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- Title
- Equitable access to educational resources: an investigation of the distribution of teacher qualityacross secondary schools in South Florida.
- Creator
- Richards, Sabrina, Burnaford, Gail, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
- Abstract/Description
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This quantitative study examined secondary schools across a south Florida school district to determine the relationship between school characteristics and measures of teacher quality with the aim of ascertaining the equitable distribution of the educational resource, teacher quality. Data regarding student population, staff climate survey responses, school points, and measures of teacher quality were requested from the school district; however, the requested teacher quality data was not...
Show moreThis quantitative study examined secondary schools across a south Florida school district to determine the relationship between school characteristics and measures of teacher quality with the aim of ascertaining the equitable distribution of the educational resource, teacher quality. Data regarding student population, staff climate survey responses, school points, and measures of teacher quality were requested from the school district; however, the requested teacher quality data was not available from the district. The researcher accessed publicly available teacher quality data from the Florida Department of Education regarding advanced degree completion, out-of-field teachers, and highly qualified teachers to serve as measures of teacher quality at secondary schools. Data were collected and analyzed using quantitative methods for 119 schools that served as the unit of analysis. Using multiple regressions, the study found a significant negative relationship between the percentage of students participating in the free and reduced-price lunch program and the percentage of teachers who possessed an advanced degree. The study also found a significant positive relationship between the percentages of Black students, English language learners, students with disabilities, students participating in the free and reduced-price lunch program and the percentage of out-offield teachers. Additionally, the study found a significant positive relationship between the percentages of Hispanic students, students with disabilities, students participating in the free and reduced-price lunch program, and the percentage of not highly qualified teachers at schools. The investigation also discovered predictive relationships between some of these school characteristics and the measures of teacher quality examined in the study. All of the findings provided evidence of structural inequality regarding the distribution of teacher quality and were analyzed by the study’s theoretical framework, which drew on critical race theory, critical multiculturalism, and other critical studies. These works underscore the inequitable distribution of teacher quality. Implications and suggestions for future research are offered for further examination of the equitable distribution of teacher quality and the role of policy to inform the equitable distribution of teacher quality across schools in order to address the most urgent problem facing U.S. education: the unequal distribution of quality teachers.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004155, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004155
- Subject Headings
- Educational equalization, Educational evaluation, Effective teaching, Teachers, Rating of
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RATINGS OF PROPOSED TEACHER COMPETENCIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH.
- Creator
- AUGENSTEIN, MILDRED B., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of the study was to develop and apply an instrumented procedure for deciding the relative importance of a tentative set of professional competencies proposed for middle school teachers of English, using the judgmental ratings by individuals in the general school community as the decision-making base. The results of this rating procedure were intended to demonstrate one way in which the broader educational community could be involved in expressing choices and in setting priorities...
Show moreThe purpose of the study was to develop and apply an instrumented procedure for deciding the relative importance of a tentative set of professional competencies proposed for middle school teachers of English, using the judgmental ratings by individuals in the general school community as the decision-making base. The results of this rating procedure were intended to demonstrate one way in which the broader educational community could be involved in expressing choices and in setting priorities for programs of competency-based teacher education. A selected group of 50 senior high school students, 50 teachers of middle school English, 50 educational leaders, and 50 patrons of middle schools in the south central administrative area of the Broward County, Florida, public school system were asked to rate a set of 12 general competencies and 60 subcompetencies according to their perceived importance for training and/or certificating teachers of English who work with middle school pupils of ages 10 through 14. The subjects used a forced-choice rank order rating system that resulted in a rank value for each of the general competencies and subcompetencies in the study. Strategies, administrative steps, and public relations materials for reaching each of the targeted groups were incorporated in the details of the procedure. The procedure developed by the study proved feasible and useful for determining the relative order of importance assigned to the proposed teacher competencies for middle school English by the vested interest groups who served as raters. Applications of the procedure are recommended for use by collaborative bodies which seek systematic ways to broaden the base of public involvement in decision-making for teacher education. viii
Show less - Date Issued
- 1974
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11648
- Subject Headings
- English language--Study and teaching, Teachers--Rating of
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHER EVALUATION PRACTICES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
- Creator
- WEBBER, WILHELMENA SWEET., Florida Atlantic University, Kerensky, Vasil M.
