This paper explores school development processes in four schools in challenging circumstances. These schools were selected from a sample of schools in a longitudinal mixed-method study over a five-year period of around 100 schools using a typology of different models of change over time. The paper presents first selected findings from the overall…

There is a dearth of empirical research on the efficacy of integrated teacher professional development (PD) models, ones that synthesize both online learning and face-to-face teacher PD experiences and interactions. The purpose of this explanatory mixed-methods study was to determine how teachers perceived an integrated PD experience that…

This study involves an in-depth investigation into elementary teachers' self-directed learning in an online environment. The virtual revisit think aloud, a methodology combining a retrospective procedure with screen recording technology, was used to capture cognitive processes from 15 elementary teachers as they used a professional development…

Teacher co-design is found to be an effective model of teacher learning. This study is an in-depth investigation of the school-based teacher co-design teams in five schools using multiple case study approach. Using the architecture for learning framework, data collected during co-planning meetings are analyzed in terms of the discussion content…

The purpose of this study was to compare differences in teachers' instructional behaviors during Year 2 implementation of the A+ Model of arts integration. Forty-six (i.e., 23 control, 23 experimental) randomly selected teachers from six school sites (i.e., 3 control, 3 experimental) were observed over a two year period. In addition, six teachers…

A demand exists to better prepare elementary teachers to improve math content and pedagogical competence to teach math to English language Learners (ELLs). The Quality Teachers for English Learners grant-supported teacher training program addresses the demand by examining if program graduates adopt linguistically and culturally responsive math…