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Tennessee Department of Education, 2017
The division of college, career and technical education (CCTE) of the Tennessee Department of Education established the office of postsecondary coordination and alignment in 2012 for the purpose of expanding and promoting early postsecondary opportunities (EPSOs) for all high school students across the state. The office is also charged with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Departments of Education, Alignment (Education), Postsecondary Education
Reform Support Network, 2014
This guidebook will help the staff members of education agencies gain an understanding of what Education Enterprise Architecture (EEA) is and how it can help an agency accomplish its vision and goals. The audiences for this guidebook include agency staff already charged with leading agency-wide planning and implementation that encompasses the…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Program Implementation
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Bradshaw, L. Daniele – Afterschool Matters, 2015
Professional development is vital to the success of afterschool programs. Effective professional development enhances afterschool program quality by facilitating staff performance and knowledge; in addition, professional development is vital for improving student learning outcomes (Bouffard & Little, 2004; Hall & Surr, 2005; Joyce &…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Professional Development, Staff Development, Program Development
Bayar, Adem; Kerns, James H. – Online Submission, 2015
The aim of this study is to define undesired behaviors in the classroom, to better understand the reasons of these undesired behaviors, and to offer strategies to overcome these behaviors. The researchers have used a qualitative research approach in this study. For this aim, the researchers have purposefully selected 12 physics teachers who work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Lenhoff, Sarah W.; Arellano, Amber; Joy, Sunlil – Education Trust-Midwest, 2015
This report takes a closer look at not just student learning, but also the quality of school conditions that support that learning. There, too, Michigan has troubling weak spots. The state currently ranks 42nd of 47 for funding equity, meaning Michigan has some of the biggest gaps in resources between high-poverty and low-poverty school districts.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Educational Equity (Finance), School District Wealth
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2015
Texas is profiting from a diverse, vibrant and growing economy. Yet this prosperity could turn to crisis if steps are not taken quickly to ensure an educated population and workforce for the future. At present, the proportion of Texans enrolled in higher education is declining. Too few higher education programs are noted for excellence and too few…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Educational Planning, Educational Attainment
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Ahmed, Jashim Uddin; Ahmed, Kamal Uddin; Shimul, Md. Anwar Sadat; Zuñiga, Roy – Higher Education for the Future, 2015
This article deals with strategic management issues in the higher education sector in the UK. The core idea is presented here with the argument that the principle and practice of strategic management are not only the concerns of senior management, but also an essential requirement at all levels of management of higher education. It shows that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning, Colleges
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McMorran, Chris – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
An overseas field learning itinerary can be a powerful pedagogical tool for both directing student attention and complicating preexisting spatial narratives. However, one must beware of using the itinerary to replace one narrative with another. This paper examines the itinerary negotiation for a 15-day overseas field module conducted three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Geography, Geography Instruction
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Dare-Abel, O. A.; Alagbe, O. A.; Aderonmu, P. A.; Ekhaese, O. N.; Adewale, B. A. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Architectural practice and education has always been seen by architects and students of the discipline as a tough and demanding terrain. This may be connected to the obvious demands of the training of architects, characterized by long hours of design, drafting, and modelling. This does not end at the schools of architecture but continues through…
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Foreign Countries, Architecture, Qualitative Research
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Bruyèl-Olmedo, Antonio; Juan-Garau, Maria – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015
Linguistic landscape studies increasingly focus on the variables that intertwine to generate the meaning of texts on display. International tourist resorts, largely multilingual, reveal how languages in signage combine and respond to the sociolinguistic profile of their readership. However, these settings have received scant attention in the…
Descriptors: Tourism, Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Profiles
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Cramer, Hendrik; Dewulf, Geert; Voordijk, Hans – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2015
This study demonstrates how action research (AR) that is aimed at scaling-up experiments can be applied to support a strategy formation process (SFP) in a subsidized long-term care network. Previous research has developed numerous AR frameworks to support experiments in various domains, but has failed to explain how to apply AR and action learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Health Services, Experiential Learning
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Jafar, Hayfa – College Quarterly, 2015
The essay explores how the dynamics of competition and collaboration among Ontario's higher education institutions contribute to the system's differentiation strategy. The essay implements a content analysis approach to the Strategic Mandate Agreement submissions signed between the Ontario Government and the Ontario Colleges and Universities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competition, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Content Analysis
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Ashraah, Mamdouh M.; Al-Olaimat, Ali M.; Takash, Hanan M. – International Education Studies, 2015
This study aimed at identifying the training needs of governmental schools' principals with kindergarten classes. The sample of the study consisted of a random sample of (62) female principal. The instrument of the study was developed by the researchers and included 60 items distributed on four domains (planning, organizing, guidance, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Females, Instructional Leadership
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Schober, Daniel J.; Fawcett, Stephen B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
The DELTA PREP Project aims to reduce risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). It engaged leadership and staff from 19 statewide domestic violence coalitions in building capacity to prevent IPV before it occurs (rather than solely responding to IPV). This article describes the process and outcomes associated with action planning to create…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Family Violence, Organizational Change, Risk
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Chukwumah, Fides Okwukweka; Ezeugbor, Carol Obiageli – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
This study investigated the extent of problems of strategic plans implementation for secondary schools' improvement in Anambra State, Nigeria for quality education provision. The study used a descriptive survey design paradigm. Respondents comprised 217 principals. There was no sampling. All the principals were used. Data were collected using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning, Secondary Education, Secondary Schools
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