A portfolio can convey a teacher's beliefs, knowledge and skills. An artist uses a portfolio to display artistic talent, and a teacher can use his or her portfolio to display teaching talent and teaching style. A teacher's portfolio may be used to obtain new employment, to document teaching accomplishments in order to receive a promotion or tenure…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine if there was a difference in the development of effective urban teacher characteristics between student interns placed in either an urban Professional Development School environment or an urban non-Professional Development School environment. Student interns in urban universities with partnerships…

This study sought to determine if the Ways of Knowing Inventory (WOKI) was useful as a measure of intellectual/epistemological development among interns, cooperating teachers, and university supervisors who were engaged in a one-year student teaching experience. The WOKI is a 49-item questionnaire based on the epistemological positions described…

One of a series (see SE 511 541, 542, and 544) of articles dealing with views of science educators concerning the future of secondary science education as exemplified by developments at the individual's college or university. This paper explores ways by which preservice teachers could gain experience in the public schools while inservice teachers…

In an effort to enlarge the focus on teacher effectiveness to include environmental factors outside the classroom, this report investigated (1) the relationship between supervisors' ratings of teacher effectiveness and the ability of teacher interns to make instructional decisions conforming to the school's value and organizational structures and…

A well-planned, effective inservice program should include the following criteria: long-range preparation involving all staff, follow-up supportive services, focus on teachers' stated needs, cooperation of teachers and teacher educators in discovering how teachers can continue to grow, development of knowledge about resources and necessary…

This project was based on the premise of a need for the College of Education, Saskatoon, to improve its supervisory practices. (Editor)

This report presents results of a questionnaire given to students involved in the competency-based teacher education program of the Hamburg central schools and SUNY at Fredonia. The program involves (a) the teaching of methods courses on-site, and (b) providing an opportunity for interns to blend theory into practice during a full-year internship.…

This three-part report presents the results of an analysis of data collected in the first year of a two-year Teacher Corps study. The study attempts to answer management-oriented questions regarding the development of effective Teacher Corps projects and the assessment of quality and effectiveness of the projects. The report (a) provides an…

The purpose of this study was to determine teacher candidates' and participating teachers' perceptions of selected categories of field experiences under the Performance-Based Undergraduate Program for the Education of Teachers at Brooklyn College during the fall 1972 semester. Teacher candidates who received questionnaires were selected by a…

This is one of a series of eight Teacher Education Modules developed by Adams State College Teacher Corps Program. The goals of this module package are listed as follows: a) to introduce the intern to music for elementary school children; b) to enable interns to develop knowledge and skills of an elementary level in music; c) to enable interns to…

This program was designed to prepare teachers bilingual in Spanish and English who, because of their background, are especially able to meet the needs of educationally handicapped children in depressed rural areas. It is called the Rural Teacher Intern (RTI) program. Each intern has had extensive experience in rural and migrant education as a part…

This report describes a project to develop an internship program for prospective technical and vocational community college teachers providing both requisite teaching skills and work experience through actual classroom exposure, while allowing an on-the-job evaluation of the prospective teachers. To develop the program, a pilot internship project…

This personal account of a teaching intern at Barton County Community Junior College briefly describes his reactions to the experience. The internship, the first attempted by Kansas State University, was in two American history courses during one semester. The intern's reactions were that not only did the internship provide practical classroom…

This is the second of a series of three bulletins dealing with "Supervisory Strategies in Clinical Experiences." The first of the two papers, "Microteaching: History and Present Status," by James M. Cooper and Dwight W. Allen, begins with a definition of microteaching as a teaching situation which is scaled down in terms of time and numbers of…