Founded in 1943, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is an international, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents 160,000 educators from more than 135 countries and 66 affiliates. Its members span the entire profession of educators-superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of…

Discusses theoretical, instructional, and professional development strands for improving reading and writing instruction for adolescent African-American students. (PKP)

Sea Grant?s vision for U.S. education is ambitious, focused, and proactive. The purpose of this document is to provide an increased public knowledge and understanding of the scientific processes and issues related to marine and aquatic areas. As a national network, Sea Grant has the inherent strengths necessary to be a key player in the…

This paper presents a model of counselor supervision which recognizes four specific stages of counselor development. The materials focus on the need for a developmental model, the interplay between this model and levels of training and professional practice, and the implications for curriculum planning and supervisory interventions. Studies…

A recent meeting of college deans revealed their major concerns to be faculty relations, how to fairly represent both the administration and the faculty, response to inappropriate faculty requests, adjusting faculty workloads fairly, getting faculty support for curriculum changes, staying current in their academic disciplines, and making career…

The purpose of the "Learning for a Sustainable Environment: Innovations in Teacher Education" project is to expand the range of innovative practices used in teacher education programs in the Asia-Pacific region. The project helps teacher educators develop the skills for introducing teachers and teachers-in-training to the concepts,…

Focuses on: (1) components of a basic core of knowledge essential for all people working in the field of aging; (2) knowledge essential for professions related to biomedical science, human services, social and physical environment; and (3) knowledge essential for clinical psychology, nursing, nutrition, and social work. (Author)

This monograph contains the proceedings of the Flagship Conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), which was designed to discuss the future of counselor education and to share images of how the counseling profession can be promoted and enhanced. The 16 papers are loosely divided into categories. The first two…