Date of Award
Fall 2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
College
College of Education
Department
Department of Education
Primary Advisor
Dr. Amy Bratten
Second Advisor
Dr. Thomas Gollery
Third Advisor
Dr. Bautsch-Dickhoner
Abstract
The study was developed to examine the teacher development efforts utilized by leaders of lowperforming schools that had shown promising gains in student achievement. A researchercreated quantitative survey sent to school leaders in one state was utilized to analyze the perceived use and effectiveness of various teacher development efforts in supporting student achievement gains at their schools. Overall, the results showed school leaders focused heavily on teacher development to support their school turnaround efforts and that teacher development was effective in improving student achievement. Classroom walk-throughs were found to be an integral strategy in school turnaround and the results also indicated teacher collaboration and teacher coaching as positive strategies as well. Teacher evaluation was found to have no perceived value in teacher development and may have a negative impact.
Recommended Citation
Swanson, Andrew, "TEACHER DEVELOPMENT IN PROMISING SCHOOL TURNAROUND EFFORTS" (2020). Doctor of Education (Ed.D). 70.
https://firescholars.seu.edu/coe/70
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