Brief Description
This project involved more than 600 school principals and teacher leaders in eight days of professional development per year. The professional development program focused on improving capacity for instructional leadership in mathematics and science at the elementary and secondary levels.
Support
This project was awarded through multiple grants from the Florida Department of Education, one of which was through the U.S. Department of Education’s Math-Science Partnership program.
Key Personnel
Laura Lang, Ph. D.; Robert C. Schoen, Ph. D.; Christi Moss; Steven Blumsack, Ph. D.; Barbara Foorman, Ph. D.; Gladis Kersaint, Ph. D.
Timeline
2008–2010
Schoen, R. C. (2010). Professional vision: Elementary school principals’ perceptions of mathematics instruction (Doctoral dissertation). Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-1999
LaVenia, K.N. (2015). Professional development effects on elementary principals’ attitudes toward implementing new standards: A randomized control trial (Doctoral dissertation). Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:252985/
LaVenia, M., Schoen, R. C., & Lang, L. B. (2011, October). Evaluating effects of professional development for school leaders on students’ mathematics achievement: A quasi-experimental analysis. Presented at the Southeast Evaluation Association Annual Workshop, Tallahassee, FL.
LaVenia, K. N., LaVenia, M., Lang, L. B., & Schoen, R. C. (2010, November). Outcomes from a randomized trial: Comparison of results when treating data as continuous, ordered categorical, and unordered categorical. Presented at the Florida Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
LaVenia, M., Lang, L. B., Schoen, R. C., & Moss, C. (2010, June). Professional development effects on school-level communities of instructional practice: Results from a randomized field trial. Poster session presented at the Institute for Education Sciences Annual Research Conference, National Harbor, MD.
Lang, L. B., Schoen, R. C., Moss, C., Hauptli, M., & Pineau, K. (2010, April). Leadership in mathematics and science instruction: An impact study of professional development for principals. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
LaVenia, K. N., LaVenia, M., Lang, L. B., & Schoen, R. C. (2010, November). Outcomes from a randomized trial: Comparison of results when treating data as continuous, ordered categorical, and unordered categorical. . Presented at the Florida Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Hauptli, M. V., Pineau, K. N., Schoen, R. C., LaVenia, M., & Lang, L. B. (2009, November). The relation between principals’ mathematics and science content knowledge and their attitudes toward the implementation of reform-oriented standards. Poster session presented at the University Continuing Education Association Annual Convention, Anaheim, CA.
LaVenia, K. N., Hauptli, M. V., Lang, L. B., & Schoen, R. C. (2009, June). Professional development effects on elementary principals’ stages of concern: Results from a randomized field trial. Poster session presented at the Institute for Education Sciences Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Schoen, R. C. (2009, January). Building school leadership in mathematics and science. Presented at the Florida Association of Mathematics Supervisors Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.