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Miller, Melissa L. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this quantitative study is to explore the frequency of uncivil behaviors amongst teachers. The research seeks to determine leadership support and job satisfaction levels in order to relate their relationship to turnover. Fulfillment of teachers' basic psychological needs is essential for optimal performance and growth. The 2018…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Urban Schools, School Districts
Franzen, Rebecca L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined how elementary teacher education programs in the Midwest Environmental Education Conference partner states (Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) address and assess the competencies set forth by the NAAEE "Guidelines for the Preparation and Professional Development of Environmental Educators". In April 2012,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Education
Lilly, Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This paper reports findings of a qualitative study exploring the changes in secondary teachers' learning orientation through the use of literacy coaching. The study took place within a large suburban district in the Chicagoland area and explores the question from the perspective of participants sampled across three departments and two campuses in…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Literacy, Qualitative Research, Educational Change
Brodbeck, Nancy Negley – ProQuest LLC, 2009
License renewal and recertification have long been standard practice in service professions. Ten years ago, a new law called for policy revision and mandated that Illinois teachers acquire continuing professional development to maintain certification. This study provides a historical perspective of the Illinois teacher recertification process,…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Certification, Time Perspective, Faculty Development
Honawar, Vaishali – Education Week, 2008
Teacher collaboration is hailed as one of the most effective ways to improve student learning, and one high school in Illinois is often credited with perfecting the concept. This article features Adlai E. Stevenson High School which was one of the first in the U.S. to embrace what are known as professional learning communities. The professional…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Cooperation, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness
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Delia, Jesse G. – JACA: Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 1999
Comments on building departmental excellence through creating conditions for development of the focus that emerged at the Speech Communication Department at the University of Illinois. Considers how the constructivist turn in communication studies at Illinois in the late 1970s and early 1980s underscores the value of multiple-group cluster hiring…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Departments, Educational Development, Educational Objectives