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Herman, Roslyn; Weiler, Pat – 1979
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) provides information and assistance to groups wishing to form teacher centers or already involved actively with a teacher center. NYSUT activities reported in this publication include the following: (1) publications; (2) workshops on proposal writing; (3) local and regional workshops; (4) locating resources…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Resources, Information Dissemination
Martin, Peter H. – 1980
Project RISE (Regional In-Service Education) is an inservice center serving teachers, administrators, support staff and parents in central Connecticut. It began in 1976 with state funding, and serves 500 teachers in nine rural and small town districts. An initial needs assessment provided a basis for planning and responding to individual teachers'…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Informal Organization, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development
Edwards, Claudia F.; And Others – 1981
This booklet contains forms, strategies, and philosophies that have been successfully used at the TRIAD Teacher Center (West Lafayette, Indiana). TRIAD provides resources and services for 1600 elementary and secondary teachers and administrators in three counties. The center is staffed by three professional educators and is governed by a policy…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs
Devaney, Kathleen, Ed. – 1979
As a collection of articles this book is intended for use as a guide for planning and building teacher centers. The beginning articles tell how a combination of convictions, experience, high energy, and happenstance formed the first American teacher centers. The next several articles focus on practical matters such as staffing, needs assessment,…
Descriptors: Facility Requirements, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutional Cooperation, Needs Assessment
Kirk, James J. – 1991
This paper describes residential week-long seminars offered at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) in Cullowhee, North Carolina, Western Carolina University. The center was established in 1985 to reward and support outstanding full-time teachers in North Carolina and to enhance teaching as an art and as a profession.…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Faculty Mobility, Higher Education, Problem Solving
Zwink, Timothy A.; Hensley, Stephen R. – 1982
The North West Oklahoma In-Service Cooperative (NWOIC), established in 1980, encourages, promotes, and channels faculty development and needs in the rural northwestern quadrant of Oklahoma. Its objectives are: (1) to aid northwestern Oklahoma school districts in the structure and administration of local faculty development plans; (2) to develop…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Training
Morin (Alfred J.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1974
The Georgia State Department of Education engaged in the development of three Career and Vocational Teacher Education Centers (located at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Georgia Southern College) during the 1972-73 school year. Their primary purpose was to provide an interdisciplinary approach to their teacher education…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
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Wallace, Richard; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1984
First proposed in the fall of l98l, Pittsburgh's Schenley High School Teacher Center opened in the fall of 1983 with a comprehensive visiting teachers continuing education program involving contact with both resident and replacement teachers. To ensure full realization of its potential, the center uses a databased program to monitor its own…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Databases, Educational Quality, Faculty Development
Bover, Ronald; And Others – 1979
This handbook is designed to help teachers organize an effective teacher center and to develop successful workshop activities. Suggestions are made for initiating a teacher center program, using community resources, and establishing good public relations. Activities are listed for improving programs on language arts, mathematics, social studies,…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education