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Gordon, Gary L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
The Gallup Organization offers the Urban Teachers Perceiver Interview as a systematic, focused, and organized approach to the staff selection and development process. Outstanding teachers rate high on commitment, dedication, individualized perception, caring, involvement with students, empathy, positivity, student advocacy, student stimulation…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Program Descriptions, Staff Development
Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
An English elementary-level administrator discusses what his county system does in the way of teaching basic skills, implementing accountability, teaching the gifted, organizing grades, and providing for staff development in in-service programs for teachers. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Curriculum, Elementary Education
Ervin, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
In Bangor, Maine, a seamless, continuous-progress performance assessment in reading is evolving--all because 24 first-grade teachers objected to using standardized achievement tests. Teachers have developed the Bangor Assessment of Reading (BAR), a triennial process of assessing fluency, meaning construction, comprehension, reading strategies, and…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Grade 1, Performance Based Assessment, Primary Education