- Abstract/Description
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This study is a descriptive analysis of a population of public school teachers in the Palm Beach County School System. The Palm Beach County School System is the largest in geographical area of the school systems east of the Mississippi River and is presently composed of eighty-four (84) schools. The purpose of this study was to: (1) to discover what teachers perceive to be present practices in the teacher evaluation process, (2) to discover what teachers perceive to be desired practices in...
Show moreThis study is a descriptive analysis of a population of public school teachers in the Palm Beach County School System. The Palm Beach County School System is the largest in geographical area of the school systems east of the Mississippi River and is presently composed of eighty-four (84) schools. The purpose of this study was to: (1) to discover what teachers perceive to be present practices in the teacher evaluation process, (2) to discover what teachers perceive to be desired practices in the teacher evaluation process, and (3) to gain some new insights concerning these perceptions, which hopefully will help to develop better practices of evaluating teachers. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select the participants in the study. A list containing the names, addresses, teaching assignment, race, sex and teaching status of all teachers in Palm Beach County was used to draw independent random samples from each stratum. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire developed by the investigator. Because of the ordinal nature of the data, a Likert-type scale was used which presented selected issues identified in the literature. The instrument yielded information concerning teachers' perceptions of present practices and desired practices in the teacher evaluation process. It was found that there are discrepancies between what selected teachers perceive to be present practices of teacher evaluation and what they perceive to be desired practices of teacher evaluation. As a result of the data collected and analyzed, the following recommendations are offered: 1. Design and implement county-wide in-service workshops that would prepare all administrators and supervisors to evaluate teachers. Programs designed to improve the evaluating skills of administrators and supervisors are of paramount importance. Such programs should aid in the administration of an evaluation process which is fair to both parties. 2. Formulate a new approach to the teacher evaluation process that would incorporate those things that the majority of teachers feel would be most beneficial. Since teachers are the people who are being evaluated, to include those things that they feel are most beneficial would add a positive aspect to the entire structure of the evaluation process. 3. Study the impact of negotiations on the process of teacher evaluation. Situational aspects of the teachers' job such as class size, length of teachers' work day, size and location of the classroom, availability of classroom supplies, et cetera should be taken into consideration when evaluating teachers. 4. Design graduate courses in education that place greater emphasis on the evaluation of teaching. Discussions of the issues would aid administrators and teachers to establish a more viable solution to the problem of teacher evaluation. 5. Determine and analyze the perceptions of administrators concerning the teacher evaluation process. Research done to determine the perceptions of administrators concerning the teacher evaluation process, compared with the research that has been done to reveal the perceptions of teachers concerning the teacher evaluation process can enhance the chances of developing an evaluation process which will be acceptable to both groups. The teacher evaluation process must be personally useful to each teacher if it is to improve the quality of teacher performance and student achievement. It will also reward the competent, improve the promising, and rechannel the energies of those that are not performing at an acceptable level into fields of endeavor other than the field of education.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1976
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11674
- Subject Headings
- Teachers--Rating of--Florida--Palm Beach County
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSESSMENT STRATEGY FOR A GENERIC TEACHING COMPETENCY.
