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Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (Japanese translation) — Jan 13, 2012

Japanese translation of Support for Students Exposed to Trauma, including a series of teacher- or school counselor–led lessons aimed at reducing distress for middle school students who have been exposed to a traumatic life event. The program includes skill-building techniques geared toward changing maladaptive thoughts and promoting positive behaviors.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Reading Coach Quality: Findings from Florida Middle Schools — Jan 1, 2012

This article examines what constitutes, contributes to, and is associated with high-quality coaches and coaching. Authors find that coaches generally held many of the qualifications recommended by state and national experts and principals and teachers rated their coaches highly on many indicators of quality. However, several common concerns about recruiting, retaining, and supporting high-quality coaches emerged.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Accounting for Movement Between Childcare Classrooms: Does It Change Teacher Effects Interpretations? — Jan 1, 2012

Child care studies that have examined links between teachers' qualifications and children's outcomes often ignore teachers' and children's transitions between classrooms at a center throughout the day and only take into account head teacher qualifications.

PROJECT

Building Financial Literacy for K-8 Pre-Service Teachers and Adult Learners — Oct 27, 2011

The Financial Literacy Center is developing and testing college curricula for financial literacy instruction, suitable for adult learners and pre-service K–8 teachers. The goal of this project is to educate as many young people and adults as possible in financial matters.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Conceptualizing Teacher Professional Learning — Aug 31, 2011

The article concludes that to understand teacher learning scholars must adopt methodological practices that focus on explanatory causality and the reciprocal influences of all three subsystems.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The influence of school orientation to learning on teachers' professional learning change — May 31, 2011

Results from a structural equation modeling process of 1,126 teacher survey responses in England show that schools have an orientation to learning that includes beliefs about learning, systems and supports for learning, and collective capacity for learning.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The lost promise of teacher professional development in England — Jan 31, 2011

The analysis indicates that while the professional development of teachers in England is generally ineffectual and lacks school level systems and supports, the professional development and supports for professional learning by teachers in high performing schools display many of the characteristics associated with effective professional learning.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The role of teachers' orientation to learning in professional development and change : A national study of teachers in England — Jan 31, 2011

Results from a structural equation modeling process of 1126 teacher survey responses show that teachers bring an internal, external and collaborative orientation to their professional learning.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Access to Continuous Professional Development by Teachers in England — Dec 1, 2010

The paper also explores the barriers to access to high quality CPD that exist for teachers at both the individual and school levels. Data for the analyses presented were collected as part of the nationally representative, "Schools and Continuing Professional Development in England--State of the Nation" research study which was funded by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Planning and Organisation of Teachers' Continuous Professional Development in Schools in England — Dec 1, 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Benefits, Status and Effectiveness of Continuous Professional Development for Teachers in England — May 1, 2010

This paper sets out to understand how teachers and school leaders in England perceive the benefits and effectiveness of CPD activity.

REPORT

The SSET Program: Support for Students Exposed to Trauma — Jun 24, 2009

Exposure to community and interpersonal violence is a public health crisis affecting many children in the U.S., causing mental health and behavioral problems, substance abuse, and poor school performance. The SSET program is a series of ten lessons that aims to reduce distress resulting from exposure to trauma.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Making It Easier for School Staff to Help Traumatized Students — Jun 4, 2009

Describes Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET), a cognitive-behavioral program intended to be delivered in schools by teachers or school counselors rather than clinical personnel.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Lessons for Boosting the Effectiveness of Reading Coaches — Dec 31, 2008

To understand the implementation and effects of school-based literacy or reading coaching, researchers surveyed principals, coaches, and reading and social studies teachers in 113 middle schools in eight large Florida school districts.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Empirical Investigations of the Effects of National Board of Professional Teacher Standards Certified Teachers on Student Outcomes — Dec 31, 2006

REPORT

Reforming Teacher Education: Something Old, Something New — Aug 16, 2006

Teachers for a New Era (TNE) is one of the latest efforts aimed at teacher education reform. Eleven institutions participate in TNE, which emphasizes evidence-based decisionmaking, collaboration between education and arts and sciences faculty, and teaching as an academically taught clinical-practice profession. The authors studied the 11 TNE sites to examine the process by which reform will result in highly qualified teachers capable of…

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