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Direct linkRosemary, Catherine A.; Roskos, Kathleen A.; Landreth, Leslie K. – Guilford Publications, 2007
This highly practical guide is grounded in the authors' experience setting up and running a successful professional development program to improve K-3 reading instruction. The book systematically describes how professional development works: how sessions are organized, what they contain, routines and procedures, and the roles of each participant.…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Monat, Jonathan S.; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Apprenticeships, Evaluation, Instructional Improvement
Download full textNelson-Herber, Joan – 1982
The staff development program for the Network of Secondary School Demonstration Centers for Teaching Reading in the Content Areas is a long-range, highly structured, and comprehensive model. In addition to the support system for the learning and implementation of strategies for teaching reading in the content areas, the program employs…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement
Siebert, Debbie L. – 1996
Many educators and researchers are discussing a shift in national education from an "instruction" paradigm emphasizing measuring inputs and providing instruction to a "learning" paradigm emphasizing outputs and producing learning. The question is how can Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) smoothly shift educational paradigms.…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Kemler, William – 1990
When designing a program to improve the critical thinking skills of students, it is important to identify the specific learning outcomes for which to strive. In addition, the instructor must determine why students are not currently exhibiting the kind of critical thinking skills desired in order to develop the appropriate techniques and methods to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedWilkerson, LuAnn; Irby, David M. – Academic Medicine, 1998
A comprehensive medical school faculty-development program should include four elements (professional socialization, particularly for new faculty; instructional development skill-building; leadership development; and organizational development) to empower faculty to excel as educators and to create vibrant academic communities that value teaching…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Coleman, Laurence J.; And Others – Teaching/Learning Issues, 1989
This pamphlet examines instructional improvement process in postsecondary education. It first discusses the importance of teaching, revealing that too little sustained attention to the process of teaching is a major deterrent to its improvement, and explains why teaching evaluation has been largely abandoned as the sole improvement mechanism.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Gray, Charles E. – 1976
The development of a Doctor of Arts (D.A.) program in history at Illinois State University's Department of History is presented. The program proposal was approved in 1974 and a full complement of graduate students were accepted into the program by summer 1975. The overall objective of the program is the improvement of history instruction and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Degree Requirements, Doctor of Arts Degrees, Doctoral Programs
Matthews, Doris B.; And Others – 1984
An in-progress staff development program in a small, rural school district in South Carolina strives to make teaching and supervising more rewarding to the staff member while at the same time improving instruction for students in the schools. The program is the result of attempts by the school district to survive through staff development. With…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement
Quellmalz, Edys S. – 1984
This paper examines problems involved in designing an integrated system to teach and assess critical thinking skills in the classroom, and describes the Monitor Achievement in Pittsburgh (MAP) Critical Thinking Project, an attempt to draw upon research from diverse disciplines in developing an effective pilot project in the Pittsburgh public…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Gall, Meredith D.; Renchler, Ronald S. – 1985
To provide administrators and teachers with a set of essential elements and principles to consider in using inservice programs for school improvement, this document presents a model comprised of 27 dimensions identified as important elements of effective inservice programs. These dimensions were identified through a review of the research…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
State Univ. of New York, Buffalo. Western New York School Study Council. – 1968
This document is intended as a guide for persons who have major responsibilities for developing new programs of vocational and technical education under public sponsorship at local levels. It is also written for use by teachers in all types of vocational programs, guidance personnel, and teacher educators who are preparing vocational teachers and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Nanaimo School District #68 (British Columbia). – 1994
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs in the Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada) public schools. An introductory section gives background information on the history of ESL programs in the district, the origins and design of the study, and four principles (utility, feasibility,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Educational Attitudes, Educational History
Passantino, Claire; Kenyon, Susan – Education Law Center, 2004
The goal of this guide is to provide information, support and practical tools that may help educators design, implement, and evaluate their school's standards-based education program. In order to work, a comprehensive, standards-based educational program must, by definition, be the organizing structure upon which the school program operates.…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, School Activities, Community Schools, Classroom Observation Techniques
