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Malone, Margaret – 2000
This digest discusses the simulated oral proficiency interview (SOPI), a performance-based, tape-mediated speaking test. The SOPI follows the general structure of the oral proficiency interview (OPI) used by government agencies and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) to measure speaking proficiency. Whereas the OPI is…
Descriptors: Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language
Kaplowitz, Richard A. – 1988
A discussion of the faculty and administrator selection process looks at the function of search committees, the issue of confidentiality in records, and societal issues that need to be addressed. A number of factors in the effective use of search committees are outlined, including breadth of committee membership, quality of communication within…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Affirmative Action, College Administration, Confidentiality
Collie, Kate; Mitchell, Dan; Murphy, Lawrence – 2001
Online counseling is a growing means of interaction for counselors and clients. This paper presents an interview among three counselors who simultaneously describe and demonstrate skills they use in their e-mail counseling practices. The interviewer and the interviewees all have been involved in the development of online counseling. The skills…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Training
Hertling, Elizabeth – 1999
This digest in Spanish presents steps that school boards and district officials can take to find qualified applicants for vacant school-leadership positions. It discusses various long-term strategies, such as increasing the candidate pool through career ladders and recruiting teachers through internships and training programs, that districts can…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Leadership
Hertling, Elizabeth – 1999
This digest presents steps that school boards and district officials can take to find qualified applicants for vacant school-leadership positions. It discusses various long-term strategies, such as increasing the candidate pool through career ladders and recruiting teachers through internships and training programs, that districts can enact…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Leadership
Stansfield, Charles W. – 1992
This digest focuses on the American Council on the Speaking of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Speaking Proficiency Guidelines. The history and development of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (originally, the ACTFL Provisional Proficiency Guidelines) are reviewed, the generic characteristics of each level of the speaking guidelines are presented in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Stansfield, Charles W.; Kenyon, Dorry – 1996
The Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI) is a semi-direct performance-based speaking test that emulates the face-to-face Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) as closely as practical, using a tape recording and printed test booklet. The prototypical SOPI contains simple personal background questions typical of an initial encounter (warm-up) and…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Educational Trends, Interviews, Language Proficiency
Barrett, Joan – 1986
The public views teacher evaluation as a major problem in the school system today. State legislatures, aware of the concern, want to mandate more effective evaluation. Common methods for evaluating teachers have been ineffective, such as measurement tests of teacher characteristics, student achievement test scores, and rating of teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Siler, Carl R. – 1996
This digest addresses the uses of oral history projects in the secondary U.S. history classroom. The document advocates that oral history is a stimulating classroom process designed to increase student involvement in a United States history class and improve student understanding of a relatively recent historical period. Oral history also involves…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Family History, Folk Culture, Inquiry
Burt, Miriam; Saccomano, Mark – 1995
With the increase in workplace English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy education programs, there is a need to assess whether the attention given to improving basic skills and English language proficiency has made a change in the participant and in the workplace. Such evaluations often use both qualitative and quantitative measures of program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Howard, Elizabeth R.; Loeb, Michael I. – 1998
The last several years have seen a dramatic increase in the popularity of two-way immersion (TWI) programs around the country. These programs integrate native English speakers and language-minority students for academic instruction and aim to promote bilingual proficiency, high academic achievement, and cross-cultural awareness. The expanded…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Interviews, Language Minorities
Tannenbaum, Jo-Ellen – 1996
This digest provides examples of measures well suited for assessing English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. Alternative assessment is particularly useful with ESL students because it asks students to show what they can integrate and produce, not simply recall and reproduce. Alternative assessment includes varied measures adaptable for…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Charts, Creative Writing, Dialog Journals
Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1991
Assessment can play a vital role in ensuring the success of citizenship education. Assessment should be an on-going process that informs about the progress and development of students. Guidelines are presented for designing and planning assessment activities, and several formats for assessment are described. Basic guidelines for assessment are…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment