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Schiff, Tamara W. – Streamlined Seminar, 2002
This publication contains two essays discussing the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) and a criticism of merit pay for teachers. Today's schools are larger, often overcrowded, and frequently staffed by temporary or inexperienced teachers. TAP was created in response to the need for teacher-quality reform. It addresses challenges of teacher quality…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Newmann, Fred M. – Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1994
This document focuses on the challenge of building professional community within schools. The introductory article provides a definition of and rationale for "community within schools." The second article discusses some of the benefits that schools enjoy when they develop strong professional communities, and what conditions and resources make the…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Roueche, Suanne D., Ed. – Innovation Abstracts, 1984
"Innovation Abstracts" consists of brief, two-page write-ups issued approximately 40 times a year on topics that contribute to staff development. This compilation represents a selection from the 1984 volume of 22 numbers of special interest to community college faculty, administrators, and staff. The numbers selected are; (1) fragments…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Faculty Development
Weeks, Denise Jarrett, Ed.; Stepanek, Jennifer, Ed. – Northwest Teacher, 2001
This publication takes a look at lesson study both in its Japanese form and as it is being implemented in the United States. It contains the lesson study process, the rationale for using such an approach, and illustrates how teachers and administrators around the United States are taking the first steps toward adapting and implementing lesson…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development
Lashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 1998
Ways in which teachers and principals respond to changing leadership roles and some practical steps that principals can take to support leadership are discussed in this article review. It focuses on five papers that explore educators' roles, offering advice on how to respond to changing expectations. "When is New: A Plan of Action" (A. W. Hart)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Book Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
CEIC Review, 2000
This issue contains a summary of the recommendations that emerged from discussions at a conference on early childhood learning. Several key areas emerged from the conference work groups, including universal access to daycare, improving the quality of professional development, and increasing parental involvement in early childhood education. The…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Faculty Development
Genthon, Michele; Joscelyn, Mary K., Ed. – 1989
Suggestions are offered for developing teaching and learning centers or faculty support programs to improve college teaching. Suggestions include: develop a faculty partnership, be discipline specific, allow time for divergence, offer variety, provide a smorgasbord, focus on both planning and teaching, translate research findings into classroom…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Facilities, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Kennedy, Mary M. – NISE Brief, 1999
This document reviews studies of professional development for teachers to examine benefits to students in science and mathematics education. A major finding from this review was that programs that focused on teaching classroom management strategies or attaining knowledge of how students learn specific school subject matter provided later benefits…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Glickman, Carl D. – Streamlined Seminar, 1987
This review of research on instructional improvement and teacher evaluation considers the complex issues affecting the K-8 principal's ability to enhance educational quality through effective supervision of the instructional process. According to several studies, teachers found formal evaluations far less valuable than direct assistance and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Faculty Development
Greive, Donald, Ed. – Adjunct Info: A Journal for Managers of Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty, 1997
This document consists of the twelve issues of the quarterly journal "Adjunct Info" during the three-year period 1994-1997. Individual issues contain articles, editorials, columns, teaching tips, and suggested resources related to management of adjunct and part-time faculty. Major articles include: "A Message to Managers: From an Adjunct" (June…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development
Thorson, Annette, Ed. – ENC Focus, 2002
This journal is intended for classroom teachers and provides a collection of essays and instructional materials organized around the theme of mathematics and science content knowledge. Articles include: (1) "Watching Ourselves Learn" (Annette Thorson); (2) "Search Smarter!" (Kimberly S. Roempler); (3) "Teacher Education Materials Project" (Joan…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Instructional Materials, Integrated Curriculum
Hord, Shirley M.; Meehan, Merrill L.; Orletsky, Sandra; Sattes, Beth – Issues...about Change, 1999
This document describes the development of an instrument designed to assess the implementation of a professional learning community among school staff. It describes the growing need for such instruments as schools increasingly deviate from traditional approaches in education in their efforts to enhance student learning. An instrument that could be…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs, Faculty Development, Personnel Evaluation
Hord, Shirley M. – Issues about Change, 1998
Approaches that schools can use to create a high-quality, professional, working community are provided in this journal issue. The report uses a case study to illustrate the process. A review of research reveals at least five major dimensions of the professional learning community: supportive and shared leadership, collective learning and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Faculty Development
Fullen, James, Ed. – OATYC Journal, 1978
"OATYC Journal," which is published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, is designed as a forum for the exchange of concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the two-year college classroom. Along with commentaries and letters of reaction from the readership, the Winter 1978 issue presents the following articles: (1)…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Programs, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Hutchins, Sally, Ed. – ACCT Trustee Quarterly, 1989
This document consists of the four issues in volume 12 of the "ACCT Trustee Quarterly," for winter 1987-88, spring 1988, summer 1988, and winter 1989, respectively. This journal presents articles on a wide variety of topics of interest and concern to two-year college trustees and other education professionals. The winter 1987-88 issue features…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Presidents, College Programs, College Role
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