The Teacher Center Program (Washington, D.C.) provides an environment where teachers may come to work on materials or projects for their classrooms, take courses for recertification credit, college credit, or enrichment, and take graduate level courses. Chapter one of this evaluation report on the Teacher Center Program describes the background of…

The "T-cubed: Teacher Teach Thinking" staff development model was developed by teachers, with their colleagues, for their own growth in teaching for effective thinking. The model builds on the cornerstones of the dignity of the teacher, the worth of the individual child, the importance of thorough integration of thinking skills in all subjects at…

Over a 5-week period 43 typical trainers in a nationwide corporation were observed to determine uses and abuses of training techniques. The adult educators who were observed were technically expert, but otherwise untrained. Factors that enhance or detract from training effectiveness were identified, specifically as regards organizing and…

With the aim of providing a framework for developing successful staff development programs, 12 propositions, or statements of intent and commitment, are set forth in this paper. The first set of propositions states the guiding principles underlying the concept of staff development. The second set offers propositions for planninng staff development…

This booklet examines teachers' professional development from the standpoint of several recent reform reports, particularly the concept of the career ladder. A critique of this model serves as a reference point for an alternative approach to professional development called the "Career Lattice Model". This individualized model for growth…

Films, filmstrips, and videotape cassettes portraying a variety of multicultural experiences are listed in this catalog. All are educationally appropriate for use in the classroom and/or for staff development. Each entry in the alphabetical listing contains the length of the item, the date it was made, the target audience, and a brief description…

Interest is growing in naturalistic inquiry and qualitative methods in educational inquiry. Naturalistic inquiry refers to a paradigm of inquiry with two major features: a low degree of manipulation or control of the variables prior to the inquiry and a low degree of constraints imposed on the outcomes of the inquiry. Qualitative methods seek to…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop and implement a computer training series for early childhood professionals. Over a 10-month period, direct instructional presentations, scheduled lab periods for individual practice, and informal hands-on activities formed the framework for developing foundation skills. The skills involved were those…

The primary goal of this practicum study was to provide opportunities for Head Start teachers to become knowledgeable of community resources that would encourage their aesthetic awareness and enhance their creative growth. A total of 16 teachers and teacher aides visited a local Dali Museum, a fine arts museum, a planetarium, a historical museum,…

The guidelines are intended to help districts design, implement, and evaluate educational programs for gifted and talented students in Minnesota. Educational components of a gifted education program plan are listed, followed by analysis of the following topics: development of a gifted education program plan (a two-stage process involving initial…

The state mandated Tennessee Career Ladder program has five levels: (1) the probationary certificate for the first-year teacher; (2) the apprentice certificate, issued upon satisfactory completion of the probationary year; (3) the Career Level I certificate, issued upon satisfactory performance at the apprentice level; (4) the Career Level II…

The Arizona Career Ladder Teacher Incentive Program, a pilot teacher incentive program, features: (1) successful collaboration among government, business, universities, school districts, and the teaching profession; (2) "stakeholder" initiated and monitored teacher development and performance evaluation systems with totally restructured…

This manual incorporates the Clinical Teacher Education Guidelines which grew out of a program of research studies conducted by the Research in Teacher Education (RITE) program from 1980 through 1985. Three major studies covering preservice, induction, and inservice contributed to a better understanding of the nature and effects of clinical…

This booklet provides a brief overview of teacher and administrator incentive programs, discussing such aspects as leadership, funding, teacher support, evaluation, and outcomes. A chart presents information on the kinds of incentive programs offered by each of the states, followed by descriptive narratives of each state program. State contacts…

This workbook presents a process by which teachers and administrators can take responsibility for their own professional development and plan for a particular project in a systematic and thoughtful way. Users will first identify an "area of focus" (job-related project, responsibility, professional interest, or district goal) and then formulate a…