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Shaked, Haim – International Journal of Educational Management, 2023
Purpose: Instructional leadership is a school leadership approach that emphasizes improving teaching and learning. This study explores how school middle leaders -- teachers holding leadership positions in schools, who are responsible for a particular area or discipline of the school's curriculum -- fulfill their instructional leadership role.…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Middle Management, Department Heads, Elementary School Teachers
Mercedes Elyse Durden – ProQuest LLC, 2024
High expectations of schools to produce positive results at the end of each school year continue evolving and often include rigorous accountability measures; however, the centuries-old structure of public education remains. Teacher and leader turnover continues rising while fewer professionals enter the field prepared to teach. School leaders are…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Teacher Leadership, Department Heads, Elementary School Teachers
Lawrence-Smith, Ebone M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A departmentalized classroom setting allows educators to focus their time on one content area, thus mastering their knowledge and craft in that subject area. However, many elementary school teachers are trained to be generalists who spend the entire year with one group of students, commonly referred to as self-contained classrooms. The problem…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Self Efficacy, Literacy, Teacher Attitudes
Angela M. Lyle; James P. Spillane; Christa Haverly – Educational Policy, 2024
This comparative case study explores how 18 state education agencies (SEAs) support school districts in advancing standards-based elementary science reform. We identify how SEAs understand their work in advancing elementary science reform and describe how SEAs sought to engage districts in bridging from standards to classroom practice. Based on…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Science Education, Curriculum Development, Academic Standards
Ben Backes; James Cowan; Dan Goldhaber – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
Departmentalized instruction, in which teachers specialize in one or more core subjects and instruct multiple groups of students in a day, has become increasingly prominent in elementary schools. Using 8 years of data from Massachusetts and a difference-in-differences design, we estimate the effects of departmentalization on student achievement.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Effectiveness, Departments, Teaching Methods
Christine Droba – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research study focused on the effects of departmentalization in the elementary school setting. Previous research on the topic of departmentalization in elementary school settings presented inconclusive results. The purpose of this study was to collect and analyze data from self-contained and departmentalized classrooms in fourth and fifth…
Descriptors: Departments, Elementary Schools, Course Content, Specialization
Molly Wiseman Duffy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
For social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives to have the greatest positive impact on students, they must be implemented schoolwide. There is an urgent need for schools to shift away from traditional SEL frameworks toward transformative SEL (TSEL). TSEL program implementation cannot be done in isolation; rather, it must be fueled by a shared…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Transformative Learning, Program Implementation, Public Schools
Jolly, Ann; Wysenski, Danielle; Beach, Kristen – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2023
This pilot randomised controlled trial study investigated the impact of Reading Research to Classroom Practice professional development (PD) on elementary teachers' knowledge of reading skills. This PD, developed by a United States' state education agency, is accredited by the International Dyslexia Association. Teachers (n = 34) were randomly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Literacy, Faculty Development
Bailey A. Brown; Amber R. Reed – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2023
The Georgia Department of Education has clearly defined standards for learning about Africa in the seventh grade. However, there exists great variation in how textbooks present this material and address these standards. Using a qualitative content analysis approach, we assess the presentation of Africa in three widely used Georgia social studies…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Content Analysis, Social Studies, Foreign Countries
Pekdogan, Serpil; Yurtçu, Meltem – Research in Pedagogy, 2022
Life satisfaction is among the basic components which demonstrate that individuals can lead a quality life. Many intertwined factors affect individuals' life satisfaction. Analyzing these factors at different levels will allow the analysis results to be more significant. This study aimed to reveal the effects of variable at the student and…
Descriptors: College Students, Life Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
Xin Zheng; Ying Luo – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2024
Purpose: Whilst professional learning communities (PLCs) have been widely explored at the school level, they have received less attention at the departmental level. The study takes the variance between departments and the role of departmental teacher leaders into consideration, and the relationships amongst departmental-level PLC dimensions, two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Self Efficacy, Teacher Leadership
Wyss, Amity; Preston, Courtney – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2022
The shift from the traditional self-contained classroom to the departmentalized classroom structure in upper-elementary classrooms is increasing as the pressure to maximize student outcomes is higher than ever for public schools. Teachers prefer departmentalization but findings as to its benefits for students are mixed. This study considers the…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Class Organization, Self Contained Classrooms, School Organization
Keesookpun, Benjawan; Jitsupa, Jira; Koednet, Alongkorn; Chotchusana, Uraiwan; Jongpu, Wipavee – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
This research article aims to (1) determine the knowledge and experience of early childhood education of Suan Dusit University, and (2) develop and study the effectiveness of learning experience provision models that synergize the knowledge of Suan Dusit University to enhance the proper development of young children according to the 75/75…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Child Development, Learning Experience
Swati Adarkar – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2023
To support efforts for a transformational kindergarten year, the U.S Department of Education (Department) is launching a multistate community of practice: Kindergarten Sturdy Bridge Learning Community. State educational agencies (SEAs)and local educational agencies (LEAs) will have the opportunity to participate in peer learning, receive technical…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Communities of Practice, State Departments of Education, School Districts
Region 14 Comprehensive Center, 2024
Since 2007, Texas' reading scores had been declining, and there was a shortage of qualified teachers trained in effective reading practices. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) conceptualized Reading Academies where teachers learn, practice, implement and reflect. Cohort Leaders serve as the lead facilitators for the new K-3 Reading Academies. TEA…
Descriptors: State Programs, Reading Programs, State Departments of Education, Teacher Centers