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Download full textBerry, Barnett; Bastian, Kevin C.; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Kini, Tara – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
This brief draws on a study of teacher working conditions and their relationship to teacher retention and school performance in North Carolina. It is part of a series of studies conducted by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI)--in collaboration with WestEd and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University--as…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Teacher Persistence, Equal Education, Academic Achievement
Sterret, William L.; Parker, Michele A.; Mitzner, Kris – Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, 2018
Using data from the 2014 North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions (NCTWC) biennial survey researchers identified a sample from over 2,500 principals. The researchers surveyed 68 principals; 24 principals participated in a 19-item survey containing 5 demographic questions, 7 Likert-scale questions, and 7 open-ended questions. The descriptive…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Surveys
Direct linkBrown, Crystal; Militello, Matthew – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: Principals play a pivotal role in teachers' professional growth, which impacts student outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to understand the perceptions principals have about effective elements of professional development (PD) and the role they play in facilitating the growth of teachers, and how this affects student learning.…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
Allen, Ann Sundstrom; Topolka-Jorissen, Kathleen – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This qualitative methods study examined a rural North Carolina elementary school that implemented teacher learning walks as a method of professional development. Adapted from the practice of principal walkthroughs, teachers followed a protocol for collaboratively observing colleagues' classrooms and reflecting on teaching and learning. The…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Rural Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Barrett, Sharon Kebschull; Han, Jiye Grace – Public Impact, 2015
Tonya Kales came to Ashley Park PreK-8 as its principal (2009-2013), and confronted a school at the end of its rope. Ashley Park was a beautiful facility, but there was no learning going on in the building, it was a chaotic environment for both kids and adults. It was a hostile environment--had adults that were totally incompetent in their…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Principals, Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Competencies
Natale, Catherine Fisk; Gaddis, Lynn; Bassett, Katherine; McKnight, Katherine – National Network of State Teachers of the Year, 2016
The purpose of this report is to describe what the authors learned from studying eight teacher career advancement initiatives implemented across a variety of contexts, including urban, suburban, and rural districts; high poverty and affluent districts; and in schools/districts both with and without strong union presence. They describe key…
Descriptors: Career Development, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Rural Schools
Curtis, Rachel – Aspen Institute, 2012
The first two goals of "Teaching Our Way to the Top, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools" (CMS) Strategic Plan 2014,--Effective Teaching and Leadership and Performance Management--make clear that the district's top two priorities are ensuring excellent instruction districtwide and creating a performance culture organized on the…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Public Schools, School Districts
Reeves, Cynthia; Emerick, Scott; Hirsch, Eric – Center for Teaching Quality, 2006
Governor Mike Easley signed into law House Bill 1151 in July 2006, requiring schools to develop a plan to provide at least five hours of duty-free instructional planning time per week and a daily duty-free lunch period for every teacher. Acknowledging the difficulties in creating school schedules that incorporate sufficient non-instructional…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, School Schedules, Teacher Effectiveness, Advisory Committees
Peer reviewedPonder, Gerald; Webb, Sandra M.; Trawick, Amy R. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2003
Cases study uses structured interviews, field observations, document and artifact analysis, focus groups, and member checks to identify "teachable" (transferable) elements of the "beyond expectations" successful instructional program at a K-5 school in North Carolina. Finds that the school achieved success by enacting a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Educational Change
