This book, designed to be used with a training workshop that helps veteran teachers be effective mentors to beginning teachers, provides instructions on how to facilitate a successful workshop. The book offers six chapters that include strategies and materials to help readers learn how to plan and promote a workshop; facilitate a successful…

Describes the efforts of the Committee on Undergraduate Teacher Education, which intended to organize and administer the Colleg's undergraduate B.Ed. program and to further diversity in teacher education models. (Author/RK)

Defines inservice, provides criteria for planning and conducting successful inservice programs, discusses its critical elements, and examines the roles of the administrator and the teacher in successful programs. (FL)

The article describes a sequence of procedures to design continuing education programs for special educators which were used in Project RETOOL, a program which provided continuing education to special education college faculty members in five states. (DB)

Analyzes the organization and components of the teaching assistant apprenticeship program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Explains the administrative route that was travelled in developing the program for English teaching assistants and the reasons why administrative support is essential to the success of such a training…

There are four elements which the author has found to be essential for success when designing and conducting staff development programs: awareness, application, implementation, and maintenance. Each of these elements is discussed in detail, followed by the warning that the four-phase model requires school board commitment to insure its success.…

Offers advice to principals on initiating a writing program, including tips on planning, teacher training, costs, and assessment. One cardinal rule: the administrator must also write. (Author/WD)

College and university faculty are taking a new look at their role in in-service teacher education and staff development. Several considerations regarding perceptions and activities in this area are discussed. (JMF)

The role of large universities in developing effective in-service programs for general and special educators is examined. (CL)

These guidelines for developing and implementing an inservice teacher education program at the junior or community level cover short and long term improvements, how to motivate staff participation, budgeting, legal aspects of teacher evaluation, role of universities, colleges, and Federal, State, and local agencies, special skills needed by…

A program was developed to increase teachers' and caregivers' understanding of the characteristics of young gifted children, and to provide an overview of brain development and function. The program used a variety of techniques, including yoga, guided visualization, creativity and flexible thinking skills, story writing, and kinesiology, to…

This paper describes the Oklahoma Statewide Training and Regional Support (STARS) program, a system of early intervention inservice training developed to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part H. Major challenges included identification of technical assistance needs, facilitation of training attendance, identification…

This narrative relates personal experiences from the establishment of a professional development school. It discusses the conceptual foundation from which professional development schools (PDS) have emerged, the PDS mission, roles of various participants, and support for the professional education of teachers and for the improvement of practice.…

Emphasizes the need for careful deliberation about teacher learning for both inservice and preservice teachers. Argues that without consideration of on-going teacher development, reflective practice cannot be expected to exist in schools. (GLR)