- Creator
- JENSEN, MONA M., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the consistency of judgments by untrained, but knowledgeable, observers in assessing teacher behaviors which assist students in developing a positive self-concept as measured by an original observational instrument . The study attempted to answer the question: Can untrained observers agree whether or not teacher behaviors which assist students in developing a positive self-concept have been demonstrated? Five teacher educators and eighty graduate...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the consistency of judgments by untrained, but knowledgeable, observers in assessing teacher behaviors which assist students in developing a positive self-concept as measured by an original observational instrument . The study attempted to answer the question: Can untrained observers agree whether or not teacher behaviors which assist students in developing a positive self-concept have been demonstrated? Five teacher educators and eighty graduate students in their classes in the College of Education, Florida Atlantic University, participated in the study. Of the eighty graduate students, fifty-two were classroom teachers, seven Here administrators, two were teacher supervisors, four were teacher educators, five were full -time graduate students with previous teaching experience, and ten were in other occupations but had previous teaching experience. Eight of the classroom teachers were also department chairpersons. The participants observed and assessed three different videotaped lessons taught by three different teachers. Of the sample, seventy-three observers were present for Tape I, and seventy-eight observers were present for Tapes II and III. No special training in the use of the instrument was given. The observation instrument used in the study consisted of thirty specific behaviors and a comment section. Observers checked whether each behavior was observed or not observed during each lesson and some made comments in addition.Observer responses on the comment section of the instrument were inconsistent. The comment section elicited free association responses, and high observer consistency was not expected. If the instrument was used in the actual practice of competency assessment, the comment section could be beneficial in that the observed teacher could receive commendations, clarifications, or suggestions for improvement.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1978
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11716
- Subject Headings
- Teachers--Rating of, Competency-based education--Florida
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Teacher attitudes toward supervision and evaluation in the developmental research schools of the state of Florida.
- Creator
- McCaffrey, Donna Londeree., Florida Atlantic University, Gray, Mary B., Morris, John D.
- Abstract/Description
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The developmental research schools, or laboratory schools, of the state of Florida became single-school public school districts in 1991. This allowed the four Florida laboratory schools to receive full-time equivalency funding from the state, but also required the schools to have state-mandated programs in place. Laboratory school teachers have varying roles that include teacher, researcher, writer, and presenter. These roles have caused discussion about appropriate performance appraisal...
Show moreThe developmental research schools, or laboratory schools, of the state of Florida became single-school public school districts in 1991. This allowed the four Florida laboratory schools to receive full-time equivalency funding from the state, but also required the schools to have state-mandated programs in place. Laboratory school teachers have varying roles that include teacher, researcher, writer, and presenter. These roles have caused discussion about appropriate performance appraisal methods for laboratory school teachers. In Florida, public school districts must have a human resources and management development plan that addresses evaluation and supervision of teaching personnel. With the passage of the Florida Clinical Education requirements for teachers who supervise developing teachers, it became necessary for the developmental research schools to demonstrate a commitment to an established system of measuring teacher growth. Teacher involvement is an integral part of building a sound supervision and evaluation system, so this study looked at the attitudes of the laboratory school teachers toward administrative practices in supervision and evaluation. The sample included one hundred fourteen instructors from the four Florida developmental research schools. The teachers taught grades kindergarten through eight. Seventy-six percent of those in the sample had advanced degrees, and seventy-five percent had over five years of teaching experience. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from the teachers. The survey included questions on individual teacher demographics as well as assessment of the teachers' attitudes and perceptions of formal and informal evaluation practices. Descriptive statistics and t-tests results compared the average perception of formal evaluation as an accurate measure of teaching effectiveness for the different teacher groupings. Results indicated that eight of the nine null hypotheses were rejected. Null hypothesis 3, predicting no difference in teachers' perceptions of formal evaluation as an accurate indicator of teaching effectiveness between teachers who had developed a personal professional development plan and teachers who had not, was not rejected. Being able to create individual professional development plans increased teacher confidence and enthusiasm. Teachers viewed self-evaluation forms such as portfolios and checklists as accurate means of assessing teacher effectiveness. Recommendations for further study include: enlarging the sample size to include laboratory school teachers in other states and countries, adding non-laboratory school teachers to the study; and encouraging teachers to become involved trying to include alternative assessment methods such as portfolios and professional development plans as part of the district teacher supervision and evaluation plan.
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- 2000
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12628
- Subject Headings
- Laboratory schools--Florida, Teachers--Attitudes, Teachers--Rating of, School supervision
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The status of the substitute teacher delivery system in the sixty-seven Florida Public School Districts and the perceptions of administrators, teachers, and substitute teachers toward the substitute teacher delivery system in the Polk County, Florida, Public School District.
- Creator
- Helmick, Robert William, Florida Atlantic University, Hunt, John J.
