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Creating Professional Learning Communities: The Work of Professional Development Schools
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Doolittle, Gini; Sudeck, Maria; Rattigan, Peter – Theory Into Practice, 2008
If professional learning communities offer opportunities for improving the teaching and learning process, then developing strong professional development school (PDS) partnerships establish an appropriate framework for that purpose. PDS partnerships, however, can be less than effective without proper planning and discussion about the aims of those…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Educational Planning, Program Development, Program Descriptions
Using Research to Develop Successful Basic Skills Improvement Programs.
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of School Programs. – 1980
Information on basic skills improvement programs is provided through a review of research findings concerned with the factors determining quality education. These factors fall into four key areas: (1) the classroom--use of time, classroom climate/control, teacher behaviors, student behavior, organization of instruction; (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Basic Skills, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
City Schools of Excellence: School Improvement Grant Program. Award Recipients.
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of General Academic Education. – 1989
The names of the county, school, principal, district, and superintendent; address; phone number; grades served; and number of students are provided for each of the 50 award recipients of the City Schools of Excellence Grant Program in New Jersey. These New Jersey schools are engaging in a thorough and intensive program of schoolwide improvement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Directories, Educational Environment