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Kim, Yanghee A.; An, Sohyun; Bell, Douglas; Jean-Sigur, Raynice; Basch, Mary – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2021
In the US state of Georgia, teachers licensed to teach children from birth through Kindergarten (B-K, ages 0-5) or pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) to Grade 5 (p-5, ages 4-10) can teach pre-K and K in the public school system. Concerns have been raised about the unequal job opportunities for B-K candidates in the public school system because of the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Student Attitudes, Preschool Education, Kindergarten
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Morgan, Lindee; Close, Sharron; Siller, Michael; Kushner, Elizabeth; Brasher, Susan – Educational Research, 2022
Background: Active classroom engagement is at the heart of children's learning. The definition of active classroom engagement has broadened over time to incorporate aspects of social emotional learning (SEL). SEL -- a developmental process that supports student acquisition of skills to build healthy peer relationships and regulate emotions…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Social Emotional Learning, Learner Engagement, Knowledge Level
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Cooper, Rebecca; Warren, LaTeshia; Hogan-Chapman, Ava; Mills, Lynne – SRATE Journal, 2020
There is an increasing demand for pre-service teachers to acquire the skills necessary to be proficient with the execution of teaching with technology as part of their educator preparation programs (GaPSC, 2018). This need for learning and applying technological proficiencies to enhance student performance in online classes can lead to divergent…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Online Courses, Teacher Effectiveness
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Gilles, Brent; Britton, Stacey – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2020
The purpose of this article is to detail the creation of an assignment, after Covid-19 moved our university's instruction online, that helped students make sense of how K-12 teachers were adjusting their own pedagogy. The assignment included two parts: 1) students conducted an interview of their cooperating teacher to understand how they had to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
Byrd, Nijia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In an urban Georgia school district, teacher satisfaction surveys revealed that technology-based professional development was not equipping teachers with the skills or support needed to implement technology into their teaching practices. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study was to explore teachers' experiences and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Surveys
Taylor, Roben; Kumi-Yeboah, Alex; Ringlaben, Ravic P. – Multicultural Education, 2016
The issue of diversity in U.S. K-12 schools requires significant training and experiences for preservice teachers to recognize the importance of students' socio-cultural, religious values, and the influence their cultural background have in their quest to succeed in their educational endeavors. This study provides significant information to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Multicultural Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Likert Scales
Menzes, Ana; Maier, Adam – TNTP, 2014
The field of teacher preparation is falling short of its most important responsibility: ensuring that the teachers we train are ready to do the job. For more than a decade,TNTP preparation programs produced teachers who were no more or less effective than teachers from any other program-- some were great, some were poor, most were about average.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Change, Teaching Skills, Basic Skills
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Legette, Roy M. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2013
The purpose of the present study was to examine the perceptions of early-career music teachers regarding their preservice music education program, with respect to its success in developing competencies needed to be effective in school music classrooms. An online survey was completed by 101 school music teachers designed to elicit responses related…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Graduate Surveys, College Outcomes Assessment, Teacher Attitudes
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Brightman, Harvey J.; Nargundkar, Satish – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2013
The advent of digital course offerings, the use of social media, the integration of the Khan Academy into curricula, the use of smart phones and tablets, and massive online courses place greater emphasis than ever on effective teaching. While business schools fund faculty development in teaching, too few doctoral programs offer systematic teacher…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Business Administration Education, Teacher Education Programs, Program Implementation
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Nixon, Andy; Packard, Abbot; Dam, Margaret – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2016
This quantitative study investigated the relationship between teacher dispositions, subject content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and reasons that school principals recommend non-renewal of teachers' contracts. Nearly 2,000 school principals in 13 states completed an emailed survey. In deciding whether to non-renew a teacher contract,…
Descriptors: Teacher Dismissal, Contracts, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Archambault, Leanna; DeBruler, Kristen; Freidhoff, Joseph – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2014
As the number of K-12 students participating in various forms of online learning steadily rises, teacher quality is of paramount concern. This article explores the theoretical underpinnings surrounding quality teaching in online settings as well as practical considerations for what teachers should know and be able to do in online environments.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teacher Competencies, Blended Learning
Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
By 2012, all of the states in this study had started implementing new or revised teacher and leader evaluation systems. There are many and varying updates to these systems, and some of them have been made to meet conditions for a state's federal "Race to the Top" (RTT) grant. Other updates have been made to meet conditions for a state's…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, Teacher Evaluation
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Nielsen, Robert B. – Journal of Extension, 2011
Attempts to measure the impact of Extension programs have been implemented to varying effects for many years. Using data from several economics of personal finance workshops designed to teach high school teachers about a state's new personal finance performance standards, this article reports the results from of one type of evaluation, a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Skills, Money Management
Sagona, Randi Keller – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Teacher effectiveness has been shown to have a greater impact on student achievement than any other single factor. School principals must therefore take measures to ensure that schools are staffed with only the most effective teachers. Teacher effectiveness should be assessed yearly and accurately reflected through teacher evaluation measures.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Teacher Influence, Teacher Evaluation
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Nixon, Andy; Dam, Margaret; Packard, Abbot L. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
This quantitative study investigated reasons that school principals recommend non-renewal of probationary teachers' contracts. Principal survey results from three regions of the US (Midwest, Rocky Mountains, & Southeast) were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U statistical procedures, while significance was tested applying a…
Descriptors: Principals, Surveys, Contracts, Teacher Dismissal
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