Muñoz Rojas; Hurshal Pol; Kem Saichaie; Kelsey Smart; Megan Stowe; Natasha T. Turman; Jenna Marie Thomas Vest; Ryan Sweeder – To Improve the Academy, 2025
The STEM Equity Learning Community (SELC) project guided multidisciplinary teams from nine large, public research institutions through a yearlong experience. We aimed to support instructors and undergraduate students in developing equity-mindedness to drive structural change efforts on their campuses. The SELCs were supported by access to equity…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Equal Education, STEM Education, Educational Change
Benjamin W. Cottingham; Heather J. Hough; Jeannie Myung – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2023
Student achievement in California has not rebounded after the precipitous declines of the COVID-19 pandemic, with English language arts (ELA) and math scores remaining well below prepandemic levels. Student attendance has declined dramatically, and trauma and time away from school have led to mental health challenges, delays in social development,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Collaboration, Coaching (Performance), Educational Improvement
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Robert C. Schoen; Catherine C. Lewis; Christopher Rhoads; Kevin Lai; Claire M. Riddell – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Lesson study, especially when conducted with support from targeted resources, is often identified as a potentially effective means to support teacher learning. In this study, 80 school-based teams of educators, representing 80 classrooms of third- or fourth-grade students in the US, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: lesson study…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
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Firestone, Allison R.; Cruz, Rebecca A.; Massey, Darcie – Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
Equity-centered preparation builds novice teachers' capacity to make meaningful instruction accessible to all students, particularly those historically excluded from high-quality learning experiences. Drawing on social learning theory, we examined Teacher Study Groups as a model for supporting preservice special educators' development of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Equal Education, Educational Practices, Communities of Practice
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Maier, Anna – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
A growing number of states are launching community school initiatives to ensure family and community engagement, provide enriched and expanded learning, and offer integrated supports for students. Several states are providing technical assistance to support the high-quality implementation of community schools, either through the state education…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Community Schools, Program Implementation, Partnerships in Education
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Jennifer Ahn – Learning Professional, 2024
Since professional learning is about shifting adult mindsets and behavior, it is work that frequently challenges assumptions, expectations, beliefs, instructional practices, and long-standing habits. To have meaningful and productive conversations about evaluation and data, educators must be equipped with effective practices and tools that allow…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Psychological Patterns, Equal Education, Program Effectiveness
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Julie Fitz; Stephanie Levin; Marjorie E. Wechsler – Learning Policy Institute, 2024
California has a notable history of investing in educational leaders' professional learning. In 1983, the state launched the California School Leadership Academy (CSLA), which it funded until the academy was discontinued due to statewide budget cuts in 2003. Research showed that CSLA was a source of high-quality professional development. In 2019,…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Administrator Education
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Lotan, Rachel A.; Burns, Dion – Learning Policy Institute, 2019
The teaching profession requires continuous learning, and in 2014, a new model of professional learning was introduced in California by the Instructional Leadership Corps (ILC), a group of expert teachers who organize local professional development to spark iterative changes in practice. In the four years following its launch, the ILC connected…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Faculty Development, Educational Change, Common Core State Standards
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Sprowles, Amy; Goldenberg, Katlin; Goley, P. Dawn; Ladwig, Steve; Shaughnessy, Frank J. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2019
At Humboldt State University (HSU), location is everything. Students are as drawn to our spectacular natural setting as they are to the unique majors in the natural resource sciences that the university has to offer. However, the isolation that nurtures the pristine natural beauty of the area presents a difficult reality for students who are…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Communities of Practice, Rural Schools, State Universities
Young, Ira John – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative study examines the influence of mentoring programs in science and engineering on African American and Latinx men's scientific identity at a Northern California public research institution. Using inquiry derived from Harper's (2010) anti-deficit achievement framework and Rendon (1994)'s validation theory, this study sought to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Science Education, Engineering Education, African American Students
Thomas, Carolyn; Sedell, Jennifer – Liberal Education, 2018
The divide between faculty members' positions as teachers and students' positions as learners can be challenging to see, much less overcome. As experts, faculty may fail to provide appropriate entry points or convey specific goals, even when they think they are succeeding in these areas. Because they are rooted in their experience of teaching…
Descriptors: Empathy, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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Rebull, L. M.; French, D. A.; Laurence, W.; Roberts, T.; Fitzgerald, M. T.; Gorjian, V.; Squires, G. K. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
The NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) provides a year-long authentic astronomy research project by partnering a research astronomer with small groups of educators. NITARP has worked with a total of 103 educators since 2005. In this paper, surveys are explored that were obtained from 74 different educators, at up to four waypoints…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Astronomy, Scientists, Teacher Surveys
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Lo, Yafen; Yen, Shu-Chen; Duh, Shinchieh – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
High-impact educational practices can promote student involvement and learning outcomes, but are rarely tested in the community college setting--where involvement is a typical challenge to student success. For Family Child Care (FCC) providers, who tend to be older and overworked, higher-education training can be especially difficult. The present…
Descriptors: Child Care, Family (Sociological Unit), Communities of Practice, Professional Development
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Craig, Cecilia D. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Young women benefited from a network of "social cohesion and peer support," a form of social capital, which emerged from participation in a well-known high school robotics program. This factor was part of a larger grounded theory qualitative study using a foundation in career theories that explored the influences of the robotics program…
Descriptors: Robotics, Science Careers, Females, High School Students
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Ryoo, Jean; Goode, Joanna; Margolis, Jane – Computer Science Education, 2015
This article describes the importance that high school computer science teachers place on a teachers' professional learning community designed around an inquiry- and equity-oriented approach for broadening participation in computing. Using grounded theory to analyze four years of teacher surveys and interviews from the Exploring Computer Science…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Computer Science Education
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