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Giordano, Keri; Eastin, Shiloh; Calcagno, Briana; Wilhelm, Salena; Gil, Alexandra – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2021
Coaching is becoming widely recognized as a tool to help early childhood educators enhance teaching and build professional skills. Although effective, the use of an external coach can be cost and time prohibitive. This study examined the effectiveness of internal peer coaches as compared to external coaches in implementation fidelity of an…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Preschool Teachers, Federal Programs, Low Income Students
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Philpott, Carey; Oates, Catriona – Scottish Educational Review, 2015
Learning Rounds is a form of professional development that has gained widespread currency in Scotland. It has received official endorsement from Scottish Government funded agencies and has spread as a practice through at least 24 out of 32 local authorities, in part through popular adoption by teachers. However the literature on Instructional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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Nerren, Jannah; Hasbun, Tracey Covington – Educational Renaissance, 2018
This study investigated the effects of using teacher candidate-created observation protocols based on current research on classroom practices to connect research to practice. The study examined the extent to which mentor teachers modeled current research-based practices as measured by the protocols and explored the frequency with which the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Education Programs, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Lotter, Christine; Smiley, Whitney; Thompson, Stephen; Dickenson, Tammiee – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This study investigated a professional development model designed to improve teachers' inquiry teaching efficacy as well as the quality of their inquiry instruction through engaging teachers in practice-teaching and reflection sessions. The programme began with a two-week summer Institute focused on both inquiry pedagogy and science content and…
Descriptors: Models, Faculty Development, Training Methods, Middle School Teachers
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Semmelroth, Carrie L.; Johnson, Evelyn s.; Allred, Keith W. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2013
There is currently little consensus on how special education teachers should be evaluated in a way that is effective, fair and responsive to their unique teaching responsibilities. In this paper, we explain several of the current approaches to teacher evaluation under consideration, and then provide an overview of the challenges associated with…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Models, Alternative Assessment