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Exploratory Study of a Team-Based Model of Transition Professional Development
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Mary E. Morningstar; Sarah R. Carlson; Dana Lattin; Rebecca Romine Swinburne – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2024
This article shares the results from a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study of a promising transition-focused professional development approach. The 12-week team-based intervention resulted in positive outcomes among intervention group participants' knowledge and capacities. The intervention group exhibited statistically significant changes in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Professional Development, Intervention, Knowledge Level
Useful or Useless? Principal Perceptions of the Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System
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DeMatthews, David E.; Scheffer, Max; Kotok, Stephen – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2021
Principal evaluations can be important tools for improving leadership practice, but evaluations have often described by principals and researchers as unsystematic and lacking timely and actionable feedback. This study examines principal perceptions of the Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System (T-PESS). Survey data and interviews of…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
The Principal Evaluation Process and Its Relationship to Student Achievement
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McMahon, Marcia; Peters, Michelle L.; Schumacher, Gary – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2014
This mixed methods study examined the relationship between school districts' principal evaluation practices and their impact on student achievement in mathematics and reading. School achievement data were collected from a sample of 41 campuses representing 27 Texas school districts. Data were also solicited from a convenience sample of campus…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Correlation
A Working System of School Counselor Supervision
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Somody, Catherine; Henderson, Patricia; Cook, Katrina; Zambrano, Elias – Professional School Counseling, 2008
School counselors acknowledge the need for supervision but rarely receive it. This article describes the counselor performance improvement system in one school district. Supervision is embedded in a process that assesses counselors' levels of professionalism on a matrix of competence and commitment. Administrative and clinical supervisors…
Descriptors: Counselor Performance, Supervision, Program Descriptions, School Counseling
Teacher Appraisal System. Teacher Orientation Manual.
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
This teacher orientation manual has been developed as a comprehensive resource for teachers in Texas to facilitate a greater knowledge and understanding of the Texas Teacher Appraisal System (TTAS), designed as a developmental tool for the improvement of instruction, and the encouragement of professional growth. Through this system, teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, State Programs
An Orientation to Bilingual Education in Texas: A Training Manual.
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of International and Bilingual Education. – 1976
The Texas Education Agency provides bilingual education/teacher training institutes and contracts with school districts, colleges, universities, education service centers and individuals to conduct these institutes throughout the state. This manual was developed as a guide or model for the implementation of the training institutes. The manual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Educational Media