Written primarily for supervisors, consultants, and university professors in reading and English education, this paper discusses the importance of effective graduate and inservice education. Two of the primary responsibilities of the professional supervisor are explained: to observe inservice teachers and listen to them talk about their problems,…

An individualized inservice training program was developed for teachers in Project PLAN (an individualized instruction program in 13 school districts throughout the U.S.). The program consisted of a preservice conference and inservice consultant services designed to encourage specific teaching behaviors. The 17-category Teacher Observation Scale…

The Career Opportunities Program (COP) in Richmond, Virginia, which trained teachers from disadvantaged areas to return to the classrooms in these areas, was assessed. Fifty COP aides and 50 control students were administered opinionnaires, semantic differentials, and How I See Myself Self Concept Scale, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Five…

Material to aid the director of adult education in conducting three face-to-face meetings with his teachers is provided in this booklet. The booklet is divided into three chapters, each of which outlines a two-hour in-service training meeting. Each chapter is further divided into two parts. Part I of each chapter emphasizes the planning process…

Presented is a guide providing a step by step procedure and time line for planning and conducting inservice workshops for teachers of the gifted and talented. Considered are long range planning for an inservice training program, preparing materials for use in workshops, planning for individual workshops, conducting the workshop, materials used in…

Offers guidelines for effectively organizing materials in in-service reading programs. (RL)

Discusses five principles that can be used as a guide for designing inservice teacher education programs responsive to teacher needs. (RK)

This article offers a working checklist designed to facilitate the planning and implementation of an inservice workshop for foreign language teachers. The checklist is divided into three sections: Program, publicity, and service. It focuses on cognitive aspects of the workshop and meeting the affective and psychomotor needs of the participants.…

The concept of mentoring is defined in its classical, historical and current contexts. These definitions are critiqued and a new, far-reaching definition is offered. Five functions of mentoring are described and the roles within each function are discussed. (JL)

An observer of Japanese teacher centers reports on their purpose, scope, and activities--using British and American centers as a frame of reference. (Author)

Develops an inservice program relating to reading guidance, listing steps to follow in organization, and presents outlines of two workshop programs in which knowledge of reading ability, interest, and bibliotherapy are suggested as valuable components of reading guidance programs. Bibliography. (MD)

An approach is outlined for beginning a teacher center: (1) do your homework; (2) generate interest in the center; (3) form a team--establish a teacher center board; and (4) plan a program of action. Five success factors to ensure the center's longevity are listed and a bibliography is included. (JMK)

Between 1975 and 1980, the Organization for European Cooperation and Development's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation engaged in a project to enable member countries to share innovative approaches to inservice teacher education. Several aspects of the inservice education for teachers (INSET) project are discussed. (CJ)

A survey of personnel from eight selected agencies or groups who were or who might be responsible for providing inservice education for vocational agriculture instructors in Iowa indicated that the vocational agriculture instructors and the university research and teaching staff should be equally responsible for determining the goals and…