This report presents findings from the first American Pre-K Teacher Survey, a nationally representative survey of pre-kindergarten (pre-K) teachers in public schools across the United States. The authors focus on structural characteristics of pre-K programs, such as the curriculum and assessment materials that pre-K teachers used most frequently…

This technical report provides detailed information about the sample, survey instruments, and resultant data for the 2022 American Instructional Resources Surveys (AIRS) that were administered to principals and teachers in spring 2022 via the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels (AEP). The 2022 AIRS focused on the usage of, perceptions of,…

This white paper describes the construct validation of the Community College Instructional Development Inventory (CC-IDI). The CC-IDI is an institutional assessment tool designed to inform professional development programming for instructional faculty. The instrument was developed to serve as a standardized assessment tool to determine the…

Research on how the principles of instructional design are taught in faculty training courses for online teaching and how faculty members incorporate these principles into their online courses is limited. This gap in the research literature is especially pronounced when considering the relatively new online learning context of Puerto Rico's higher…

Although the idea of using a workshop to educate potential users about a set of materials or techniques is not new, the workshops described here go beyond simple dissemination and create ongoing communities of practice that support widespread and sustained improvement in the biochemistry classroom. The degree to which pedagogical innovations…

This paper compares and contrasts the impacts of three professional development designs aimed at middle school Earth science teachers on how teachers plan and enact instruction. The designs were similar in their alignment to research-based practices in science professional development: each design was of an extended duration and time span,…

Discusses issues to consider when developing a faculty training program for interactive distance education. Topics include the technology; administrative considerations; the concept of an instructional team; and instructional planning, including the use of copyrighted instructional materials and teaching styles. (LRW)

Developed by Lord Fairfax Community College's (LFCC's) College Teaching Center (CTC), this manual presents information on the center's resources and services for college teachers and support staff. First, a schematic plan for the CTC lists resources available for the study of college teaching, student development support, college teaching action…

A study investigated models of faculty instructional support offered in universities in Victoria (Australia), including support unit location, sources of funding, nature of the support offered (for example, discipline-specific workshops, materials development, accredited courses, and study skills course components), student population receiving…

This article discusses part-time faculty members and the importance of educational technology for these part-time faculty members. Institutions invest large amounts of money in technologies meant to improve students' educational experience and the efficiency with which institutions serve students. The most common technology in which colleges…

Discussion of the role of instructional technology in higher education highlights a model for Integrated Instructional Technology Services (IITS). Topics discussed include instructional development; faculty development; learning resources; media development; instructional telecommunications; instructional computing; research and evaluation; and…

Use of peer mentoring to improve college instruction and the concept of mutual mentoring are discussed, drawing on four faculty mentoring projects in which mentor faculty were paired with other teachers to develop new, alternative teaching methods/materials or gain new knowledge. Cross-disciplinary mentoring and mutual faculty benefits are…

As the College of Staten Island (New York) completes the installation phase of establishing the computer network and installing computers in most faculty offices and teaching laboratories, the priority activities have become faculty training and curriculum development. Members of the Pedagogy and Media Committee have coordinated campus-wide…

This paper describes the evolution of an anecdote-based model of professional development. The nature of professional development is discussed, including case-based instruction and the use of anecdotes. The context for this investigation is presented; this professional development program was targeted to K-12 mathematics teachers who desire to…

The teacher training materials contained in this manual form part of a series of packets intended for use in bilingual (Spanish-English) instruction by institutions of higher education, education service centers, and local school district inservice programs and address the content, methods, and materials for teaching effectively in the subject…