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District Office Leadership Supporting Site-Level Teacher Collaborative Teams

Description: Article describes how previous researchers examining professional learning communities (PLCs) claim that effective building-level PLCs improve teacher collaboration and student achievement. Using an online survey, the authors investigated the claim that district office support enhances the success of site-level PLCs.
Date: October 28, 2023
Creator: Voelkel Jr., Robert H.; Johnson, Christie W. & Nadeem, Fiaz
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Partner: UNT College of Education
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Teacher-Principal Ethnoracial Matching, Geography, and Novice Teacher Career Outcomes

Description: Article describes how, nationally, many school districts are facing a teacher workforce sustainability crisis, and job retention for novice teachers of color is a key area of focus for educational leaders and policymakers. In this study, the authors draw on nine years of administrative data from Texas K-12 public schools to better understand how teacher-principal ethnoracial matching is associated with patterns of teacher retention and system-exit.
Date: December 5, 2023
Creator: Edwards, Wesley L. & Anderson, Cornelius Q.
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Classroom observations of a cross-age peer tutoring mathematics program in elementary and middle schools

Description: Article describes how a growing body of research has shown the positive effects of peer tutoring on students’ academic achievement, self-concept, attitude, social, and behavioral outcomes. The authors' study examined classroom practices, as well as program teachers’ and students’ behaviors within a cross-age peer-tutoring program implemented in elementary and middle schools that serve predominantly Hispanic students.
Date: July 1, 2023
Creator: Barahona, Elba; Padrón, Yolanda N. & Waxman, Hersh C.
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Geometry, groceries, and gardens: Learning mathematics and social justice through a nested, equity-directed instructional approach

Description: Authors of the article addressed the call for explorations of how BIPOC students’ “experiences in secondary mathematics classrooms might advance transformative, equity-focused, pedagogical models” by exploring how a nested, equity-directed approach created different kinds of opportunities for students to take up, shift, or resist what it means to teach, learn, and do mathematics. Specifically, authors looked at efforts to engage equity-directed dominant and critical approaches through a series … more
Date: June 10, 2023
Creator: Harper, Frances K. & Kudaisi, Queshonda J.
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Partner: UNT College of Education
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Keep it Local: Retain More Teachers of Color By Helping Them Work Close to Where They Grew Up

Description: Policy brief sharing results from a study that looked at how new teacher retention patterns are predicted by the distance between the high school the teacher graduated from and the school where they were first employed.
Date: September 6, 2023
Creator: Edwards, Wesley L.; Kirksey, Jacob J.; Burden, Kafarra Q. L. & Miller, Alexis
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Partner: UNT College of Education

A Fresh Perspectives: Newbies Implementing the SIOP Model

Description: Presentation sharing a program to support English language learners in mathematics and science by training in-service and pre-service teachers using the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) model. It was presented at the TexTESOL conference in 2017.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.; Watson, Cindy; Jaballa, Alysha & de la Garza, Jennifer
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The Voice of the Bilingual Teacher: An Authoritative Source for Emergent Bilingual Students’ Success -A Narrative Inquiry

Description: Presentation on a study that sought the voice of the bilingual teacher through their lived experiences in relation to the success of Hispanic emergent bilinguals in school. This inquiry sought to uncover what practices bilingual teachers use to support their students’ academic and socio-emotional needs. It was presented at the 11th annual Jalisco-Texas Conference which was held virtually on March 30-31, 2023.
Date: March 30, 2023
Creator: Subramaniam, Karthigeyan & Lerwick, Patry
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Factores que Influyen en laCreciente Demanda y Escasa Oferta de Maestros Bilingües

Description: Presentation examining the factors influencing the growing demand for bilingual teachers in the United States, but it also highlights the ongoing shortage of bilingual teachers. It was presented at the 11th annual Jalisco-Texas Conference which was held virtually on March 30-31, 2023.
Date: March 31, 2023
Creator: Barahona, Elba
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SUCCESS of UNT Pre-service Teachers and Latino Families

Description: Presentation highlighting Project SUCCESS in Language and Literacy Instruction which is a Title III National Professional Development Program at the University of North Texas funded by the U. S. Department of Education. The project is directed by the Bilingual Teacher Education Program of the University of North Texas. UNT works in partnership with Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Region 10 ESC, the Latino Family Literacy Project, and the Intercultural Development Research Association for this pr… more
Date: March 31, 2023
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.; Cosmann, Alexandra; Torres, Pricila & Garcia Prieto, Naidia
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1:1 iPads in 1st Grade: Two-Year Case Study of a Teacher's Concerns, Use, and Innovation Configuration

Description: This chapter reports the findings of a two-year case study of how one first-grade teacher in a Florida charter school with 1:1 iPads progresses through stages of concerns and levels of use to achieve technological innovation. Findings inform technology integration practices and emphasize the importance of acknowledging change concerns associated with technology acceptance.
Date: 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
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Pandemic induced remote learning increases need for mobile game-based learning to engage learners

Description: Article providing a research perspective on Giannakas et al.’s (2018) manuscript, “A critical review of 13 years of mobile game-based learning” to serve as a resource to educators navigating the transition to remote learning during the pandemic.
Date: November 17, 2020
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
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Private blog reflections connecting course content with field experiences: Preservice teachers grapple with teacher identity

Description: Article examining teacher preparation programs ability to help preservice teachers connect educational theory with teaching practice. This article systematically reflects on written responses, recorded in a private weblog over the course of a 15-week intermediate reading methods course.
Date: March 26, 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Curcio, Rachele
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Print or iPad? Young Children’s Text Type Shared Reading Preference and Behaviors in Comparison to Parent Predictions and At-home Practices

Description: Article examining young children’s reading preference by text type. Discourse and observation analyses show children engage differently between text types. Findings have implications for parents, teachers, and teacher educators support today’s young children as readers.
Date: June 29, 2020
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Trotter, Julia
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How Parent Perceptions Relate to Elementary Children’s Portable Technology Use by Gender and Grade Level

Description: Article examining how parents' reports of children’s technology use in the home varies by a child’s gender or grade level. Strategies are provided for teachers, support specialists, and parents to improve how children use technology. Implications for app developers are suggested.
Date: October 29, 2018
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren; Antonenko, Pavlo D. & Dawson, Kara
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Partner: UNT College of Education
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Partnering With Parents: Devices and Apps to Support Elementary Children Reading

Description: Article providing evidence of how children from 120 homes across 46 classrooms use apps and portable technology to support their reading development. The finding that nearly all children in this study supported reading skills with portable technology in the home demonstrates the need to foster partnerships between parents and teachers that builds on children's technological knowledge and use to deepen learning between home and school.
Date: 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
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Partner: UNT College of Education
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