- Abstract/Description
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The primary purpose of this study was to find the status of the substitute teacher delivery system in the sixty-seven school districts in the State of Florida. The use of substitute teachers by Florida school districts has increased each year in alignment with the national trends found in the professional literature. Since July 1990, Florida law requires no academic preparation or teacher training before beginning work as a substitute teacher. The 67 Florida School Districts now issue...
Show moreThe primary purpose of this study was to find the status of the substitute teacher delivery system in the sixty-seven school districts in the State of Florida. The use of substitute teachers by Florida school districts has increased each year in alignment with the national trends found in the professional literature. Since July 1990, Florida law requires no academic preparation or teacher training before beginning work as a substitute teacher. The 67 Florida School Districts now issue substitute teacher certificates with the only Florida law requirement being fingerprints prior to employment. Substitute teacher delivery system identifies the preparation, selection, training, support, and evaluation of substitute teachers in a school district. Issues related to substitute teachers were substitute teacher pay, substitute teacher credentials, and substitute teacher training. The corollary purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of selected administrators, teachers, and substitute teachers concerning the Polk County Schools substitute teacher delivery system, one of Florida's sixty-seven school districts. A review of the literature provides a national summary of teacher pay, substitute teacher role, substitute teacher status, and administrative procedures used to recruit, select, place, orient, and train substitute teachers. The analysis of data from the 1993-94 state survey provides the teachers per substitute teacher ratio, students per substitute teacher ratio, and state average of these values. In addition, the percentage of the total budgets used for substitute teacher pay is calculated. Daily pay rates and academic requirements for short-term and long-term substitute teachers were collected and state average values calculated. Seven research questions concerning the substitute teacher delivery system are answered. The district perception instrument was conducted in Polk County School District at 20 schools using a stratified random sample and analyzed with the chi-square analysis technique. Seven null hypotheses were rejected using the significance level of chi-square value indicating significant differences in perception in the survey participants; school-based administrators, teachers, and substitute teachers. The combination of the state survey results and district perception instrument can be used to assist a district in developing an action plan for improving a district's substitute teacher delivery system.
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- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12400
- Subject Headings
- Substitute teachers--Florida--Evaluation, Substitute teachers--Rating of--Florida, Substitute teachers--Training of--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The effects of a self-evaluation intervention on the instructional behavior of special education interns.
- Creator
- Keller, Cassandra L., Florida Atlantic University, Taylor, Ronald L.
- Abstract/Description
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This study investigated the effects of an audiotaped self evaluation intervention on the instructional behavior of interns in classrooms for students with disabilities. Three interns teaching in elementary school settings in Southeast Florida participated in the study. The dependent variable was frequency of specific social praise statements. The independent variable was the self evaluation intervention which consisted of an individual training session that required each intern to listen to...
Show moreThis study investigated the effects of an audiotaped self evaluation intervention on the instructional behavior of interns in classrooms for students with disabilities. Three interns teaching in elementary school settings in Southeast Florida participated in the study. The dependent variable was frequency of specific social praise statements. The independent variable was the self evaluation intervention which consisted of an individual training session that required each intern to listen to five minute audiotaped samples of their instruction and then graph the frequency of specific social praise. A multiple baseline design was used to measure the effects of the intervention. Generalization probes were administered to determine the effects of the intervention in other content areas and maintenance probes were evaluated to determine the effects of the intervention over time. A qualitative design employing an open ended interview was used to enhance and amplify the quantitative portion of the study and to find out what value the interns placed on the intervention. Results indicated that the intervention had a positive effect on all three interns' use of specific social praise. Generalization probes indicated that two of the three interns increased their use of specific social praise during non-targeted content areas. The maintenance probes indicated that all three interns' average use of specific social praise was well above their baseline averages, although two of the three interns had a decreasing trend. The findings from the qualitative data supported the results from the quantitative analyses and revealed that interns valued the self evaluation intervention because it allowed them to reflect, evaluate, and then change their behavior. Recommendations for future research were made.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2003
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12044
- Subject Headings
- Interns (Education), Teachers--Self-rating of, Students with disabilities--Education, Teachers of children with disabilities--Training of
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A PARENT INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM INCLUDING COMMUNICATION TO PARENTS INTEGRATED WITH A PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ITS EFFECT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, CLASSROOM CONDUCT, STUDY HABITS AND ATTITUDES.
