The purpose of this grounded theory study was to identify the need for educators' use of lesson study as a professional learning community to increase communication between colleagues. Lesson study is considered a form of professional development in that, educator colleagues work with one another to plan, implement, critique, and revise a lesson…

Background/Context: Among the children of immigrants, one of the populations placed at greatest risk of not finishing high school are the children of migrant farmworkers. Although it is difficult to track graduation rates for migrant students because of their mobility, the U.S. Department of Education estimates that only half of all migrant…

Use of the library for individual study benefits both students and teacher. (SJ)

A rapid reporting system was designed to help resource teachers stay aware of the regular class performance and assignments of their students. Advantages of the note card approach include reminding the regular teacher of the student's need for extra attention, increasing recognition of the resource program, and providing feedback to students. (CL)

Here is a high-class how-to-do-it for vocational educators who have amassed certain types of know-how somebody else doesn't have. (Editor)

This paper reports the results of an investigation of satisfaction of 135 resource room teachers and 190 mothers of children served in resource room programs in Jordan. Information from teachers was gathered using questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and classroom visits. Information from parents was gathered using a brief questionnaire.…

Suggestions for beginning special education resource teachers are summarized in eight general categories: district policies, time lines, regular educators, other resource teachers, assessment, materials, parents, and the students. (CL)

This short article describes a psychiatrist's experience teaching a unit on dinosaurs to a group of 16 normal children. He remarks upon the kindness and mutual cooperation apparent among the children and contrasts them with children undergoing therapy. He suggests that closer interaction between school officials and mental health workers would be…

Article describes the role of a special resource teacher available in the school to provide crisis-intervention service for a pupil when his coping process begins to fall apart. (Author/GB)

It was found, among other things, that 80 percent of the resource room teachers surveyed saw consultation actually comprising 5 percent or less of their professional duties. (DLS)

This issue of "Teachers Teaching Teachers" ("T3") focuses on coaches' role in the professional development of teachers. It contains the following articles: (1) An Excerpt from "Taking the Lead" (Joellen Killion and Cindy Harrison); (2) Be Like a Virus and Connect (Bill Ferriter); (3) No. 1 Resource Has a Human Face (Joellen Killion); (4) With This…

Hiring new teachers and continuing their professional growth so that they remain in the profession and become effective teachers have been a challenge for decades. Research suggests that induction programs can achieve these outcomes if they are highly structured, include mentoring, focus on professional learning, and emphasize collaboration that…

A discussion of using a fellow human being as a learning resource. (Author/HB)

Resource teacher systems serving learning disabled children are discussed in terms of the varying dimensions of type of service (direct versus indirect), diagnostic/prescriptive orientation (ability versus skill), and delivery (resident versus itinerant). Individual resource programs are thought to vary on the dimensions due to intransigent…

The article describes the role of teacher consultants in working with classroom teachers, school counselors, and parents at one high school for academically gifted students. Two examples of how a teacher consultant effectively altered the performance of two students with organizational and study skill problems are offered. (Author/DB)