Wartburg College (Iowa) and Waterloo (Iowa) Public Schools have cooperated to implement a teacher preparation program designed specifically for minority Teacher Associates who are employed in the Waterloo Schools and to enhance the diversity training of all graduates of the Wartburg teacher education program. The program was initiated and…

This paper describes the effects of a labor dispute upon teacher trainees in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) alternative training program. The individual stories highlight the stress a labor dispute places on those who do not have the status of full-time teachers or prospective teachers in a traditional teacher education program.…

Field education or the practicum experience is at the core of most early childhood education preservice programs because it is viewed as the most significant contributor to the development of professional expertise. The Early Childhood Education Program at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, Canada, requires 600 hours of field education…

Newly adopted objectives for improving Arizona graduate educational efforts for student teachers in remote, rural areas are presented, specifically regarding the increased use of current information technology resources, such as television and computer modem courses. Current options as well as future possibilities are considered, such as…

This report describes the teacher education reforms at Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas), with special emphasis on the benefits and obstacles encountered along the journey toward the creation and maintenance of effective school-university partnerships. In 1987, Trinity University established the Alliance for Better Schools, a…

This paper describes the history and continuing story of the complete transformation of the teacher education program at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Among the transformation factors are: professional development of faculty on all levels; recruitment, admissions, and retention; curriculum and instruction; internships and professional…

Because traditional performance measures may not accurately assess what students learn or are taught, some K-12 classroom teachers, states, and teacher preparation programs are beginning to use portfolio assessment to document learning and growth in learning over time. Portfolio assessment is considered a more authentic way of evaluating and…

The Thinking Mathematics project, a joint effort of the American Federation of Teachers and the Learning Research and Development Center, had the primary objective of developing more efficient means of disseminating new knowledge about mathematics learning and instruction. The resulting practitioner-researcher collaboration developed an…

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it describes "Teachers for Chicago" (TFC), an alternative entry program into the teaching profession aimed specifically at developing teachers for urban schools. Second, it examines how novice teachers in the program were influenced by university coursework, mentor teachers, and the…

At the university level, case-based education is a significant feature of professional training programs conducted for law, medicine, and business studies. Cases take various forms including real and imagined scenarios, critical incident analysis, case studies, vignettes, and anecdotal accounts of professional practice. Although case-based…

This research project examined characteristics of nontraditional or midcareer teacher education programs that offered a fast track to certification, served students entering teaching from another career/occupation, and were based in a university or cooperatively managed by industry and education. The report begins with a description of the…

Data on Texas teachers underscore the need for teacher education programs to prepare increasing numbers of teachers, and for those teachers to be better prepared with strong subject content knowledge and skills to address the diverse student needs they will encounter in the classroom. This paper presents a data profile of the Texas teacher,…

This publication documents the ongoing efforts of the Government of Nepal to train primary school teachers using a multi-faceted distance learning system. At the heart of this system are radio broadcasts designed especially for untrained primary school teachers. A case study of the Radio Education Teacher Training Project (RETTP) is presented in…

Testing program directors from approximately 100 randomly selected school districts in Ohio reported their perceptions of the testing competencies most needed to successfully manage their standardized testing programs and of the perceived value of their university training in developing these competencies. It was found that competencies associated…

Three basic concepts help to describe the author's experience as a school board member whose "real" job is working in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as a part of the academic staff: (1) personnel matters; (2) matters of budget; and (3) university/K-12 collaboration. When school boards decide that the K-12…