- Creator
- TENNIES, ROBERT HUNTER, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to determine if a parent involvement program entitled Parent Communication Plus Program (PCPP) would significantly influence student academic achievement (GPA and achievement scores), conduct, and study habits and attitudes. The design of the fourteen week study was a Randomized Control Group Pretest Posttest Design. The experiment site was Boca Raton Christian School, a college preparatory private school with an enrollment of 475 students in grades K-12. Ninety...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if a parent involvement program entitled Parent Communication Plus Program (PCPP) would significantly influence student academic achievement (GPA and achievement scores), conduct, and study habits and attitudes. The design of the fourteen week study was a Randomized Control Group Pretest Posttest Design. The experiment site was Boca Raton Christian School, a college preparatory private school with an enrollment of 475 students in grades K-12. Ninety students, selected from the population in grades 6-12 who fell in the lower fortieth percentile based on grade point average (GPA), were randomly assigned to three groups of thirty each. Each study group consisted of students and their parents. Two of the three study groups received the PCPP treatment with the third group serving as the control. The unique feature of the PCPP treatment was that in addition to reporting the students' recent progress, the treatment included a parent education component. Group A received communication twice a week in the form of a phone call and a mailed progress report. Group B received a call one week and a mailed report the next. Each phone call was structured to cover four essential points: parent curriculum designed to help parents be more effective in helping their youngster in school, rapport building, progress reporting, and task assignment. Pretest and posttest data were collected on the four major dependent variables. Study instruments included the California Achievement Test, the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes, and the students' report cards for conduct and GPA values. Analysis of the data included a one-way analysis of variance, a posteriori contrasts, and analysis of covariance with a multiple classification analysis. At the end of the study, completion of a feedback questionnaire was requested from parents who received a PCPP treatment. The conclusion supported the hypothesis that the PCPP variable had a significant effect on GPA. Conduct, achievement scores, and study habits and attitudes were not significantly affected.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11818
- Subject Headings
- Home and school--Florida, Parent-teacher relationships, Students--Rating of
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Comparison of perceptions of private school administrators and teachers on selected methods of teacher evaluation.
- Creator
- Manasseh, Nancy Marie., Florida Atlantic University, Gray, Mary B.
- Abstract/Description
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Sound evaluation of education personnel is linked to effective teacher practices. Private schools are taking an increasing responsibility for schooling the nation's youth. Presently, there is no formal statewide teacher evaluation program in the private school sector. To assist in the development of an evaluation program, this study investigated the perceptions of private school administrators and teachers on selected methods of teacher evaluation. Private school administrators' perceptions...
Show moreSound evaluation of education personnel is linked to effective teacher practices. Private schools are taking an increasing responsibility for schooling the nation's youth. Presently, there is no formal statewide teacher evaluation program in the private school sector. To assist in the development of an evaluation program, this study investigated the perceptions of private school administrators and teachers on selected methods of teacher evaluation. Private school administrators' perceptions of evaluation methods are important since their views can influence the methods they accept. Teachers' perceptions of evaluation methods are important since their views influence their levels of support for the total system. The sample of this study consisted of personnel from private schools in Broward and Palm Beach Counties accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools. These educators expressed their opinion of nine selected methods of assessment of teaching effectiveness. A survey was taken of the perceptions of the two groups. Each administrator and teacher was asked to rate the level of agreement of how accurate she/he believed the method of evaluation was in assessing the effectiveness of teaching. Teachers and administrators were divided into independent groups by the variable "position." Data analysis was done to reflect differences in the attitudes of teachers and administrators toward certain methods of evaluation. A.05 alpha level of significance was used. Responses to the survey indicated that respondents were essentially neutral. The average response among the administrators and teachers tended to be close to three on a 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree) scale. This reflected the level of agreement or disagreement on the accuracy of each method as an assessment tool of effective teaching for all items on the questionnaire. An independent samples t-test was used to compare means of each variable across the independent groups. Results indicated that the null hypotheses, which stated that there were no significant differences in the way each group perceived nine selected methods of teacher evaluation (p >.05), could not be rejected. Suggestions for future research include a replication of this study using a larger sample as well as including the variables of gender, experience, and grade level. Implementation of inservice workshops that prepare private school administrators to evaluate teachers is also recommended. Such programs would improve the evaluation skills of administrators. Teacher participation in the development of an evaluation program in the private school system is also recommended. This study also showed that 5.9% of the teacher sample were never evaluated. Another 28.4% were evaluated only once a year. This investigation further demonstrated the fact that 17.6% of the teacher sample were not certified to teach and 1% did not have a college degree.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12460
- Subject Headings
- Teachers--Rating of--Florida, Teaching--Florida--Evaluation, Teacher-administrator relationships, Private schools--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Effect of Teacher Cognitive and Behavioral Agility on Student Achievement.
