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Gill, Jennifer – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Every district wants its schools to shine, and more are recognizing that, in order to raise performance, they need well-trained principals who can shake up the status quo and create an environment where all students flourish. Indeed, in a six-year study analyzing data from 180 schools in nine states, researchers from the Universities of Minnesota…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training
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O'Keeffe, Breda V.; Slocum, Timothy A.; Magnusson, Renee – Journal of Special Education, 2013
Paraprofessionals are widely employed in response to intervention (RTI) settings to provide instruction to students at-risk for reading disabilities. However, little research has addressed effective and efficient ways to train these paraprofessionals to deliver instruction with high fidelity. In addition, given the limited time and finances…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Reading Instruction, Response to Intervention, Reading Difficulties
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Tumosa, Nina; Horvath, Kathy J.; Huh, Terri; Livote, Elayne E.; Howe, Judith L.; Jones, Lauren Ila; Kramer, B. Josea – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2012
The Geriatric Scholar Program (GSP) is a Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) workforce development program to infuse geriatrics competencies in primary care. This multimodal educational program is targeted to primary care providers and ancillary staff who work in VA's rural clinics. GSP consists of didactic education and training in geriatrics…
Descriptors: Expertise, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Rural Areas