Briefly describes the network of Professional Development and Program Improvement Centers, the School Resource Centers, and other efforts supporting staff development in California. (JM)

This article reports the promising outcomes of a new mentoring program that helps novice teachers in New York City improve their quality of teaching and stem the number of those who leave. Calling the program "possibly the largest, most aggressive overhaul of teacher induction in the country," researchers of the New Teacher Center at the…

A description of Teachers' Centers in England; their characteristics, recent growth and development, objectives, in-service training and curriculum development activities, and an assessment of their strengths, weaknesses, and likely future. (EH)

The West Genesee/Syracuse University Teaching Center consists of a three-person staff coordinating supervision of students, organization of staff development programs, and instructional and leadership responsibilities. Financial support is divided between the University and the school district. Tuition credits are offered by the University to the…

This report summarizes and highlights the major formal activities and outcomes of the Bay Area Learning Center (BALC) conference. Two major areas of concern are (1) teacher centers and (2) knowledge bases. Excerpts from oral presentations, notes from reporters, summaries of discussions, and an interview with the BALC chairperson are presented. A…

Present technology provides the means to generate teacher centers in which we can continuously work to expand our range of competence and test the single proposition on which we rest our case. (Author)

A teacher center emphasizing reading-oriented experiences would have a substantial effect on how educators teach reading. The need for such a center is reflected in the widely held belief that competent teaching of reading provides students with opportunities for success in most curricular areas. Planning an effective teaching center with a…

Teachers' centers were developed in England and Wales, and although American educators have been quick to adopt words such as teacher center and resource center, they do not understand the basic of teachers' centers. In England and Wales, the centers are established in response to very subjective local teacher needs. Teachers' centers for primary…

This three-part report provides an analysis of the California Bay Area Learning Center (BALC). Part 1 provides (a) a network design to illustrate the major project components and their interrelationships, (b) a series of component descriptions listing the primary resources and project activities, and (c) a list of project objectives. Part 2…

Teacher Centers began less than ten years ago in England. The English Teacher Centers are governed by the teachers themselves and are financially supported by the local educational authority. The various centers have two functions in common: (a) curriculum development; and (b) inservice education. In the United States, there are at least 4,500…

Information Based Evaluation (IBE) is identified as a design procedure for assessing a variety of projects, programs, and educational changes. IBE was used to evaluate a Comprehensive Diagnostic Teaching Center (DTC) which, in addition to providing teacher training and services to handicapped pupils, would bring together and focus all of the…

This paper provides background data regarding the need for individualized instruction and describes the training activities of the Teacher Renewal Center in Harlingen, Texas. The center provides teachers the opportunity to acquire a set of behavioral skills, which are a prerequisite to individualizing instruction, and serves as a model in training…

This report offers a description of the development and current status of the British teacher center as a vehicle for in-service teacher education and curriculum reform in the primary and secondary schools of the United Kingdom. In addition, the report examines the applicability of the British teacher center model to American teacher education and…

This study was conducted to determine the impact of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) student teachers on the instructional program of the Whitmer Complex, which is the field component of the BGSU Teacher Learning Center. Although the study population included 10 cooperating teachers and 37 student teachers, the emphasis of the study was on…

This document is a collection of essays on open education, the results of the Conference on Open Education held in April 1972 at the State University of New York College at Cortland. The title of the conference, "Increasing Alternatives for Teachers and Children," suggests the underlying theme for all the essays in this volume: respect for…