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A Grounded Theory Exploration of the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System and Its Effects on Teaching Practices and Teacher Leadership
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Wydo, Daniel A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study examined the effects of the recently implemented North Carolina Educator Evaluator System (NCEES) on teaching practices and teacher leadership in a mostly rural county in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. NCEES is designed to improve teaching practices and teacher leadership through performance-based standards. This…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Practices, Teacher Leadership
The Self-Reported Perceptions of Levels of Preparedness of Alternatively-Licensed Career and Technical Education Teachers in the State of Ohio Completing the Resident Educator Summative Assessment
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Jeffery, Jeremy Owen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Requiring teachers to complete a performance-based assessment in the form of a teacher performance assessment is becoming a common way for initial teacher licensure or advancing a license. While some traditionally- and alternatively-licensed teachers from all content areas may have to complete some type of performance-based assessment for initial…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Summative Evaluation, Alternative Teacher Certification
Preparing Teachers to Apply Research to Mathematics Teaching: Using Design-Based Research to Define and Assess the Process of Evidence-Based Practice
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van Ingen, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Persistent lack of mathematics achievement and disparity in achievement has led to the publication of research findings related to equitable teaching practices. Although the publication of such research provides insights about approaches for potentially increasing equity in mathematics education, teachers must be able to apply what has been…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Competency of Graduate Nurses as Perceived by Nurse Preceptors and Nurse Managers
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Wise, Vanessa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As newly graduated associate degree nurses (ADN) and baccalaureate degree nurses (BSN) enter into the workforce, they must be equipped to care for a complex patient population; therefore, the purpose of this study was to address the practice expectations and clinical competency of new nurses as perceived by nurse preceptors and nurse managers.…
Descriptors: Nurses, Novices, Competence, Job Skills
The Impact of Leadership Styles of Special Education Administrators in Region 10 on Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
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Key, Gloria C. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study uncovered and analyzed the relationship between districts' percentage levels for special education identification, according to a state level measure, and leadership profiles of current special education administrators within Texas Region 10 school districts. The leadership profiles were measured using the Multifactor Leadership…
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Profiles, Leadership, Special Education
An Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Practical Functional Behavioral Assessment Training Model for Personnel in Schools
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Loman, Sheldon Lawrence – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The current study evaluated whether a manualized training in functional behavioral assessment (FBA) would result in typical school professionals being able to conduct a procedurally adequate FBA with a technically accurate summary statement for student behavior. Additionally, the study examined whether summary statements obtained by trained school…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Program Effectiveness, School Personnel