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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"teacher capacity"”.
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BUILDING TEACHER CAPACITY IN A RURAL HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH DIFFERENTIATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
… deserves to be educated by a highly qualified teacher. Since teachers have the greatest impact on student success (Sheninger & Murray, 2017), it is critical to ensure teachers are afforded opportunities to build their capacity through professional development. When teachers perceive that …
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Inclusion in Practice: An explanatory study of how patterns of classroom discourse shape processes of educational inclusion in Tanzanian secondary school classrooms
… unfold within the classroom walls, where it is teachers who determine how access to the curriculum and classroom culture is created and sustained. Data generated through 12 lesson observations and accompanying stimulated recall interviews enable consideration of how patterns of teacher discourse …
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Performance Feedback: How Structure, Culture, and Agency Affects Feedback
… state mandates have placed an added pressure on teachers to demonstrate “effective” instructional practices. These mandates also affect the role of a principal, as an evaluator of “effective” instructional strategies, and as an instructional leader who continuously needs to build teacher capacity …
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LEAP FOR JOY: AMPLIFYING JOYFUL LEARNING FOR CHINESE ELL STUDENTS
… and study over 18 months, we focused on building teacher capacity in working with Chinese ELLs in math instruction to elevate joyful learning. As we engaged in professional learning, I worked with a Co-Practitioner researcher (CPR) group, conducted PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) cycles of inquiry, …
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The Impact Of WICOR Strategies On Academic Achievement in Secondary Classrooms
… diverse school district, the study explored teacher and administrator perceptions of WICOR implementation and examined student achievement data across three secondary schools. Data were collected through Likert-scale surveys from 29 teachers and five administrators, semi-structured interviews …
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The Impact of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices on Closing the Achievement Gap for Students of Color
… teaching (CRT) practices on one elementary teacher's professional capacity and student achievement outcomes for students of color. The study was conducted in a diverse suburban district in Illinois where students of color comprise the majority of the student population. Using a mixed-methods …
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Perceptions of School Through the Lens of Black Male Elementary Students: A School Climate Study
… of how the participants felt about their teachers and school community. The theoretical frameworks that informed this study were Critical Race Theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Several data gathering techniques (qualitative questionnaire, focus group meeting, and student journals) …
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Incorporating global perspectives into a social studies methods class: a case study
… perspectives are incorporated in a preservice teacher education program consisting of a social studies methods course and a practicum class. The goal is to reveal external and internal tensions student teachers and teacher educators experience when they try to implement global perspectives in …
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Perceptions Of Empowered Teacher Leaders
<p>Teacher Leadership movements over the last 30 years have attempted to create leadership opportunities within and across an organization. The purpose of this mixed method case study was to evaluate the impact of a district’s teacher leadership opportunities to reduce teacher isolation and …
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The Rule of Law In Times of War: A Comparative Analysis of the Effect of War On High Court Decision-Making
… studied were: 1) Positive behavior supports, 2) Teacher capacity building, 3) Progress assessment, 4) Student empowerment, 5) Transition, and 6) Core values.</p>
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A Realist Synthesis of Implementation of School-based Comprehensive Sexuality Education Programs in Mozambique
… conditions such as cultural resistance, limited teacher capacity, misaligned policies, and inequitable resources interact with key implementation resources and strategies, including culturally responsive curricula, inclusive environments, intersectoral partnerships, curriculum integration, and …
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Initial implementation of standards-based social studies: the experience of two fifth grade teachers
… curriculum standards for students and furthering teacher capacity to implement the intended reform. The scope of the study included: documenting the district's seven-week pilot inservice program that introduced the standards-based social studies curriculum framework to intermediate-level teachers; …
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An Investigation of How Elementary School Teachers Make Data-Driven Instructional Decisions in Literacy
… instructional decisions that elementary teachers make in literacy. Educators have moved towards a culture of being data-driven, and have declared data use in schools to be significant to school improvement and accountability. Yet, as school districts make great strides in creating a …
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The Relationship Between Teachers' Perceptions of the Feedback They Receive and Their Teaching Efficacy in High-Performing Schools
… like Indiana implement new evaluation plans for teachers based on a rigorous rubric and objective measures of student achievement, close attention to the ripple effects must be involved. While efforts such as professional learning communities and instructional coaches are aimed at building …
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An Examination of Instructional Coaching and Teacher Retention: A Case Study
Background: Teacher retention remains a crisis nationally. While a variety of interventions have sought to curtail the number of teachers exiting the field each year, districts continue to lose high-quality teachers at an increasingly staggering rate. Interventions notwithstanding, nearly 30% of …
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Instructional Coaching: An Essential Element for Building and Maintaining Instructional Capacity
… in leading instructional change and supporting teachers throughout the change process. Building instructional capacity across a school building is an essential role for a school leader, but also requires ownership and agency on the part of teachers to be active partners in realizing change. The …