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Direct linkKovaleski, Joseph F.; Glew, Michael C. – Remedial and Special Education, 2006
The statewide implementation of instructional support teams (ISTs) in Pennsylvania is analyzed in terms of the challenge of bringing team-based problem-solving models to scale. The history of the phase-in of ISTs in more than 1,700 elementary schools is presented, and the salient research conducted on ISTs is reviewed. The results indicate that…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Measures (Individuals), Problem Solving, Teamwork
Peer reviewedKovaleski, Joseph F.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1996
In Pennsylvania, instructional-support teams are being used as prereferral intervention groups to help teachers garner necessary school resources to meet students' increasingly complex academic, behavioral, social, and emotional needs. Onsite training elements include collaboration and team building, instructional assessment, instructional…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools, Intervention
Download full textKovaleski, Joseph F., Ed. – 1995
The Instructional Support Team (IST) process is an intensive building-based pre-referral intervention program using teams of teachers and other school professionals to assist elementary students experiencing difficulty in the classroom. This trainer's manual presents a model workshop for training principals. The workshop's goals are to: (1)…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools, Instructional Improvement, Models
Kovaleski, Joseph F.; Tucker, James A.; Duffy, Daniel J., Jr.; Lowery, Paul E.; Gickling, Edward E. – Communique, 1995
The document features two articles on school reform in Pennsylvania. Part one discusses the Instruction Support Team (IST) (Kovaleski, Tucker, and Duffy). The IST process is an intensive building-based pre-referral intervention program to assist elementary students experiencing difficulty in the classroom. The IST is a working group of teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Inclusive Schools
Kovaleski, Joseph F., Ed.; Lowery, Paul E., Ed. – 1995
The goal of this workshop for school psychologists is to provide high quality training in best practices for instructional evaluation. An objective of these trainings is to facilitate the implementation of the instructional evaluation requirement of the Special Education Regulations and Standards for determining eligibility for special education…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement, Models, Partnerships in Education
Kovaleski, Joseph F., Ed.; Moe, Elayne, Ed. – 1995
This workshop manual focuses on validation procedures designed to foster program improvement rather than compliance monitoring. The manual is in eight chapters. Chapter 1 looks at the elements to be evaluated--organization and management, training, student assessment, design and implementation of classroom interventions, team work, screening a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Guidelines, Intervention, Models
Kovaleski, Joseph F., Ed. – 1994
The Instructional Support Team (IST) process is an intensive building-based pre-referral intervention program using teams of teachers and other school professionals to assist elementary students experiencing difficulty in the classroom. This trainer's manual outlines a 3-day workshop for team training. The schedule for each day is provided, with a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Models
Kovaleski, Joseph F. – 1995
This guide outlines the key elements of a full time equivalent (FTE) instructional support model, and provides suggestions for its effective implementation. Support teachers in the Instructional Support Team (IST) Program perform a variety of functions, including conducting instructional assessments, classroom observations, data collection,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Workload, Full Time Equivalency
Kovaleski, Joseph F. – 1994
The Instructional Support Team (IST) Project of Pennsylvania identifies effective instructional approaches for students prior to referral for special education and helps support students with disabilities in regular classroom environments. Pennsylvania State Special Education Regulations and Standards require the IST process in schools that have…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Grade Repetition, Inclusive Schools
Kovaleski, Joseph F., Ed. – 1993
This introduction to and overview of the series of training modules was developed to assist school personnel in implementing the Instructional Support Team (IST) process. Although each module covers a specific aspect of training, each is interconnected and dependent upon an understanding of the purposes behind IST and the way the IST process…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Kovaleski, Joseph F., Ed. – 1994
This trainer's manual focuses on facilitating collaboration in an educational setting. It begins with tips for trainers to involve training session participants, answer questions and respond to challenges, and evaluate their own performance, along with sample agendas and worksheets used in collaboration training. Each of the next six sections…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cooperation, Elementary Education, Faculty Development
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
