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Guskey, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 2014
Why does professional learning for educators have such a mixed history? Why is it so hard to find solid research evidence of professional development programs that actually improve student learning outcomes? Part of the answer, writes Thomas R. Guskey, is that professional learning experiences for educators are rarely well planned. Consequently,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Planning, Program Development
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Patterson, Jerry L.; Czajkowski, Theodore J. – Educational Leadership, 1979
Successful implementation of new programs requires planning, an appropriate strategy, and staff development. (Author)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
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Frey, William Paul – Educational Leadership, 1979
The basic principles of program survival include one person assuming responsibility for a new program, continuing staff development, and altering a new program to benefit and improve student achievement. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
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Warschauer, Mark – Educational Leadership, 2006
Schools across the country are experimenting with one-to-one laptop learning programs. The author's research team has studied 10 such schools--seven in California and three in Maine--and has found that laptop programs have great potential to help schools prepare students for the future. In this article, Warschauer warns that one-to-one laptop…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Rural Schools, Suburban Schools, Program Effectiveness
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Cornett, Lynn M. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Reviews recent trends in the development and implementation of performance-based incentive programs for teachers and administrators. Looks at program control, administrator and teacher involvement, time frames used, criteria for career advancement, evaluation methods employed, effects of funding on implementation, and program evaluation. Considers…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wallace, Richard; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1984
First proposed in the fall of l98l, Pittsburgh's Schenley High School Teacher Center opened in the fall of 1983 with a comprehensive visiting teachers continuing education program involving contact with both resident and replacement teachers. To ensure full realization of its potential, the center uses a databased program to monitor its own…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Databases, Educational Quality, Faculty Development