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Smith, Tracy W.; Greenwald, Sarah J.; Nave, Lillian Y.; Mansure, Victor N.; Howell, Michael L. – To Improve the Academy, 2020
This critical retrospective review describes the ideation, creation, and implementation of a faculty development fellows program at a regional comprehensive university. The authors share their perspectives as fellows regarding primary considerations for designing the program, including attention to the fellows selection process, required…
Descriptors: Fellowships, Faculty Development, Faculty College Relationship, Educational Innovation
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1986
The Teacher Center Program (Washington, D.C.) provides an environment where teachers may come to work on materials or projects for their classrooms, take courses for recertification credit, college credit, or enrichment, and take graduate level courses. Chapter one of this evaluation report on the Teacher Center Program describes the background of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Edelfelt, Roy A. – 1980
Effective needs assessment is not an end in itself but a continuing means of meeting the needs of students and teachers. It is an integral part of other activities such as planning, operating, and evaluating school programs and teacher center activities. The key to comprehensive needs assessment is the support and cooperation of the teachers,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment
Wallace, Richard C., Jr. – 1983
District programs developed in 1980-83 to address improvement priorities of the Pittsburgh Board of Education include Monitoring Achievement in Pittsburgh (MAP), Pittsburgh's Research-Based Instructional Supervisory Model (PRISM), and the School Improvement Project (SIP). MAP programs in math, writing, reading, and critical thinking bring together…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Declining Enrollment
Rauschel, Arnette M. – 1978
The priorities to be considered in implementing state support for teacher centers are examined. New legislation in some states requires that state boards of education actively support teacher centers. The following areas of activity are suggested as focal points to guide state education departments in complying with legislative mandates: (1)…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Resources, Financial Support, Government Role
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Wallace, Richard; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1984
First proposed in the fall of l98l, Pittsburgh's Schenley High School Teacher Center opened in the fall of 1983 with a comprehensive visiting teachers continuing education program involving contact with both resident and replacement teachers. To ensure full realization of its potential, the center uses a databased program to monitor its own…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Databases, Educational Quality, Faculty Development