- Creator
- White, Mary K., Pisapia, John, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to determine if teachers who use thinking and leading actions have higher student achievement as measured by the teacher’s Value Added Measure (VAM) score. A quantitative non-experimental design investigated the relationships between teacher cognitive and behavioral agility and student achievement. Cognitive agility, measured through the Strategic Thinking Questionnaire for Teachers (STQT ), refers to the leader’s ability to use their repertoire of thinking...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if teachers who use thinking and leading actions have higher student achievement as measured by the teacher’s Value Added Measure (VAM) score. A quantitative non-experimental design investigated the relationships between teacher cognitive and behavioral agility and student achievement. Cognitive agility, measured through the Strategic Thinking Questionnaire for Teachers (STQT ), refers to the leader’s ability to use their repertoire of thinking skills. Behavioral agility, measured with the Strategic Leadership Questionnaire for Teachers (SLQT ), denotes the leader’s ability to use a wide array of leader influencing actions. Teachers were surveyed and the data were analyzed through correlation and multiple regressions to determine the relationship among the variables. Although the cognitive and behavioral agility was not correlated with a teacher’s VAM score, the results indicate that teachers do perceive themselves as leaders in their classrooms. Educational leadership certification, higher degrees, and years experience of a teacher did moderate the relationship between local VAM and both cognitive and behavioral agility. The sub-scales of systems thinking and transforming of the survey instruments also were significant to the results. Theoretically, this study contributes to the teacher leadership literature, focusing on the classroom teacher and their effect on student achievement. Practically, with educational accountability changing the landscape, school districts should train teachers to engage in leadership skills, reward teachers for earning a Master’s degree in leadership, and work to retain high quality teachers who are leaders within their classroom. Greater student achievement could be the result.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004886, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004886
- Subject Headings
- Teachers--Rating of., Teacher-student relationships., Teacher effectiveness., Master teachers., Effective teaching., Performance standards., Classroom management., Academic achievement--Evaluation.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Teachers as Strategic Classroom Leaders: The Relationship of Their Cognitive and Behavioral Agility to Student Outcomes and Performance Evaluations.
- Creator
- Warkentien, Michael, Pisapia, John, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this non-experimental study was to determine whether teacher cognitive and behavioral agility relates to student achievement as measured by their value-added model (VAM) score and their performance evaluation measured through the Marzano instructional practice (IP) framework, and whether that relationship is moderated by contextual variables. Cognitive agility, measured through the Strategic Thinking Questionnaire for Teachers (STQ T TM), refers to the leader’s ability to use...
