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Exploring the Role of Elementary Parent Involvement Coordinators in a North Georgia Title I Charter School District
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Elrod, Philip – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study explored the role of elementary parent involvement coordinators (EPIC) in a Northeast Georgia Title I Charter School District. EPICs were charged with facilitating programs designed to build social capital and network closure for families. This nested case study explored the experiences of five EPICs, each located in one of the five…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, School Districts, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools
Exploring Instructional Coaches' Attitudes and Use of the DataCapture Mobile Application to Collect Video-Based Evidence in Teacher Evaluation
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Shewell, Justin Reed – ProQuest LLC, 2013
An integral part of teacher development are teacher observations. Many teachers are observed once or twice a year to evaluate their performance and hold them accountable for meeting standards. Instructional coaches, however, observe and work with teachers to help them reflect on their performance, with the goal of improving their practice.…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Coaching (Performance), Accountability, Reflective Teaching
A Phenomenological Study Investigating Transformative Learning Strategies Implemented by 10 Title I Elementary Principals That Influence Novice Teacher Retention
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Fountain, Tara – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to investigate transformative learning strategies implemented by 10 Title I elementary principals that influence novice teacher retention. Data were gathered by individual interviews. Data were analyzed using Creswell's (2013) description of qualitative research as a collection of data…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Transformative Learning, Learning Strategies, Program Implementation
Increasing the Supply of Effective Teachers in High-Poverty Schools in a Heterogeneous School District: Facilitators and Constraints
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Kennedy, Leigh K. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to clarify the ways that a district used its teacher staffing and professional development policies to increase the supply of effective teachers in high-poverty schools, to determine the efficacy of these policies in the view of district administrators and teachers, and to identify the facilitators and constraints to…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Effectiveness, Poverty Areas, Educational Policy
Title 1 Schools Parent Liaisons' Reports Regarding Their Roles and Associated Responsibilities to Facilitate Parent Engagement to Support Children's Academic Achievement
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Tacchi, Barbara M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Parent Liaisons can play an integral role in working to realize a vision for a strategic, comprehensive, and continuous system of family, school, and community partnerships that demonstrably contribute to children's development and school success. Parent involvement continues to receive an increasing amount of attention in federal and state…
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Parents, Parent Role, Parent Responsibility
The Nature of Teacher Interactions at a High Achieving, High-Risk Urban Middle School
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Heaton, Charles Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Increasingly, teachers are asked to work both systemically and systematically in addressing school performance and student failure. Structuring school communities for teacher collaboration is one area where educators have found common ground; the present and unprecedented need is reflected in the policy statements of the leading education…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, High Achievement, Low Achievement, Teacher Collaboration