The Interaction Partner System (IPS) was designed and implemented by the Okaloosa County Teacher Corps Project and the University of West Florida. It was an answer to several dilemmas: teacher isolation, irrelevant and inflexible teacher inservice training, and theories and research developed at the graduate level which rarely found their way into…

The membership of the Association for School, College, and University Staffing (ASCUS) includes representatives of major educational institutions that prepare personnel for positions in schools, colleges, universities, school districts, and other educational agencies. This directory provides listings of those people on college campuses who are…

The objectives of the Bilingual Vocational Instructor Training Program focused on meeting the critical need for trained bilingual instructors and job counselors at San Francisco Bay Area adult vocational training centers. This descriptive report considers the accomplishments of the program in terms of the 54 Spanish- or Chinese-speaking…

Two hundred and fifty college and university physical education departments offering major degrees to females participated in a survey to determine the degree of uniformity between professional preparation programs. Degrees offered, types of bachelor's degrees offered, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education status, current…

In order to develop a model mathematics preparation program for elementary teachers, faculty were drawn together from the Departments of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at The Ohio State University and representatives from the Columbus Public Schools. This two-year project involved 95 students, primarily freshman and sophomore women, who had…

This report presents regional information concerning projections of post-high school level labor force supply and demand, and assessments of supply, demand, and educational considerations pertaining to particular professional fields of current concern. The study looks first at the national situation, and then narrows its focus to the U.S. South.…

The purpose of this study was to collect data from students and faculty on suggestions for criteria to selectively screen health majors at Towson State College. The study noted the procedures and legal implications for gathering criteria and summarizes its findings. A section discussed the difficulties faced in acceptance of suggestions for…

The annotated bibliography provides descriptions of resources which are considered appropriate for educational personnel development programs to prepare teachers involved in career education. Many of the materials described in the document were designed and developed for use with students in the local school classroom. The materials are presented…

The purposes of this inquiry are to examine the area of community college professional personnel, to question the fitness of the community college instructor to fulfill the promise of the community college, and to assess the availability and quality of college preparation programs. Such topics are examined as new learning programs and practices in…

This speech, while noting the existence of law-related projects in inservice teacher education courses, stresses the need for law-related education in both preservice and inservice courses. The method for presenting law-related material in preservice education courses as described herein would not call for the introduction of new courses or units,…

To assess the potential for linking American teacher centers in a national information and resource sharing network, leaders of 44 teacher centers and teacher-education programs identified with the open-education movement were interviewed. Interviewees were asked if they would value an agency to increase their information and talent sharing, and…

A six-phase preparation program, with two additional courses optional, that leads to recommendation for certification of elementary reading teachers ia described. The program begins with freshmen and allows the students to experience the elements of choice, responsibility, individualization, self-awareness, social awareness, and communication in…

The Integrated Day Teacher Education Program is an attempt to create a model for teacher preparation which will make schools healthy places for teachers and children. It is sensitive to the criticisms leveled at teacher education by observers such as Silberman and attempts to lead teachers to share in decision making, participate actively in…

The Cooperative Urban Teacher Education (CUTE) Project was initiated in 1967 by the Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) to design an intensive, field-oriented undergraduate program to prepare effective teachers for inner-city schools. The results is a 16-week program which is conducted during the student teaching semester and…

In the absence of outside funding, the University of Minnesota, with the cooperation of public and private school educators and lay citizens of the area, began to develop on its own individualized, competency-based programs that would serve both preservice and in-service teachers. These efforts resulted in the development of the Secondary Teacher…