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Advancing Impact and Perception of Literacy Professional Development
(2020-12)
A Literacy Professional Development engaged in a year-long quality improvement project to seek ways to
define and deepen its impact on its clients' student learning. Through the lens of self-efficacy and customer loyalty ...
Maximizing evidence-based teaching and learning, assessment and homework practices at NYC school
(2021-04-28)
This capstone project is a case study addressing several problems of practice inside NYC school: homework, assessment, teaching, professional development effectiveness and the school’s trust climate. The purpose of this ...
AP Learning and Student Achievement: College-Readiness Outcomes and AP Coursework
(2021-04-29)
This project assessed AP learning efforts at Romeoville High School through analyzing elements of the school’s AP programming. Through several research lens, this project analyzed the effect of AP coursework on students’ ...
Designing for Trauma-Informed Practices: Professional Development for School Founders
(2021-04-27)
The Freedom Fellows Institute recruits and trains school leaders of color to found their own charter schools in marginalized communities. This quality improvement project sought to help the executive director of Freedom ...
Exploring ECS Teacher Persistence and Attrition in Chicago Public Schools
(2021-08-10)
This study was conducted in collaboration with the Chicago Alliance for Equity in Computer Science (CAFECS), a research-practice partnership whose mission is to use collaboration and research to further the mission to ...
A Review of Professional Development in Alternative Teaching Certification Programs
(2021-08-02)
This study explores the effectiveness and impact of professional development in Teach For America (TFA), an alternative teaching certification program. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to examine professional ...
Understanding the Role of Professional Networks in K-12 Instructional Coaches’ Growth and Development
(2021-12)
Instructional coaching is one of the most impactful forms of professional development that results in improved teacher instruction and student achievement in a K-12 setting (Kraft et al., 2018), yet little consensus exists ...
Give Us a Clear Vision, Time, Space and Have Our Backs: Supporting Grades 7-12th Social Studies Teachers in Their Transition Toward More Culturally Responsive Instruction
(2022-05)
This capstone sought to determine the ways in which a public school district’s leadership could support their secondary social studies teachers in their transition toward becoming more culturally responsive in their practice. ...
Reimagining Teacher Professional Development: One Organization's Focus on Redesign and Implementation
(2022-12)
COMP (Classroom Organization and Management Program) is a nonprofit organization that supports teachers across the nation and internationally in implementing a research-based and research-proven classroom management ...