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Public Impact, 2012
In the schoolhouse, nothing matters more to students' learning than their teachers. But only about one of every four U.S. classrooms has an "excellent teacher"--one who produces enough learning progress to close achievement gaps quickly and help all students leap ahead to higher-order learning. What can schools do, now, to reach many…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Professional Recognition
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Quer, Josep – Sign Language Studies, 2012
Despite being minority languages like many others, sign languages have traditionally remained absent from the agendas of policy makers and language planning and policies. In the past two decades, though, this situation has started to change at different paces and to different degrees in several countries. In this article, the author describes the…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Educational Policy
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Mevawalla, Zinnia; Hadley, Fay – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
This article investigates early childhood educators' perceptions of advocacy in raising the professional status with multiple stakeholders in diverse contexts. The article reports on findings from a phenomenological study investigating the perceptions of 12 educators working full time in long-day-care settings across Sydney, New South Wales (NSW),…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Children, Foreign Countries, Phenomenology
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Hyland, Ken; Tse, Polly – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2012
In contrast to the prescribed anonymity of the research article, the bio which accompanies it is perhaps the most explicit assertion of self-representation in scholarly life. Here is a rhetorical space where, in 50-100 words, authors are able to craft a narrative of expertise for themselves. It is a key opening for academics, both novice and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Writing Processes, Self Concept, Biographies
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Griffin, Karin L. – Negro Educational Review, 2013
The author examines her journey before and as she pursued tenure and promotion in the academy. She argues that the path to tenure and promotion in higher education institutions was not one designed to provide a fair and equitable process for Black female faculty who function as academic librarians. Further, she suggests that librarians in this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Tenure, Promotion (Occupational)
McClellan, Catherine; Joe, Jilliam; Bassett, Katherine – National Network of State Teachers of the Year, 2016
As part of state transitions to college- and career-ready (CCR) standards, including the Common Core State Standards in more than 40 states (NGA & CCSSO, 2010), states are for the first time administering new summative assessments aligned to those standards and aiming for a higher bar in assessment quality. For a majority of states, this means…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Comparative Analysis, Common Core State Standards, Summative Evaluation
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Urquhart, John – Advances in Physiology Education, 2009
In 2005, the American Physiological Society (APS) initiated the Living History of Physiology Archival Program to recognize senior members who have made significant contributions during their career to the advancement of the discipline and the profession of physiology. During 2008, the APS Cardiovascular Section selected Francis Eugene Yates to be…
Descriptors: Physiology, Profiles, Human Body, Scientists
David, Lennard J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Academic fame is an even stranger goddess than her nonacademic counterpart. In this article, the author contends that academic fame is not easily lost, compared with other kinds of fame. In the world of films or novels, one's fame is fleeting--one is often only as good as his last production. Films that splashed across marquees in the summer are…
Descriptors: Reputation, Scholarship, Familiarity, Professional Recognition
Kurtz, Doris J.; Aycock, John T.; Holman, Evelyn Blose; Montplaisir, Bruce L. – School Administrator, 2011
The concluding year of a lengthy career in school administration carries its share of emotional highs and lows. For those leaving the superintendency, it's also an opportunity to reflect on professional accomplishments, the chance to recount one's tangible impact on the lives of hundreds of fellow educators and thousands of school-age children…
Descriptors: School Administration, Superintendents, Public Education, Reflection
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Heppner, Puncky Paul – Counseling Psychologist, 2011
This article focuses on life career perspectives within the field of counseling psychology. The first goal is to promote reflection and discussion of counseling psychologists' planning and decision making as it pertains to their career journey; the second goal is to promote additional discussion around implicit and explicit cultural perspectives…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Psychologists, Career Development, Reflection
Riggall, Anna; Singer, Rachel – Education Development Trust, 2015
This report was conceived as one of three publications that collectively provide a commentary on research awareness and research use within schools in England. This third report in the series presents findings from a small-scale, detailed study of teachers who are operating as their school's Research Lead. The small scale of the study is…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Leadership Role, Social Media, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dhooge, Lucien J. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2010
In this article, the author reflects on his career as he turned fifty years old. He looks back on the most significant influences upon his professional life. This includes identifying the people who had the greatest influence on his teaching. This perspective not only serves as a reflection on the people and ideas that have influenced his teaching…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Teaching Experience, Influences, Social Support Groups
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Phelan, Anne – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2010
A recent move in the effort to professionalize teaching has been a call for a professional designation for teachers in some Canadian jurisdictions. While teacher certification or licensure seeks to protect public interest and is concerned about professionalism--the quality of teachers' work--professional designation is concerned with public…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Professional Recognition, Teacher Certification, Teachers
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Langford, Rachel; Prentice, Susan; Albanese, Patrizia; Summers, Bernadette; Messina-Goertzen, Brianne; Richardson, Brooke – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2013
Do early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals make good advocates? Canadian advocates have fought for better child care policies since the mid-1940s. What has happened to this advocacy with the recent increased professionalization of the ECEC sector? How does increased professionalization limit, innovate or expand advocacy strategies?…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Advocacy
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Griffin, Kimberly A.; Bennett, Jessica C.; Harris, Jessica – Review of Higher Education, 2013
Little work has addressed the ways in which race and gender intersect and shape Black professors' experiences as they seek professional advancement. Framed by critical race theory, this qualitative study uses discourse analysis to analyze the narratives of 28 Black professors employed at two research universities. Findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Race, Critical Theory, Gender Differences
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