Online professional development (PD) can be a sustainable and easily scalable alternative
to provide early childhood teachers with training opportunities. However, there is limited …

The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the experiences of beginning music
teachers as they navigate starting instrumental music programs in a large urban school …

The purpose of this study was to explore why and how a prototypically “effective” teacher
professional development (PD) effort, reciprocal peer coaching (RPC), fell short. Despite …

The purpose of this study was to construct a descriptive and comparative profile of
alternatively and traditionally certified music teachers in the United States. Using data from …

Professional development, typically initiated by administrators to improve student
achievement outcomes, is often irrelevant to the needs of early career music teachers. As …

The purpose of this study was to describe music teacher professional development (PD) in
the United States and to chart potential differences between the experiences of music …

The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable assessment tool to measure
music educators' participation in and perceptions of their high-quality professional …

This study examined the perceptions of nine music teachers regarding teacher professional
development (PD) for new and experienced teachers over the past 20 years. Data included …

In this inquiry, we examine P–12 music administrators' present and future role in the
provision, regulation, funding, and improvement of music teacher professional development …

This research study was designed to investigate music teachers' perceptions of job
satisfaction, professional development, and administrative support and to explore possible …