... and whether and why these capacity building approaches were perceived as productive. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 out of 29 Partnership leaders between October 2019 to March 2020 in the second year of policy implementation. Data were analyzed using...

...Seth B. Hunter Purpose Recent teacher evaluation reforms across the globe can improve student outcomes, though doing so depends on implementation by school leaders. This study aims to describe how teacher reports about classroom observation processes (TROPs) vary across within-teacher observations...

... and directives. The lack of sharper regulative directives, such as for division of labour, decision making, mandates and developmental roles, reduced the potential for LEAs to become influential actors in organising local implementation. An analysis using the assistance of assimilation categories, loose coupling...

... of implementation. Highlights from the four decades of development and use of each of these constructs are presented. Each of the constructs, Stages of Concern, Levels of Use and Innovation Configurations, is described along with review of the four decade story of its measurement development. Reference is made...

... circumstances into a situation that is comprehended explicitly in words and that serves as a springboard into action” (p. 526). A sensemaking perspective thus allows us to investigate why accountability policies have engendered such disparate responses among implementing agents (Coburn, 2006 ; Mintrop...

..., their goals and objectives for ICT integration, as well as the history, culture and background of the school and its general vision and mission. The study of technology implementation in organizations started around the 1950s. The rapid evolution of technology has necessitated a change of approach...

...Rein Van der Vegt; Leo F. Smyth; Roland Vandenberghe Difficulties in implementing change in schools have been explained either by referring to the concerns of teachers or to the organizational dynamics of the school. This article presents a framework in which these two sets of factors are linked...

..., and school leaders that participated in the research. The teachers and school leaders from the selected schools were interviewed. In both studies, the interview questions were grouped under a number of topics and served to guide the interview. Also in both studies, the implementation of a large‐scale...

... teacher implementation of integrated curricula and principal beliefs and practices. Telephone interviews with a subset of principals of schools using integrated curriculum gathered information about changes in use since the original data collection, team planning practices, involvement with peer coaching...