This is an era of transformation in the preparation, induction, and assessment of prospective teachers. The tension between local and state control is at the heart of the debate. States should be responsible for establishing performance standards that ensure that new teachers are well-prepared, competent, and ready to teach. This is why the…

Attention to the core practices of teaching necessitates core pedagogies in teacher preparation. This article outlines the diffusion of one such pedagogy from medical to teacher education. The concept of clinical simulations is outlined through the lens of "signature pedagogies" and their uncertain, engaging, formative qualities.…

In the United States, principal investigators of the National Science Foundation's Noyce Scholars program are challenged with identifying college STEM majors who have a fledgling interest in science teaching and preparing them to teach in high-needs school districts. The purpose of this longitudinal research project was to quantitatively and…

Recommends an eight-step program for school districts seeking first-rate teachers, including (1) determining desirable staff characteristics, (2) broadening recruitment strategies, (3) honing selection procedures, (4) completing preemployment paperwork and placement decisions, (5) beginning orientation immediately, (6) setting up support systems,…

ASSUMPTIONS PRESENTED ARE--THAT A PUPIL'S LEARNING IS MAINLY A FUNCTION OF THE KIND OF TEACHING TO WHICH HE IS EXPOSED, THAT THERE IS NO UNIVERSALLY GOOD TEACHER, BUT RATHER A VARIETY OF GOOD TEACHERS DIFFERENTIALLY SUITED BY TEMPERAMENT AND TRAINING TO TEACHING DIFFERENT GROUPS OF STUDENTS, AND THAT DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN REPRESENT A DESCRIBABLE…

The Kenmore Teacher Mentor Project, an upstate New York initiative, involves 6 mentors and 40 teachers new to the profession or the district. Mentors help newcomers become proficient in whole-language instruction, cooperative learning, computerized instruction, and learning-style strategies. The program will soon include intervention for tenured…

A description is given of the Mentor Teacher-Internship Program, which is funded by New York State and operates under state guidance. The focus of the program is on building a mutually rewarding relationship between the mentor and novice teacher. Steps through which mentor-intern dyads can progress on their way toward an effective, optimal…

The objective of this project was to develop a model designed to expose the new community college faculty member to the essential components of community college teaching. Specifically the objectives were (1) to aid an individual to be aware of himself as a teacher and as a participant in the 2-year college environment as well as in the larger…

The purpose of this publication is to focus attention upon a rapidly growing development in public school administration--the increasing interest in personnel administration as a process which can be identified through a description of certain formal functions which every school district must perform. The existence of adequate personnel policies…