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Wong, Wylie – Community College Journal, 2015
Community colleges are using grants and workforce partnerships to train a new generation of technology workers. In September, the Obama administration awarded $450 million in grants to nearly 270 community colleges that have partnered with more than 400 employers nationally. It was the final installment of a four-year, $2 billion competitive grant…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education
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Bastiaens, Theo, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2018
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "EdMedia + Innovate Learning: World Conference on Educational Media and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Open Educational Resources, Higher Education
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Graham, Anthony; Erwin, Kimberly D. – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
This phenomenological investigation examines the perceptions of the teaching profession as a viable career option by high-achieving high school-aged African American boys. Researchers used random sampling to identify high schools in one large urban school district and criterion sampling to examine the perceptions of 63 African American 11th-grade…
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Schools, Teaching (Occupation), Focus Groups
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Murphy, Marianne C.; Sharma, Aditya; Rosso, Mark – Information Systems Education Journal, 2012
Teaching office applications such as word processing, spreadsheet and presentation skills has been widely debated regarding its necessity, extent and delivery method. Training and Assessment applications such as MyITLab, SAM, etc. are popular tools for training students and are particularly useful in measuring Assurance of Learning (AOL)…
Descriptors: Office Occupations Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Training Methods, Student Evaluation
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Crankshaw, Erik C.; Beach, Robert H.; Austin, W. David; Altman, David G.; Jones, Alison Snow – Journal of Rural Health, 2009
Purpose: To examine tobacco farmers' attitudes toward tobacco control, public health, and tobacco manufacturers in order to determine the extent to which rapidly changing economic conditions have influenced North Carolina tobacco farmer attitudes in ways that may provide tobacco control advocates with new opportunities to promote tobacco control…
Descriptors: Smoking, Public Health, Rural Areas, Agricultural Occupations
Goldhaber, Dan; Gross, Betheny; Player, Daniel – Center for Education Data & Research, 2010
In this paper we examine the mobility of early-career teachers of varying quality, measured using value-added estimates of teacher performance. Unlike previous studies that have examined these issues, we focus on the variation in these effects across the effectiveness distribution. We find that, on average, more effective teachers tend to stay in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Evidence, Faculty Mobility
US Department of Education, 2011
This paper presents the highlights of a conference entitled "Advancing Student Achievement through Labor-Management Collaboration" held in Denver, Colorado last February 15-16, 2011. This first-of-its-kind conference on labor-management collaboration is a historic effort to transform the relationships among local superintendents, school…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), School Districts, Superintendents, Boards of Education
Biswas, Radha Roy – Jobs for the Future, 2011
The nation's 1,200 community colleges are well positioned to strengthen the workforce of one of America's most critical sectors--health care. They can provide training and credentialing for incumbent workers in health care and to prepare new workers to succeed in and meet the workforce demands for this sector--expanding individual opportunity and…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Careers, Community Colleges, College Role
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Loubert, Linda; Nelson, F. Howard – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2010
It is commonly assumed that urban school districts hire teachers late due to issues related to district size and/or restrictions in collectively bargained teacher contracts affecting teacher hiring and transfers between schools. Our investigation of late teacher hiring and collective bargaining is based on a survey of 40 school districts that…
Descriptors: Teacher Selection, Urban Schools, School Districts, Pacing
Carr, John David – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Geospatial tools and technologies have become core competencies for natural resource professionals due to the monitoring, modeling, and mapping capabilities they provide. To prepare students with needed background, geospatial instructional activities were integrated across Forest Management; Natural Resources; Fisheries, Wildlife, &…
Descriptors: Forestry Occupations, Environmental Education, Spatial Ability, Geographic Information Systems
Schuermann, Patrick; Archibald, Sarah; Kluender, Ray; Ptak, Kirsten – Center for Educator Compensation Reform, 2011
A total of 33 sites, including states, school districts, charter school coalitions, and other education organizations make up Cohorts 1 and 2 of the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF). These sites received funds beginning in the fall of 2006 and spring of 2007 to redesign compensation programs for teachers and principals. The U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Compensation (Remuneration), Incentive Grants, Program Development
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Bachleda, F. Lynne – Teaching Artist Journal, 2009
In this article, the author describes a four-day teaching artist workshop at North Carolina's Penland School of Crafts. Led by Dr. Madeleine R. Grumet of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, participants of the seminar undertook the pleasurable job of examining the ins and outs of teaching visual art. Their morning was modeled on a…
Descriptors: Art Teachers, Artists, Workshops, Handicrafts
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Huneycutt, Richy; Callahan, Barbara; Welch, Alexis – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
Code Blue addresses the capacity challenges in healthcare training. This pilot, grant funded project, focuses on a holistic approach to selecting and educating career ready and capable students and training them to be confident and competent healthcare workers. Lessons learned from this project will be assessed and reviewed for replication.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Programs, Training
Rivero, Victor – District Administration, 2009
In December, President-elect Barack Obama selected Chicago's Dodge Renaissance Academy, a 400-student pre-K8 school, as the backdrop for choosing Arne Duncan, the Chicago Public Schools' CEO, as the nation's new secretary of education. Touted as a "turnaround school," Dodge represented the idea that if change could come to a…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Charter Schools, Office Occupations, School Culture
Amini, Deborah Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this basic interpretive qualitative study was to explore how novice occupational therapy assistants begin to understand their profession, form practice beliefs, and subsequently select and initiate certain treatment methods and approaches with clients. The primary source of data for this study was obtained via semi-structured…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Grounded Theory, Physical Disabilities, Interviews
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