Building Coherence for Instructional Improvement Through Professional Development: A Design-Based Implementation Research Study

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Title

Building Coherence for Instructional Improvement Through Professional Development: A Design-Based Implementation Research Study

Abstract/Description

This study explores how six school leadership teams in a rural district in California responded to professional development (PD) designed to strengthen leadership practices and organizational conditions in schools for improving teaching and learning. Specifically, the PD was intended to address the problem of practice identified by the schools: teachers needed to learn to work in new ways to support students in meeting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Researchers used design-based implementation research (DBIR) to understand the connection between the design and implementation of the PD model and the impact on participating schools. Findings suggest that in developing PD programs, three challenges need to be addressed in designing experiences for educators that strengthen their capabilities to lead instructional improvement: maintaining the connection between organizational processes and instructional practice; approaching school leadership team collaboration as joint work; and utilizing a developmental approach to improvement. The article concludes by exploring the potential of DBIR for designing and refining models for school leaders’ professional learning.

Author/creator

Stosich, Elizabeth Leisy

Bocala, Candice

Forman, Michelle L.

Date

9/1/2018

In publication

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Volume

46

Issue

5

Pages

864-880

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Methodological

en Empirical

Keywords

professional development

leadership

school improvement

organizational learning

design-based implementation research

rural schools

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

1741-1432

DOI

10.1177/1741143217711193

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)

Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)

Citation

Stosich, E. L., Bocala, C., & Forman, M. (2018). Building Coherence for Instructional Improvement Through Professional Development: A Design-Based Implementation Research Study. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 46(5), 864–880. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143217711193

Cited in

Introducing Improvement Research in Education

Coherent Instructional Systems at the School and School System Levels in the United States

Abbreviation

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Item sets

IRE Handbook Introduction Citation

OB Citations - Coherent Instructional Systems at the School and School System Levels in the United States

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