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Redesigning Teacher Evaluation: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Implementation in New Hampshire
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Riordan, Julie; Lacireno-Paquet, Natalie; Shakman, Karen; Bocala, Candice – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Many studies have called attention to the limitations of current teacher evaluation systems and the need for reform nationwide. This study addresses three research questions: (1) What are the features of the new teacher evaluation systems in New Hampshire's districts with SIG schools?; (2) To what extent did schools implement the evaluation system…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Program Implementation, Pilot Projects, Surveys
The ASCD Healthy School Communities Project: Formative Evaluation Results
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Valois, Robert F.; Lewallen, Theresa C.; Slade, Sean; Tasco, Adriane N. – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the formative evaluation results from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Healthy School Communities (HSC) pilot project. Design/methodology/approach: This study utilized 11 HSC pilot sites in the USA (eight sites) and Canada (three sites). The evaluation question was…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Best Practices, Program Implementation
Expanding Learning Opportunities for High School Students with Distance Learning
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Beese, Jane – American Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The purpose of the Synchronous Interactive Video Conference Distance Learning pilot program was to use emerging technologies to expand learning opportunities for students at an urban public high school. Through grant funding, students were able to enroll in Advanced Placement and foreign language courses through an online learning provider. Using…
Descriptors: High School Students, Distance Education, Educational Opportunities, Pilot Projects
Recognising Workplace Learning: The Emerging Practices of e-RPL and e-PR
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Cameron, Roslyn – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The use of e-portfolios in recognition of prior learning (RPL) processes in workplace and professional practice contexts has attracted little attention in the literature due to its emergent nature. This study seeks to explore the growing incidence of e-portfolio-based RPL (e-RPL) and professional recognition (e-PR) processes in Australia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Content Analysis, Personnel Evaluation
Mentoring in the Philadelphia GO-GIRL Program: Impact on Penn's Graduate School of Education Student Mentors
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Slaughter-Defoe, Diana; English-Clarke, Traci – Educational Horizons, 2010
The role of mentor development in implementing an out-of-school math and science Saturday program for middle-school girls is examined, using content analyses performed on journal entries that four college and graduate school-level mentors completed during the second year of the pilot program. Findings suggest that mentors matured and changed from…
Descriptors: Mentors, Pilot Projects, Role, Program Descriptions
Implementing Digital Individual Development Planning in Teacher Education: The Challenges of Communication in Relation to the Development of ICT-Supported Methods
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Granberg, Carina – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2009
This paper presents a study of the experiences of a group of teacher educators during the 2006-2007 academic year, when they participated in a project to try out and implement digital individual development planning (which in Swedish is digital "Individuella Utvecklings-Planer" or IUP) in a teacher education faculty at a Swedish…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education