One study found preschool teachers who participated in an online professional development course and also received classroom mentoring graduated children with better language comprehension, more advanced phonological awareness, a larger vocabulary, and more letter knowledge than children in classrooms with teachers who received either none or
less professional development support.
Not exact matches
Both teacher educators and reformers tend to propose solutions that begin after the candidate has graduated and becomes the teacher of record (e.g., increasing
supports, adding more
professional development, and finding
less challenging placements).
Doing this via technology means that online instructors will need intensive ongoing
professional development and
support — as much — certainly not
less, than their face - to - face counterparts.
In particular, we wished to explore the general issue of whether
professional development, which we view as targeted
support for leadership, is more or
less important than pressure to increase achievement, which is a major component of state policy.
If school leaders cut
professional development, won't teachers feel even
less supported?
Ratliff calls for more
professional development for leaders and teachers at chronically low performing schools,
less emphasis on testing and more
support for early childhood education and parent education.
Intensive
professional development and in - class
support for preschool teachers produced more positive teacher - student interactions, more effective management of challenging behaviors,
less problem behavior, higher engagement in learning, and more instruction time.
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Development: Bridging the Gap Between Theory Research and Practice 2001 — Processing Trauma and Terrorism 2002 — The Road
Less Traveled: Adoptive Families in the New Millennium 2003 — A Better Beginning: Parents with Mental Illness and their Young Children 2004 — Approaches That Work: Multi-Stressed Families and their Young Children 2005 — The Screening and Assessing of the Social Emotional Concerns 2006 —
Supporting Young Children through Separation and Loss 2007 — Social Emotional
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Supporting Families