Describes the implementation of and provides guidelines for duplicating a successful program replacing traditional inservice education approaches with a series of 12 lunchtime presentations over a school year. The program avoids teachers' end-of-the-day fatigue, permits long-term inservice planning, and provides a break from the routine. (PGD)

Aspects covered include general inservice, needs assessment, the inservice format, locating speakers, organizing the list of participants, attention to details, inservice evaluation, generating the next inservices, and other coordinator activities. (DLS)

Containing four sections of materials for workshop presenters to teach phonics and word recognition, this guide assists early reading program educators (grades K-3) in enhancing the Reading and Language Arts knowledge and skills of Texas students. Section 1, an introduction, defines the purpose of the guide and outlines six goals. Section 2,…

Containing four sections of materials for workshop presenters to teach phonological awareness, this guide assists early reading program educators in enhancing the Reading and Language Arts knowledge and skills of Texas students. Section 1, an introduction, defines the purpose of the guide and outlines six goals. Section 2, Professional…

Containing four sections of materials for workshop presenters to teach Word Analysis, this guide assists primary grade teachers in enhancing the Reading and Language Arts knowledge and skills of Texas students. Section 1, an introduction, defines the purpose of the guide and outlines six goals. Section 2, Professional Development, includes…

Intended for use as staff development for both new and experienced teachers who will participate in mentoring programs, this guide discusses effective mentoring in English education. Section 1 of the guide discusses the Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts and outlines how its multiple projects are designed to share successful strategies and…

These guides focus on reading fluency and reading comprehension. Part I focuses on the instructional techniques called Partner Reading because of its strong empirical base across readers who fail to acquire reading fluency for any number of reasons. Part II focuses on reading comprehension, which is one of several essential skills that enable…

Containing four sections of materials for workshop presenters to teach reading fluency, this guide assists primary grade teachers in enhancing the Reading and Language Arts knowledge and skills of Texas students. Section 1, an introduction, defines the purpose of the guide and outlining six goals. Section 2, Professional Development, includes…

Project QUEST (Quarters for Utilizing Educational Services for Teachers) was developed in 1976 for the Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Its purposes were to strengthen staff abilities, enrich the school program, and improve the working and learning climates of the school, which were suffering from low staff morale. QUEST was…

The Maine Mastery Learning Consortium, composed of sixteen school districts, was formed because it was learned that the money and time spent in staff development without follow-up rarely resulted in significant classroom change or successful classroom implementation. This document reports on the first three months of a project designed to provide…

This handbook is intended for teachers new to adult basic education (ABE) programs and attempts to cover concepts of adult learning and the role of the educator as facilitator and resource for self-directed learners. Background information is provided concerning the phenomenon of illiteracy with discussions of basic principles (particularly…

In view of recent public demands for the establishment of minimum competency standards in a number of areas, including oral communication skills, and in view of classroom teachers' frequently inadequate training in speech communication, speech communication teachers have the responsibility of organizing and implementing oral communication…

Produced by an urban school district, this manual provides guidelines for developing and implementing a preschool screening and follow-up program that is based on community involvement. Part 1 of the manual presents a rationale for preschool screening and outlines the major components of a screening program. Also included in part 1 is a discussion…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop, implement, and evaluate a substitute teacher program. The project stressed the familiarization of substitute teachers and school administrators with their respective support roles based on the assessed needs of each group. The program stressed needs for available materials and for communication among…

This implementation guide describes the philosophy of BASICS, a set of integrated materials developed to assist teachers, administrators, and counselors in bridging vocational and academic skills. It provides guidelines and strategies in workshop format for implementing the program in a school. The guide is organized around three topics. The…