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    Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction:Results from the Second Year of a Randomized Controlled Study

    1/1/09 - Eric Isenberg , Steven Glazerman , Martha Bleeker , Amy Johnson , Julieta Lugo-Gil , Mary Grider , Sarah Dolfin , Edward Britton , Melanie Ali

    The report, Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the Second Year of a Randomized Controlled Study, compares outcomes of teachers offered intensive induction activities with full-time mentors to those of teachers with less intensive, less structured induction activities using an experimental study design. This second report includes information from10 districts in which teachers were offered one year of comprehensive induction services ("one-year" districts) and 7...

  • Models for preparing culturally responsive special education personnel

    The National Technical Assistance Center for Personnel Preparation in Special Education Minority Institutions of Higher Education (Monarch Center),

    Provides descriptions of personnel preparation programs that are culturally and linguistically responsive.

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    Principal as instructional leader: Designing a coaching program that fits

    5/19/09 - Steiner, L., Kowal, J.

    An issue brief from the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement that describes ways to assess needs and goals; selecting a coaching strategy; characteristics of effective programs; approaches to coaching; and implementing a coaching program

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    Principals of Inclusive Schools

    1/1/05 - Christine Salisbury , Gail McGregor

    School leaders play an important role in promoting and sustaining change in schools. Without their efforts, schools cannot change or improve to become places where all students are welcome, and where all students learn essential academic and non-academic lessons in preparation for life in the community. Nowhere is this initiative more important than in urban schools where many students have been left behind, shunted aside, or asked to learn with poor or inadequate buildings, materials, and...

  • Recruitment and retention of professional canidates

    The National Technical Assistance Center for Personnel Preparation in Special Education Minority Institutions of Higher Education (Monarch Center),

    This section includes documents about the recruitment of individuals into special education programs and the support of students through their program. Particular attention is given to supporting nontraditional students. Strategies and approaches, as well as their outcomes, are described.

  • School district leadership that works: The effect of superintendent leadership on student achievement.

    1/1/06 - Waters, J. T., Marzano, R. J.

    As the latest in its continuing series of research on school, leadership, and classroom practices related to student achievement, McREL conducted a meta-analysis of research on the effect of superintendent leadership on student achievement.

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    Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know

    1/1/09 - Janice L. Cooper , Rachel Masi, Jessica Vick

    The early years of a child’s life present a unique opportunity to foster healthy development, and research has underscored the importance of the first five years of life – both positive and negative experiences – in shaping children’s cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional development. This brief outlines the risks faced by young children with social, emotional, and behavioral problems, as well as barriers to eligibility, access to services, and service utilization. The authors...

  • Supply and demand of special education personnel

    The National Technical Assistance Center for Personnel Preparation in Special Education Minority Institutions of Higher Education (Monarch Center),

    This section includes statistical information and commentary about supply and demand issues in special education and related services.

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    Walkthrough Planning Guide

    1/1/01 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,

    This document provides guidance on how to prepare for a building walkthrough, what to do during and after the walkthrough. It contains both group and individual feedback forms. (Focus on Results 2001).