Considers the British teacher center for inservice training a potentially useful model for the professional development of American teachers. The centers focus on teacher role expansion through training in curriculum development and implementation. (DP)

This article discusses the overall development of a teacher center, including such topics as financing, clientele, and governance; also included are seven case studies. (JA)

Describes the use of the teacher center as a place where "thoughtful and constructive agitators" can raise questions about all facets of teaching--in this case, the teaching of writing. (Author/JM)

A process by which teacher centers can reduce teacher isolation and burn-out is described. (JD)

This article describes in detail the objectives and components of the Peoria Teacher Education Center, which is a collaborative arrangement between Illinois State University and the Peoria Public School System. (JA)

This report describes the Teacher Resource and Computer Training Center Program that was enacted in 1984 by the New York State Education Department to provide systematic, ongoing professional development services for the state's teachers. It is a collaborative program involving teachers, school administrators, higher education representatives,…

This document presents regulations regarding the implementation of certain sections of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and governs grants to local educational agencies to plan, establish, or operate teacher centers, and to institutions of higher education to operate teacher centers. The regulation also governs compensation to state…

The similarities and differences between teacher education centers and campus schools are examined to clarify the objectives of the trend towards field-based teacher education. The central question of the issue is whether or not teacher centers are in fact displaced campus schools and whether this fact will render the campus school obsolete.…

This paper discusses the development and design of an analysis model for governance of teacher centers organized in consortium form. A consortium is descirbed as "an organization of autonomous bodies or individuals which bond together by some relatively formal agreement to secure some benefit." The consortium generally functions in a collaborative…

This paper describes the five teacher education learning centers developed by the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham to integrate theory and practice in teacher education, to shape responsibility for teacher preparation, to better utilize university and school resources, to provide inservice teacher education, and to extend individualized…

Guidelines for reviewing teacher centers are presented in this paper. A teacher center is defined as an operation which incorporates the following: a) formal shared decision-making with regard to policy formation, budget, personnel and program by those who are affected, whether they are teachers, students, teacher educators, or community members;…

Information for this outline on teacher centers was taken from unpublished documents, most of which were written in 1971 and 1972 under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Education. The information is arranged by topic to make evident the points of agreement and disagreement among educators about teacher centers; all statements of fact or opinion…

The establishment and governance of teacher centers, their function and potential, is discussed from both positive and negative viewpoints. (JD)

Teacher centers in Britain, developed in the early 1960s, direct course emphasis toward immediate applicability to teaching situations or to theory within a practical framework. Ideally, the classroom teacher is to serve as the primary resource person but, in practice, courses tend to be led by "specialists." (MJB)