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The Relationship between Teacher Candidates' GPA and Teamwork Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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Batts, Eric; Clark, Landon; Clark, Teresa; Clemson, Cindy – Educational Research Quarterly, 2023
Educators rely on teamwork skills to productively contribute to professional responsibilities such as curriculum committees, professional learning communities (PLCs), co-teaching, and individualized education plan (IEP) teams. This quantitative study was designed to assess teacher candidates' knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) related to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Grade Point Average, Teamwork, Public Colleges
Perceptions about Expert Teaching for Students with Severe Disabilities among Teachers Identified as Experts
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Ruppar, Andrea L.; Roberts, Carly A.; Olson, Amy J. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2017
Teaching students with severe disabilities is a complex endeavor, and the skills and qualities of expert teachers for students with severe disabilities are not well understood. A lack of understanding about the unique roles and expertise of teachers of students with severe disabilities can influence the quality of education students with severe…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Severe Disabilities, Expertise, Teaching Methods
Evaluation of Teachers and Leaders. State Implementation of Common Core State Standards
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Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
By 2012, all of the states in this study had started implementing new or revised teacher and leader evaluation systems. There are many and varying updates to these systems, and some of them have been made to meet conditions for a state's federal "Race to the Top" (RTT) grant. Other updates have been made to meet conditions for a state's…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, Teacher Evaluation
Evaluation of Teachers and Leaders. State Implementation of College- and Career-Readiness Standards
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Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
By 2012, all of the states in this study had started implementing new or revised teacher and leader evaluation systems. The systems include many and varying updates. In some cases, the updates were designed to meet conditions for a state's "Race to the Top" grant. In others, the updates were made to meet conditions for a state's waiver…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Administrator Evaluation, State Standards, State Policy
Professional Development: A Key to Kentucky's Educational Reform Effort.
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Borko, Hilda; Elliott, Rebekah; Uchiyama, Kay – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2002
Presents case studies of four exemplary Kentucky schools to illustrate characteristics of a statewide initiative designed to support standards based educational reform. The reform emphasized professional development, increased financial support for professional development, and used a decentralized model so that local needs influenced the types of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Competencies and Preparation Programs for Kentucky's Special Vocational Teachers. Final Report.
Tulloch, Charlotte; Omvig, Clayton P. – 1980
A Kentucky project sought to identify teacher competencies and subsequent combinations of courses that could provide needed skills for special vocational teachers. Findings from the literature were combined with information from a national survey of state coordinators of special needs programs. Thirty-nine surveys were completed. Results showed…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Job Skills