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Pauli Badenhorst; Sandra Musanti; Veronica Estrada; Patricia Robles; Amy Montoya – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
Drawing on interview data collected as part of a qualitative study among thirty-two local educators and community advocates in the borderlands context of the Lower Rio Grande Valley (RGV), we inquire about the fundamental characteristics of being a community-engaged teacher for sustainable and equitable Latinx student teaching and learning. The…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Teaching Methods, School Community Relationship, Equal Education
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Pletcher, Bethanie C.; Robertson, Phyllis; Watson, Krystal – Preventing School Failure, 2023
This convergent parallel mixed-methods pilot study explored the collaboration of preservice teachers (PSTs) in a university reading clinic. PSTs from a reading course and special education course were paired and shared responsibility for tutoring one child. Tutor surveys and focus group interview transcripts were used as data sources. Topics…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Cooperation, Reading Centers, Interdisciplinary Approach
Goree, Krystal; Williams, Yolanda; Hamilton, Suzanne; Mathews-Perez, Amy; Talbert, Sandra; Strot, Rick; Barrett, Sara; Bolfing, Darlene; Miller, Sue; Almaguer, Dora; Gilbreath, David; Martinez, Donna; Rubio, Belinda; Ward, Victoria; Edison, Ricky; Henry, Marsha; Mechell, Rebecca; Pritchard, Melissa; Welsh, Kaitlin – School-University Partnerships, 2019
The PDS partnership between Baylor University and Waco Independent School District commenced in 1993 in the context of a national conversation about innovations for improving teacher preparation and practice. During its 25-year history, the partnership has garnered national recognition, with Hillcrest PDS serving as one of 18 representative PDS…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Universities, School Districts
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Van Overschelde, James P.; Saunders, Jane M.; Ash, Gwynne Ellen – Middle School Journal, 2017
The university's teacher preparation program has implemented and continually refined a professional development school program, with extended university-school relationships in its middle-level certification program. This program offers dialogue, targeted learning activities, and intensive field-based experiences to help ease preservice teachers…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Teacher Persistence, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Lowery-Moore, Hollis; Latimer, Robin M.; Villate, Vanessa M. – International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 2016
Teacher leadership is a key to school reform (Fullan, 2005), yet it is not a widely practiced educational application (Crowther, 2009). Collay (2006) called for education faculty to assist teachers in developing powerful professional identities, but in order for university faculty to become partners in preparing teacher leaders, programs must…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Phenomenology, Inquiry, Graduate Students
DeMonte, Jenny – Center for American Progress, 2013
Having a good teacher can improve the life of a student far beyond school. How can we ensure that every student has a good teacher and receives high-quality instruction? The challenge is that, for the most part, the institutions governing teacher-training organizations are not governed by the bodies charged with overseeing K-12 public education.…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Teacher Education Programs, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
Cox, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes and perceptions of early childhood teachers regarding inclusion. Participants included fourteen early childhood teachers in Texas. Participants completed an online survey and participated in synchronous online focus group. Five of the fourteen participants also agreed to complete a face to…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Inclusion, Teacher Attitudes
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Kruse, Nathan B. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2011
Music teaching and learning are socially situated activities. School-university partnerships have the potential to impact preservice teachers' identities and level of socialization. Thus, a sociologically based belief system for establishing and maintaining school-university partnerships may provide cooperating teachers and university faculty…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Music Teachers
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Moore, Leeann; Sampson, Mary Beth – Education, 2008
The past two decades have been times of heightened emphasis on changing structures between universities and public schools toward collaboration as a means of improving the education and preparation of pre-service and in-service teachers. Numerous studies have found that students in teacher education courses often have difficulty utilizing the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
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Goldstein, Lisa S. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2008
Kindergarten has undergone dramatic changes since the implementation of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2002. The literature on the challenges facing kindergarten teachers as a result of NCLB focuses primarily on curricular and instructional issues; little attention has been paid to NCLB's impact on the relational aspects of kindergarten teaching,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Primary Education, Federal Legislation, Kindergarten
US Government Accountability Office, 2009
In 2005-2006, students with disabilities comprised 9 percent of the student population in the United States, and English language learners comprised about 10 percent. Many of these students spend a majority of their time in the general classroom setting in elementary and secondary schools. Most teachers are initially trained through teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Special Needs Students
Ilmer, Steven; Kirby, Peggy C. – Online Submission, 2007
The 21 urban research universities that are members of the Great Cities' Universities (GCU) annually enroll approximately 20 percent of the students in the United States who are preparing to teach in K12 urban schools. This study examined the experiences of GCU-sponsored, school-university teacher preparation partnerships in Atlanta, Houston,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools, Research Universities
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Harris, Sandra; Lowery-Moore, Hollis; Farrow, Vicky – Theory Into Practice, 2008
This article describes collaborative efforts to frame university teacher preparation program activities within transfer of learning and transformative learning theories to promote teacher leadership. Specifically, we describe (a) a community sponsored, public school, campus-based experience during an introductory teacher preparation course; (b) a…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Transfer of Training, Teacher Leadership, Education Courses
Foster, Andrea – 1996
The objective of this naturalistic study was to describe the preservice, inservice, and life experiences of exemplary science teachers to determine what kinds of experiences have made a difference in their teaching practices. Six Elementary Science Presidential Awardees from Texas were identified by the Preservice Elementary Science Action Team of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperation, Elementary Education, Interviews
Sears, James T.; And Others – 1986
The Brackenridge Interns in Teaching (BIT) program was implemented at Trinity University (Texas) in 1984. The program consists of three components: (1) the academic curriculum of Trinity University; (2) a variety of practicum experiences in selected Bexar County public schools; and (3) a comprehensive community education progam. The academic…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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