Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

2008

Document Type

Dissertation - NSU Access Only

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

Advisor

Deeb P. Kitchen

Committee Member

Carolyn Buckenmaier

Committee Member

Maryellen Maher

Keywords

Professional Development/Coaching Teachers (1966 1974)/On the Job Training/Staff Development

Abstract

The purpose of this applied dissertation was to assess the effectiveness of having a full-time teacher coach at the school level who provided job-embedded staff development in order to increase the implementation of differentiated instruction in reading.

The researcher developed and implemented training for a teacher coach on the following topics: (a) the knowledge and implementation of differentiated instruction, (b) coaching through job-embedded professional development, (c) professional learning communities, and (d) change theory. Intense weekly training sessions were held to develop the coach’s skills in order to provide meaningful, job embedded, sustained professional development for teachers.

The researcher’s analysis of the data that were gathered during the implementation indicated that there was a positive effect on the teachers’ feelings of preparedness to differentiate instruction. Further analysis of the data indicated increased implementation of differentiated instructional strategies, resulting in increased student reading scores.

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