Describes how three institutions and agencies constructed an in-service teacher education program based on an assessment of the needs of teachers and administrators in the region. (IRT)

This report outlines plans and designated responsibilities developed under the direction of the Michigan State Board of Education for the purpose of providing direction and support for coordination of professional development program activities for teachers and other education professionals. The results of a need analysis for professional…

Efforts in West Virginia to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of teacher centers are described. (JD)

The primary purpose of the Master Teacher Model Training Program was to develop models of university-school collaboration aimed at preparing outstanding inservice teachers in career ladder or similar career structure plans with the knowledge and skills needed to assume new educational responsibilities. The program answered a need to enhance such…

This guide presents an overview and a set of specific tasks for the development of a local inservice education program for teachers. Accompanying documents describe a generic model for inservice education, a management scheme for developing the inservice program, and a resource guide of examples and exhibits that may prove helpful to those…

Cooperative efforts of a research facility, university training programs and local public schools' speech services to hearing children that resulted in an experimental consortium of preservice and inservice education are described. A model for consortium development is discussed, as is the impact on personnel preparation and professional…

Intended to aid schools, colleges, and departments of education in the implementation of inservice teacher education programs or in the expansion of existing programs, this monograph presents current research findings on the role of the university in teacher inservice education. It outlines a step-by-step process for making such programs an…

This report describes the planning processes used to develop a five-year teacher corps project for inservice teacher improvement. The planning model was designed to provide collaboration with all persons who would be involved in the project. The input from district, university, and community consultants was used as well as from teachers…

Steps taken by a university to develop a successful and meaningful inservice teacher education program for public school teachers are described. Development of this program involves cooperative effort from several different sources. Faculty members, as part of their teaching load, are assigned to educational support teams that help school…

This sourcebook contains a collection of articles on educational topics and is designed to be used as a resource for inservice teacher programs at the secondary level. The first section is devoted to curriculum theory and contains writings on the theoretical underpinnings and relevant background for practical work with students. Inservice is the…

An overview is presented of the development of teacher centers and issues and problems that will face the centers in the future are discussed. (JD)

The Kansas State plan for industrial education provides for four levels of industrial education, from elementary through postsecondary. The industrial education program was developed by Wichita State University, the Wichita Public Schools, and Kansas State College of Pittsburg. Project rationale and objectives; courses in materials and processes,…

The first section of this report recapitualizes the Texas Teacher Center Project in history. The broad goal of the project is to improve teacher education throughout the state of Texas but, for the purposes of this report, this long-range and generalized goal is categorized into four concrete objectives: (1) changing preservice education programs;…

As a collection of articles this book is intended for use as a guide for planning and building teacher centers. The beginning articles tell how a combination of convictions, experience, high energy, and happenstance formed the first American teacher centers. The next several articles focus on practical matters such as staffing, needs assessment,…

This document describes an organizational structure and processes for planning, coordinating and implementing state-wide inservice teacher educatian in New York. Seven major elements in program planning are outlined: 1) governance; 2) needs assessment; 3) outcomes; 4) delivery systems; 5) rewards/incentives; 6) program evaluation; and 7) funding.…