Changes in meeting the educational needs of certified teachers must be effected. (CK)

Ways of introducing Negro history and culture into the classroom are discussed. (CK)

The Teacher Center is a tangible product of teachers' demand for self-determination and their disenchantment with existing graduate and recertification programs. Like other innovations, the Teacher Center has its share of problems, which may be summarized as lack of experience, lack of coordination, and lack of funds. (Author/SJL)

Describes implementation of a staff development project on cooperative learning. Notes that an important by-product of this project was the informal communication that occurred among teachers as a result of their common experiences. (RS)

Presents a dozen descriptions of field-tested practices in cooperative teaching, which are based on a powerful instructional procedure incorporating four distinct stages of teaching and learning: initial instruction, guided practice, independent practice, and individual accountability. Suggests cooperative teaching provides educators and students…

Summarizes workshop organization and activities at the 1987 Governor's Academy for Teachers of Writing, a two-week workshop and writing laboratory for teachers in Tennessee. (MM)

Since 1977, Project Sol-fa, funded with an ESEA Title IV-C grant has provided Harrison County primary teachers with inservice training in the Kodaly method of music education. This article provides information on program funding, costs, and accomplishments. Evaluation forms and the inservice syllabus are appended. (SJL)

Finds that the most important factors in an effective inservice program (delivered via electronic distance education to K-12 teachers in the Columbus, Ohio, Public Schools) were its content and how well prepared, organized, and effective was the person standing in front of the camera. (SR)

Considers why in-service teacher education has been receiving increasing attention in terms of educational priorities, why it has not been succeeding, and how it can become effective. A set of guidelines gathered from five studies, which surveyed and analyzed a wide variety of in-service practices and programs from the national to local school…

Outlines the benefits of writing center-writing across the curriculum programs in high schools. Notes the value of inservice workshops and collaboration. (SR)

Presents data from a comprehensive questionnaire developed to determine the science education needs of elementary, middle, and high school science teachers. Shows how the results of the survey influenced the development of an inservice workshop called "Frontiers in Science." (HB)

Article described an innovative program that combined curriculum reform with inservice teacher training. (RK)

The author provided a list of pertinent advice gleaned from administrators' comments and personal observations of inservice programs as guidelines for administrators who wished to follow the established concept of teacher inservice education. (Author/RK)

In Spokane, Washington, an alcohol education program has developed prevention methods for alcohol abuse by getting the community, the schools and higher education to cooperate. Discusses the program's main components--teacher and community education. (RK)