Supporting new school leaders: findings from a university‐based leadership coaching program for new administrators

Administrators need intense support in their early years in their jobs to master the demands of the position and to emerge as effective leaders for their schools. This article reports on a leadership coaching program offered by a university to support graduates as they transition to new school leadership roles. First year research results of the Program for New Principals indicate that all of the program participants felt that the coaching program was a positive addition to the induction experience for new administrators. New principals viewed coaching positively and emphasized that it is both a valuable and unique form of professional development. Both coaches and new principals cited personalized support as one of the coaching model's most significant assets. The results should inform the development of a model of leadership coaching for new administrators.     

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relations Among Professional Development,Educators’ Beliefs and Perceived Skills,and Response-to-Intervention Implementation

ABSTRACT

Professional development is a critical systems-level intervention thought to facilitate Response-to-Intervention (RtI) implementation. The current study examined the relations between professional development, educator outcomes, and problem-solving implementation within an RtI framework using growth curve modeling. School leadership teams from pilot schools (n = 34) participated in 3 years of training. Pilot schools also received job-embedded coaching. Comparison schools (n = 27) provided a referent group. Results indicated that problem-solving implementation increased faster at pilot schools (β = 0.10, SE = 0.05, t = 2.03, p < .05). In addition, beliefs regarding data-based decision-making (β = 0.36, SE = 0.17, t = 2.13, p < .05) and perceived problem-solving skills applied to academics (β = 0.30, SE = 0.10, t = 3.07, p < .01) positively related to implementation. Implications include the needs to further explore professional development activities and for consultants to utilize evidence-based professional development principles when supporting RtI implementation.     

合作学习在竞技体育运动训练专业学生英语口语教学中的应用

竞技体育运动训练专业学生的英语水平总体偏低,英语口语交际能力尤其薄弱,英语口语教与学成为一直困扰教师和学生的难题。通过教学实验和问卷调查,研究了如何有效地在大学英语口语教学中运用合作学习策略,提高竞技体育运动训练专业学生的英语口语水平和口语教学效果,揭示了小组合作学习活动对他们英语口语学习时间与频率、学习态度、学习动机以及交际意愿的影响,总结了课堂教学效果良好的小组合作学习活动案例,合作学习对非智力因素发展的影响和阻碍学生进行课堂和课下小组合作学习的不利因素,对教学实验中的分组策略进行了反思,为竞技体育运动训练专业学生的大学英语口语教学提供借鉴和指导。     

教育辅导简论

教育辅导是教育对受教育提供的一种生活指导和生存帮助,其目的是使其生存能量充分发挥出来,过着与自然、社会等相适应的生活。各种类型的学校教育辅导有不同的内容和目标追求。为践行这些内容与目标要求,教育必须掌握一定的辅导方法。     

He Asked Me What!?—Using Shared Online Accounts as Training Tools for Distance Learning Librarians

ABSTRACT

This study explores the idea of creating a knowledge base from shared online accounts to use in training librarians who perform distance reference services. Through a survey, follow-up interviews and a case study, the investigators explored current and potential use of shared online accounts as training tools. This study revealed that the participants viewed the concept positively, but many encountered barriers to effectively employing a local knowledge base as a training tool.     

标准化病人的培训及其在临床教学与考核中的应用

为了满足现代医学生的培养目标,结合我院情况,探讨标准化病人(Standardized Patient,SP)作为患者、评估者和指导者所采取的培训形式,将标准化病人应用于临床教学、临床技能训练及考核中,达到提高学生临床思维能力、临床技能及沟通技巧的目的。     

基于网络德育的思索

网络是一把双刃剑,有其利,也有其弊。作为教育者,应当如何兴其利、去其弊呢?首先应以加强引导为主,将青少年从不健康的娱乐和交往中引向学习网络知识、提高自身素质的活动中去。教育者除了运用科学的德育方法和技术手段,“堵”住不健康信息对青少年的毒害外,要加强青春期的卫生知识、性知识的普及教育工作,还要加强心理辅导工作,使其获得免疫力,身心得以健康地成长。     

Models of influence on mathematics instructional coaches

In our study, we examine the factors influencing the implementation of a mathematics coaching initiative at four high schools including the assets an instructional coach brings to the position and the challenges unique to each school. In our case study we include data collected in individual interviews with instructional coaches, focus groups with Algebra I teams, and coaching logs. Four models of coaching behavior emerged from the data collected in the study: coach as facilitator, coach as mediator, coach as dictator, and coach as victim. No role was associated exclusively with any particular instructional coach. However, which role the coach assumed hinged on one or more factors: the coach’s leadership style, the context in which the coach served, and the dynamics of the situation.     

五邑侨乡"口供纸"的内容与价值

口供纸是五邑侨乡在美国实施排华政策时期出现的一种特殊移民文献，以台山、开平最多。这种“编写”的文献，结构大同小异，内容虚虚实实、真真假假。不过，从总体看是虚中有实、假中带真。因此，口供纸仍然是研究华侨华人历史和侨乡文化的重要文献。