Show moreThe purpose of this non-experimental study was to determine whether teacher cognitive and behavioral agility relates to student achievement as measured by their value-added model (VAM) score and their performance evaluation measured through the Marzano instructional practice (IP) framework, and whether that relationship is moderated by contextual variables. Cognitive agility, measured through the Strategic Thinking Questionnaire for Teachers (STQ T TM), refers to the leader’s ability to use their repertoire of thinking skills. Behavioral agility, measured with the Strategic Leadership Questionnaire for Teachers (SLQ T TM), relates to the leader’s ability to use a wide array of leader influencing actions. Teacher VAM score is the percent of the teacher’s students that met or exceeded a statistically predicted score on the end of year assessment. Teacher IP scores were also collected and were based on classroom walkthroughs, and other factors, conducted by their respective school-based administrator(s). The study included 75 teacher participants at the middle and high school levels and used correlational, linear regression, moderator, and mediation statistical analyses. The research findings indicate that cognitive agility continues to be a significant predictor of behavioral agility and that both cognitive and behavioral agility were significantly related to VAM or IP in teachers over the age of 50. Additionally, VAM scores significantly increased through the use of reframing and IP scores increased when utilizing bridging leader actions. However, it was also found that VAM scores were negatively correlated to the managing leader actions in the total population.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004735, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004735
- Subject Headings
- Teachers, Rating of., Teacher-student relationships., Teacher effectiveness., Master teachers., Effective teaching., Performance standards., Classroom management., Academic achievement--Evaluation.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Approaching Authentic Assessment: Using Virtual School Teachers’ Expertise to Develop an Understanding of Full Time K-8 Virtual School Teacher Practices.
- Creator
- Seamster, Christina Lambert, Weber, Roberta K., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
- Abstract/Description
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According to Molnar (2014), full time virtual school education lacks a measurement tool that accurately measures effective virtual teacher practice. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, the current study sought to understand the common practices among full time K-8 virtual school teachers, the extent to which teachers believed such practices impacted student learning, as well as the methods in which current standards, recommendations and practices were implemented in the full time...
Show moreAccording to Molnar (2014), full time virtual school education lacks a measurement tool that accurately measures effective virtual teacher practice. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, the current study sought to understand the common practices among full time K-8 virtual school teachers, the extent to which teachers believed such practices impacted student learning, as well as the methods in which current standards, recommendations and practices were implemented in the full time K-8 virtual school setting. The relationship between virtual school teacher practices and their Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) was also explored. Using the standards, practices and recommendations developed for online learning from International Association for K–12 Online Learning (iNACOL), National Education Association (NEA), Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) a team of focus group members gave input on the common practices for teaching students in the full time K-8 virtual school environment. The results included 11 general virtual school teacher practices, 12 teacher practices relating to evaluation and three practices relating to special needs and diverse learners. Qualitative and quantitative findings indicated that teachers most frequently meet the established practices through the following strategies: phone conferences, live sessions with students, feedback on assessments, webmail communication, professional development, collaborating with peers/teacher collaboration, professional learning communities, curriculum based assessments on the phone, communicating with family stakeholders, and determining students in the bottom quartile. A framework for K-8 full time virtual school pedagogy which includes evaluating student learning and individualizing instruction through technology tools and collaborative methods was developed. Finally, the quantitative findings indicated that of the three virtual school teacher practice categories (teacher practice, evaluation and special needs and diverse learners), evaluation was the leading predictor of teacher TPACK scores. Specifically, collaboration, having an online voice and presence, and using data from assessments to modify instruction were found to significantly predict a teacher’s Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge. Using virtual school teachers’ expertise on the practices which most impact student learning and the methods for implementing virtual school teacher practices, the researcher created a draft full time K-8 virtual school teacher evaluation rubric.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004741, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004741
- Subject Headings
- Teachers--Training of--Evaluation., Teachers--Rating of., Public schools--Effect of technological innovations on., Educational change--United States--Evaluation., Educational technology--United States--Evaluation., Pedagogical content knowledge., Computer-assisted instruction.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Teacher Perspectives on The Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model during year one of Implementation.
- Creator
- Wilkins, Bryan L., Mountford, Meredith L., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
- Abstract/Description
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This qualitative study described teachers’ perspectives of The Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model during the first year of its implementation. Further, this study examined the relationship between teachers and their administrators during implementation. The researcher’s goal was to examine how teachers changed their behavior as the result of the first year following the implementation of The Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model.
- Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004810, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004810
- Subject Headings
- Marzano, Robert J.--Art and sciene of teaching--Criticism and interpretation., Effective teaching., Teachers--Rating of., Teacher effectiveness., Teaching--Aids and devices., Learning, Psychology of., Educational evaluation.
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- Document (PDF)