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Administration - The Missing Link in the Integration of Faith and Learning? Tertiary-LifelongThis article explores the role of administration in the integration of faith and learning in Adventist secondary schools. It reveals the procedures, results and recommendations of a survey given to 375 Adventist secondary schools randomly chosen from the 1997... -
Building Communities of Learners Kindergarten-LifelongThis article from the special JAE issue on staff development explains a four-week intensive course of professional training during a summer school session at Andrews University. The course follows the Joyce and Showers Staff Training Model: 1) exploration... -
Building Professional Staff Through Coaching Kindergarten-LifelongCoaching is one way universities and colleges can invest in their teaching and administrative professionals. Through this method, employees gain skills, abilities, and knowledge to develop professionally and become more effective in their jobs. Topics include:... -
Challenging the Status Quo - The Journey from a So-So School to an Effective One Kindergarten-Grade 12This article from the special JAE issue on staff development discusses the process that the school board at South Bend Junior Academy (Indiana) went through to address the two major problems: declining enrollment and nonpayment of tuition. This report shares... -
Cooperative Learning as Viewed by Conference Educational Administrators Kindergarten-Grade 12Superintendents from one conference demonstrate how staff development is made possible for its teachers. The three issues this conference identifies as crucial to staff development are shared in this article: staff development must receive high priority at... -
Factors Affecting the Retention of K-12 Pacific Union Teachers Kindergarten-Grade 12The purpose of this study was to discover and examine the retention factors of Adventist K-12 teachers within the Pacific Union Conference. This was accomplished by determining the perceived motivational values of selected job aspects, both as they are presently... -
How Do We Maintain New Practices in Staff Development? Kindergarten-LifelongThis article from the special JAE issue about staff development asks why so many 'trends' in education fall by the wayside after introduction. The most successful training programs have four elements: 1) presenting the theory or content of the practice; 2)... -
How to Create a Collaborative Faculty Culture Using the PLC Model Kindergarten-Tertiary"Teacher collaboration is essential in producing a healthy school culture and optimizing student learning. One way to create this healthy culture is developing School-Wide Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)." Learn more with this 2018 NAD convention... -
Integrating Technology - Implications for Staff Development Tertiary-LifelongHow can teachers learn to integrate technology into their curriculum in ways that enhance learning? Janine Lim examines two models for integrating technology and learning new instructional strategies. Lim advises teachers at all levels to choose training that... -
JAE: Of Interest to Teachers Kindergarten-LifelongThis Journal of Adventist Education column features current news, reports, and updates of interest to educators. In this issue: Summer Institute Offered for School Improvement Through Staff Development; High-Achieving Teens Tell of Considering Suicide;... -
Journey to Excellence Overview Text - J2E Kindergarten-Grade 12The Journey to Excellence initiative provided a framework guiding Adventist education in North America into the 21st century. The outcomes are worth considering still in strategic planning. A pdf version is also available. -
Leadership Style and Learner Outcome in Adventist Secondary Schools Grade 9-Lifelong"To become a productive instructional leader the Adventist principal must translate the wealth of research on school excellence into an on-going school based staff development program that will help teachers deliver classroom instruction that increases... -
Making Decisions About the Content of Staff-Development Programs Kindergarten-LifelongThis article from the special JAE issue about staff development discusses criteria for making decisions about staff-development programs, and the need for Adventist administrators to adopt division-wide, union-wide, and conference-wide staff-development programs.... -
Mentoring New Teachers Kindergarten-Grade 12This article from the special JAE issue on staff development discusses mentoring. Two actual cases of mentoring are discussed throughout the article. Superintendents and administrators must provide training for mentors and pre-service educators who deal with... -
Models of Christian Education Kindergarten-Grade 12Collier discusses the ministerial role of the school in the community, beginning on the inside with students. -
Teacher / Staff Evaluation Using the Visual Valet Model Kindergarten-Grade 12A school principal's application of the Visual Valet model of biblical integration applied uniquely to the teacher/staff evaluation process. Overview of the model, its application to teacher/staff evaluation, and a form, included. -
Teacher burnout in the small Christian school: A national study Kindergarten-Grade 12Teaching - even in Christian schools - may be hazardous to one's professional and emotional health. This study examined the extent of burnout among 500 randomly selected elementary teachers in very small Seventh-day Adventist schools in the United States.... -
The How and Why of Starting a Faculty Book Club TertiaryResearch has shown faculty learning communities, of which book clubs are a type, to have positive effects. For example, “they create connections and networks for isolated teachers, foster multidisciplinary curricula, and help construct community in higher... -
The Missing Piece of the Staff Development Puzzle: Teacher Study Groups Kindergarten-LifelongThis article from the special JAE issue on staff development discusses teacher study groups as a way of having teachers practice new classroom techniques after the initial training. The small study groups help teachers get to know each other in an environment... -
The Oregon Plan for Staff Development Tertiary-LifelongThe authors share their innovative and practical program for staff development built on four basic truths: students deserve the best, constituents demand the best, a changing society requires changes in the classroom and, teachers must continuously improve... -
Training Christian Special Educators Kindergarten-LifelongThis article from the special JAE issue on staff development discusses training educators to teach students with special needs. Two basic strategies, effective instruction methods and collaboration, are addressed. James Tucker demonstrates how the effective...