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Christine Tomasik – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Teachers are one of the largest licensed groups in the United States, and nearly all teachers are required to pass a licensure exam before entering classroom practice (U.S. Department of Education, 2016). However, "questions abound as to those exams' quality, design, and purpose: To what extent do they actually assess important professional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Teacher Certification
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Strohmeier, Dagmar; Solomontos-Kountouri, Olga; Burger, Christoph; Dogan, Aysun – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
The effectiveness of the Viennese Social Competence (ViSC) programme on various bullying-related teacher variables was examined at two time points with a quasi-experimental intervention-control group design. In Austria, Cyprus, and Turkey, teachers participated in a series of in-school trainings and implemented an anti-bullying prevention…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Interpersonal Competence, Bullying, Prevention
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Cavioni, Valeria; Grazzani, Ilaria; Ornaghi, Veronica; Agliati, Alessia; Gandellini, Sabina; Cefai, Carmel; Camilleri, Liberato; Bartolo, Paul; Tatalovic Vorkapic, Sanja; Golob, Lana; Poulou, Maria; Martinsone, Baiba; Supe, Inga; Simões, Celeste; Lebre, Paula; Colomeischi, Adina; Rusu, Petruta; Acostoaie, Lidia; Vintur, Tatiana; Conte, Elisabetta – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2023
In the last two years, a growing number of studies have focused on the promotion of students' mental health to address the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, less studies have been conducted on sustaining teachers' mental health which has been affected by the sudden changes in online teaching and the difficulties in keeping and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Promotion, Teacher Student Relationship, Stress Variables
Butler, Aaron James – Online Submission, 2018
Alternative teacher certification has emerged in the past two decades as one policy state leaders can leverage to recruit and prepare high-quality teachers to meet demands that are unique to their student populations. Indeed, in specific circumstances such as addressing teacher shortages, alternative teacher certification can be viewed as an…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Outcomes of Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
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Keuning, Trynke; Van Geel, Marieke; Visscher, Adrie – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2017
The use of data for adaptive, tailor-made education can be beneficial for students with learning difficulties. While evaluating the effects of a data-based decision-making (DBDM) intervention on student outcomes, considerable variation between intervention effects, ranging from high-intervention effects to small or even negative intervention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Data Analysis
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2017
"TNTP Teaching Fellows" is a highly selective route to teacher certification that aims to prepare people to teach in high-need public schools. The program recruits professionals seeking to change careers and recent college graduates who are not certified teachers. "TNTP Teaching Fellows" expects its participants to teach for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, At Risk Students, Alternative Teacher Certification, Career Change
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Bastian, Kevin C.; Marks, Julie T. – American Educational Research Journal, 2017
Given concerns with the performance and attrition of novice teachers, North Carolina allocated $7.7 million from Race to the Top to create the New Teacher Support Program (NTSP), an induction model developed and implemented by the state's public university system and targeted at low-performing schools. In this study, we assess the associations…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Education Programs, Low Achievement
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Kettler, Todd; Oveross, Mattie E.; Bishop, James C. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2017
Substantial evidence supports the benefits of quality preschool education for children of all levels and backgrounds. However, early childhood gifted education services rarely exist in preschool centers. This study included 263 preschool centers representing geographic diversity in a southern state in the United States. Narrative data were…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Preschool Education, Barriers, Program Implementation
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Desta, Menelik; Deyessa, Negussie; Fish, Irving; Maxwell, Benjamin; Zerihun, Tigist; Levine, Saul; Fox, Claire; Giedd, Jay; Zelleke, Tesfaye G.; Alem, Atalay; Garland, Ann F. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2017
In Ethiopia there is a severe shortage of child mental health professionals. Identification and intervention for young children's mental health problems is crucial to improve developmental trajectories and reduce the severity of emotional and behavioral disorders. Teachers can play an important role in early problem detection. This role is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Health, Mental Health, Teacher Role
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Reynolds, Ruth; Howley, Peter; Southgate, Erica; Brown, Joanna – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
This study compared pre-service teachers' perceptions of their professional competencies at two campuses of a large regional teacher education university, where one campus provided students 22% more hours of professional placement in schools and related educational settings. Students who had experienced more hours in schools and such settings were…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Education
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Akhavan, Nancy – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
This article describes a school district administrator's research on optimal coaching experiences for classroom teachers. This research was done with the intent of gaining a better understanding of how coaching affects student learning. The author defines coaching as the assistance given to a teacher to improve on teaching practices in order to…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Coaching (Performance), Teacher Competencies
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Beisiegel, Mary; Mitchell, Rebecca; Hill, Heather C. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
Although video cases and video clubs have become popular forms of teacher professional development, there have been few systematic investigations of designs for such programs. Programs may vary according to (a) whether teachers watch videos of their own/their peers' instruction, or whether teachers watch stock video of unknown teachers; and (b)…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology
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Brian, Ali; Goodway, Jacqueline D.; Logan, Jessica A.; Sutherland, Sue – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017
Purpose: Children from disadvantaged settings are at risk for delays in their object-control (OC) skills. Fundamental motor skill interventions, such as the Successful Kinesthetic Instruction for Preschoolers (SKIP) Program, are highly successful when led by motor development experts. However, few preschools employ such experts. This study…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Psychomotor Skills, Kinesthetic Perception
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Rudge, Lucila T. – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2015
With the dramatic rise of diversity in American schools, the need to prepare teachers to work with this population, and the increasing popularity of online instruction, teacher educators and researchers need to pay greater attention to the effects of online instruction. This study examines and compares the impact of a critical multicultural…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Student Diversity, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Slim-Topdjian, Lina; Pinto Zipp, Genevieve – Global Education Review, 2016
The increased prevalence of autism has created an increased challenge for teachers to incorporate specialized teaching strategies to address the unique educational and behavioral challenges facing children diagnosed with autism. Providing teachers with educational training opportunities will promote such learning. In the academic world,…
Descriptors: Autism, Teaching Methods, On the Job Training, Video Technology
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