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DEVELOPING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS THROUGH EFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF JAMESTOWN POLYTECHNIC CHARTER
SCHOOL ORGANIZATION
by
Gina Olabuenaga
____________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Gina Olabuenaga
Object Description
| Title | Developing 21st century skills through effective professional development: a study of Jamestown Polytechnic Charter School Organization |
| Author | Olabuenaga, Gina |
| Author email | golabuenaga2@gmail.com; olabuena@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-03-23 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-05-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Garcia, Pedro |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rousseau, Sylvia Perez, Judith |
| Abstract | Literature has shown that professional development is most effective when it is ongoing, involves active, collective participation, and has coherence with the overall curriculum and teacher experience. This study was designed to examine the manner and extent to which Jamestown Polytechnic Charter School Organization designs and implements effective professional development to promote the transfer of 21st Century skills into classroom practice while maintaining high achievement on state accountability measures such as the CST’s. Not only is JPCSO implementing professional development on 21st century skills that transfers to teacher practice, the organization has redefined how to promote the development of these skills, by embedding 21st century skills into the practices of the organization and the activities of professional developments.; While the findings do support the literature on effective professional development, three main factors emerged as critical to JPCSO’s success: culture of collaboration, professional transparency, and skills-embedded professional development and professional practice. Furthermore, the organization, through its use of college-going indicators, has redefined teacher effectiveness and student achievement. Jamestown Polytechnic’s practices, coupled with their success, has powerful implications for the way stakeholders design professional development and measure the effectiveness of school organizations; ultimately, leading education down a path that emphasizes high levels of student achievement beyond the K-12 system to understand the extent to which students are actually prepared for global participation in the 21st century. |
| Keyword | 21st century; 21st century skills; professional development; transparency; collaboration; skills-embedded professional development; college-going indicators; teacher effectiveness; standards; student achievement; charter schools; project-based learning; rigor |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | San Diego |
| Geographic subject (country) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3080 |
| Rights | Olabuenaga, Gina |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Olabuenaga-3699 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Olabuenaga-3699.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | DEVELOPING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS THROUGH EFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF JAMESTOWN POLYTECHNIC CHARTER SCHOOL ORGANIZATION by Gina Olabuenaga ____________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Gina Olabuenaga |
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