This survey gathered information that would facilitate the development of a teacher education center in Region V (located in West Central West Virginia). The instrument was designed to elicit responses from those who desired to participate in the in-service component of the center and from all of the teachers relative to their recent in-service…

This bibliography reflects the teacher center experience of the past several years and provides a reference pool for those interested in developing and/or improving teacher center programs. The materials cited are listed alphabetically by author and cover many different aspects of centering, including something of the experience in several other…

The author presents a few discussion notes on the role and purposes of teacher centers as they function in the United Kingdom. (Author/SJL)

The National Education Association's role in attaining passage of Public Law 94-482 (Teacher Centers Bill) is described. Efforts in influencing federal policy toward the implementation of the Act, and examples of possible teacher center programs are also discussed. (MJB)

This article features an innovative project called the "Teacher Learning Center" (TLC) that is jointly funded by the South Dakota Department of Education, Black Hills State University (BHSU), and the Spearfish School District in Spearfish, South Dakota. The purpose of this project was to provide opportunities for preservice and new…

A "programmatic concept" of in-service education is suggested. In-service activity congruent with the concept must emerge from an operational complex which has demonstrated the capability to create and/or diffuse instructional programs targetted to a group of teachers with particular needs. Three approaches which fit the criterion rule are…

The author reviews two reports on teacher centers and problems that the concept places on teachers. He finds that the real promise of teacher centers is not in giving all responsibility to teachers but in facilitating real interaction between teachers and all the other major constituencies in the educational spectrum. (JA)

The basis for this article was a project to develop a psychological model of the effective teacher. Described is the development of a catalog of teacher training products. (JA)

This directory of federally funded teacher centers supplements "The Role of Higher Education in Teacher Centers," published in 1981 by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Southern New Jersey Regional Teacher Center. Included in this document are all teacher centers funded in 1980-81 or 1981-82 by the Teacher Center…