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Ruthanne Cole – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Unlike the ineffective generic approach often used for teacher professional development, NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC) Digital Badging offers access to a highly organized system of knowledge and personalized, online professional development (PD) through digital badging. This qualitative case study provided an…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Recognition (Achievement), Professional Development, STEM Education
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Hopkins, Paul – NASSP Bulletin, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine how K-12 public school teachers perceive the use of student performance data in teacher evaluations. The proprietary, utility, feasibility, and accuracy standards created by the Joint Committee on Standards for Education Evaluation served as a framework for the study. An online survey was deployed to a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Public School Teachers, Teacher Evaluation
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Jia, Yuane; Konold, Timothy R.; Cornell, Dewey – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
This study tested the association between school-wide measures of an authoritative school climate and high school dropout rates in a statewide sample of 315 high schools. Regression models at the school level of analysis used teacher and student measures of disciplinary structure, student support, and academic expectations to predict overall high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropout Rate, Educational Environment, Regression (Statistics)
Bowers, Okema S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the adjunct faculty's perception of professional development and support services offered and needed at Tidewater Community College, a multicampus community college. This study involved adjunct faculty only. A survey was created and contained 58 survey questions. The majority of these were…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Academic Support Services
Vommi, Hari K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Classrooms in the United States are more diverse than ever. It is predicted that nearly half of the public education students in the United States will be other than White by 2019. Teachers should have positive attitudes towards classroom diversity and inclusion. They should be well prepared to teach effectively in a diverse classroom. The purpose…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teacher Attitudes, Student Diversity, Inclusion
Mielke, David N., Ed. – 1978
The collection of 31 articles about Appalachian history, culture, customs, and education by people from a variety of backgrounds is intended to facilitate understanding of the special needs of Appalachian students by teachers and school administrators. Designed to address the problems faced in 16 specific counties in Tennessee, Virginia, and North…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Area Studies, Attitudes, Blacks