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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"school improvement plan"”.
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Addressing the Achievement Gap in Pinellas County Schools: School Improvement Plan Compliance of Listing and Implementing Interventions
… among Blacks and non-Blacks in Pinellas County Schools. The problem that I addressed was whether or not the strategies listed in the School Improvement Plan were actually being implemented within the classrooms and whether or not those strategies were academically effective to assist Black …
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Public Act 25 of 1990, Public Acts 335 and 339 of 1993 : an analysis of school district's annual educational reports for the years 1993-1996 in St. Clair County, Michigan
… in the Annual Educational Reports for the seven school districts, representing 52 school buildings, in St. Clair County for a three year period (1993-1994, 1994-1995 and 1995-1996). The seven components of the Annual Educational Reports were analyzed by 13 research questions to determine …
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The Relationship Between Administrative Support And Burnout In Turnaround Schools
… in two federally funded turnaround middle schools. Teacher burnout indicators include signs of lacking accomplishment, mental and physical fatigue, and depersonalization. Administrative support factors include positive communication, vision, district support, and school support. The major …
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The quality review visit: Two case studies
… examined the process that both the Eagle Ridge School District and the Vitalus building followed in preparation for their Quality Review Visit. It was the goal of this research project to understand and clarify how two Illinois public schools addressed four inquiries as they prepared for the …
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Revealing Academic Optimism in a High Achieving Middle School: A Case Study
… investigated how one high achieving middle school staff demonstrated Academic Optimism as measured by the School Academic Optimism Scale (SAOS) and the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (Revised) for middle schools. Twenty-seven teachers from a chosen middle school …
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Measuring the Impact of a Ninth Grade Academy on Tenth Grade Performance in Academics, Attendance, and Behavior
… and attendance data was compared from two schools: School A (which has a Ninth Grade Academy) and School B (which has a traditional Ninth Grade). This comparison was not randomly assigned to the intervention, previous performance in academics, ethnicity, or gender. The study found no …
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Urban School Principal Rated as Highly Effective: Support and Culture for Co-teaching
… to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) and the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) promoted a movement toward meaningful inclusion, which has led to an increase in interest in co-teaching (Friend, Cook, Hurley-Chamberlain, & Shamberger, 2010; Nichols, …
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Measuring the efficacy and quality of a professional development training on prejudice reduction and reflective practice: transforming the delivery of change through collective insight and informed action
The overall objective of school improvement planning is an enhanced level of student achievement through an enhanced leadership framework and successfully implemented program. The improvement plan process requires focus on specific priorities to effect real change. The purpose of this action …
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Study of the Professional Learning Practices of Three Rural Elementary Title I Distinguished Schools in Georgia
… learning practices in place at three elementary schools within the same district to determine what school wide and individual professional learning practices have been implemented and if they have played a role in their success as Title I Distinguished Schools. The research also explored the …
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Correlation Between Teacher Efficacy And Effective Professional Learning Communities
… lead to enhancing the existence of PLC’s in schools and the discovery of the most effective practices within professional learning communities. </p> <p>This study used results of the Professional Learning Community Assessment-Revised (PLCA-R) and correlated it with the results from the …
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Improving Teacher Morale with Team Building.
… the influence of team building among elementary school teachers to improve teacher morale. This framework is intended as the foundation for a team building model to provide principals and teachers with a guide for implementing sound team-building activities into inservice training and throughout …
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Teachers As Learners : A Study Of Elementary Teachers' Implementation Of The Iowa Professional Development Model
… Development Model in a high achieving Iowa school district and to explore operational variability regarding the implementation of the model. Naturalistic inquiry (Lincoln & Guba, 1985) provided the theoretical framework for this study. Data were collected through multiple sources: an online …
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Improving Student Achievement through the TSIPP: Case Studies of Four Tennessee Schools Removed from the Sstate's "Heads-Up" List.
… state initiatives. In Tennessee, the Tennessee School Improvement Planning Process (TSIPP) is the state mandated vehicle for accountability. During the Fall of 2000, the Tennessee Department of Education’s Accountability Office placed four schools in one area of Tennessee on the “heads-up” list …
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Shifting the mindset : an explanatory sequential study exploring how the self-efficacy of Black students intersects with the opportunity gap in Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
The opportunity gap in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) is a major issue that does not seem to have an easy solution. One of the key indicators of this gap is the current graduation rate. As of 2022, 92% of White students graduate versus 86% of Black students across the county. At Meade …
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Communication Between an Early Childhood Program and the Families It Serves
… program-family communication at one Midwestern school district's ""model"" early childhood employed qualitative methods to: (a) discern trends related to official and informal communication practices at the site, (b) examine consistency between those practices and the program's stated vision and …
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A socio-ecological study, adopting a participatory approach to exploring student wellbeing in the first year of Junior Cycle in Ireland: a snapshot of student wellbeing
… in the first year of JC and how they perceive school supports their wellbeing during transition. The perceptions that are held by teachers regarding the JC Wellbeing Programme, and their experiences supporting SW in first year is explored. It is in this context that this study advances work on …
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High School Principals' Roles in Teacher Professional Development
As the key leader at the school level, the principal plays a central role in the implementation of professional development programs and measurement of the outcomes of these activities (Elmore, 2000). This investigation explored high school principals' roles in and principals' perceptions of …
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A case study of the essential supports which make up the framework of a turnaround school
… Left Behind to create need-driven comprehensive school improvement plans with an approved accountability system, however those unable to show increased student learning will be deemed as failing. Schools labeled as failing require a comprehensive framework for improvement. Research has identified …
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The Simultaneous Implementation of Two School Improvement Models in a Rural Southwest Virginia School System
… implementation of the Indistar model of school improvement and the University of Virginia School Turnaround model of school improvement and how those models influenced school improvement practices in a rural Southwest Virginia school system. Best practices from each of the school …
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Education for All? Complex solutions to complex problems in the Nigerian education sector
… of having the highest number of out of school children in the world. Population growth disproportionate to investments in the education sector have stretched out resources to the detriment of quality. In the North, the majority of pupils are functionally illiterate. This is further …