This three-part report evaluates the progress of the Texas Center for the Improvement of Educational Systems (TCIES), and examines the nature and extent of collaboration at each of five Local Cooperative Teacher Education Centers (LCTECs) in Texas. Part 1 discusses the development and operation of the Texas Center from July 1971 through December…

Cooperation among a teacher center, the local education agency, and the institution of higher education provides a strong foundation for improving teacher center inservice activities. (JD)

This three-part report provides an analysis of the California Bay Area Learning Center (BALC). Part 1 provides (a) a network design to illustrate the major project components and their interrelationships, (b) a series of component descriptions listing the primary resources and project activities, and (c) a list of project objectives. Part 2…

This four-part report provides an analysis of the Rhode Island Teacher Center (RITC) pilot program during the fiscal year 1975. Part 1 discusses the Center's major function, objectives, and relationship to the Bureau of Technical Assistance within the Rhode Island State Department of Education. Part 2 examines the survey of teachers and…

Through an overview of three teacher centers, this report attempts to characterize what a teacher center is, does, and how it can be organized. The centers included in this report are the following: (a) the Bay Area Learning Center (BALC), California; (b) the Rhode Island Teacher Center (RITC); and (c) the Texas Center for the Improvement of…

Efforts in West Virginia to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of teacher centers are described. (JD)

In the fall of 1971, Wheelock College initiated five teacher education centers in cooperation with local schools in the Boston area. Through this cooperative effort, school staff were permitted to use Wheelock's library and resource center and to attend seminars and mini-workshops. The cooperating teacher received recognition not only as an…

In compliance with the Teacher Education Center Act of 1973 (Section 231.608, Florida Statutes), a select group of Florida educators, Department of Education members, and State Council on Teacher Education Centers (TEC's) representatives developed proposed criteria for both the evaluation of teacher centers and evaluation of the evaluation…

The Teacher Education Center Act of 1973 both established a mechanism for the development of a statewide system of teacher education centers and sponsored a new form of institutional cooperation designed to give new shape and meaning to teacher education in Florida. The new state policy for teacher education will be fully realized when teachers,…

The seven case studies presented in this publication are representative of successful programs for the professional development of practicing teachers. They were selected to give a sampling of the variety in programs underway across the country. Two describe teacher centers jointly operated by a school system and a university; another, a Teacher…

In the belief that the lack of dissemination of ideas is the cause of the static quality of education today, this paper proposes an interrelationship between local school systems, state department of education, regional U.S. Office of Education, educational cooperatives, teacher education institutions, and other ancillary social agencies. To bring…

A consortium for the purpose of collaboratively designing and facilitating the implementation of inservice education for teachers of young children and their supporting staff was instituted in the Florida Panhandle. Participating in this group collaboration were three teacher centers, three universities, two individual school districts, and the…

A collaborative responsive model for teacher education using the potentials of the teacher center concept is described. This model was created in response to the theory practice gap commonly found in many teacher education programs. Utilizing the model, two field based programs were initiated. The two teacher centers involved were each served by…

An overview is presented of the development of teacher centers and issues and problems that will face the centers in the future are discussed. (JD)

Traces the creation and development of the Southeastern Regional Professional Development Center (Ohio), and examines accomplishments and challenges in interdistrict collaboration on staff development. Center strengths include rural location and culture, attitudes supporting sharing and interdependence, collaboration with higher education, local…