The Collaborative Project (CP) began as a pilot project in five North Carolina school districts in 2007 featuring a performance incentive initiative for teachers and administrators. The objective of this study was to document principals' perceptions of the performance incentive initiative to determine challenges encountered during implementation.…

Confronted by lack of congruence among supervisors' identification of teachers' needs, teachers' identification of their own needs, and in-service training, East Brunswick (New Jersey) High School developed a comprehensive staff development program based on videotaped lessons provided by teachers and reformulated teaching behavior descriptions…

Describes the Kansas Internship Program to increase the likelihood of success for beginning teachers. Based on program implementation research, this article offers suggestions for conducting a successful internship program and discusses relevant factors that might influence assessment, such as gender, age, and racial differences. (10 references)…