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Eberly, Jody L.; Joshi, Arti; Galen, Harlene – School-University Partnerships, 2009
Periodic reexamination of existing professional development school forms is good practice to ascertain whether goals are being met. Such an assessment was sparked by a request from a superintendent in a 14-year-old professional development school structure at a public college in the Northeast. This assessment revealed that although the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Public Colleges, Supervisory Methods, Educational Principles
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Fessler, Ralph; Burke, Peter J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
According to this model for effective professional growth programs for teachers, teachers and their supervisors must independently identify the teachers' growth needs, must agree on the needs, and must mutually develop a program that is appropriate, demands supervisor responsiveness, and is well-received by the teacher. (PGD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Models, Needs Assessment
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Teaching is a very difficult field to master, and the challenges faced by beginning career and technical education (CTE) teachers are especially great. Teacher induction, which usually takes 5-6 years, is the total of all the teacher's experiences from the moment the first teaching contract is signed until the teacher is comfortably established as…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Continuing Education