The Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) offered yearlong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professional development to teachers in rural Alaska. Teacher training focused on introducing youth to workforce technologies used in Arctic research. Due to challenges in making professional development accessible to rural teachers, ACMP…

This paper focuses on the use of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) as a tool for encouraging and supporting classroom dialogue. The authors' concern here is with the promotion of "dialogic" communication between teachers and students, which is now widely recognised as educationally valuable. In this study they investigated how teachers…

The Asian American Communications In-School Staff and Parent Workshops (A-AC) provided three phases of on-site workshops on Asian cultures for personnel in New York City schools with large Asian student populations, and also provided related support services upon request. Phase I workshops were based on a needs survey, Phase II workshops were…

This trainer's guide is designed to assist Head Start administrators in implementing the Bringing Out Head Start Talents (BOHST) project designed to identify and develop programs for potentially gifted/talented Head Start children. The trainer's guide is divided into three sections. Section 1, the Administrator's Guide, consists of the following…

The Personal Safety Project was conducted at an elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia to prevent child sexual misuse/abuse. Awareness and information workshops were held for teachers and parents, while a personal safety workshop was given for children to help them to identify exploitative touch situations and to call for appropriate…

Twenty-two physically handicapped sheltered workshop employees were matched on the severity of their disabilities and randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group. Those in the experimental group participated in a one-hour-per-day, fifteen-day job readiness training program in addition to their regular sheltered workshop jobs while…

This consultant package for use with staff at the senior high level is one of a set of six packages of consultants' materials developed to serve as a guide for consulting staff presenting career education workshops in the following areas: Counselors, primary K-3, intermediate, junior and senior high, and administrators. (The "Career Education…

THIRTY VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHERS FROM 10 STATES ATTENDED A WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP THEIR ABILITIES TO INSTRUCT, SUPERVISE, AND COORDINATE STUDENT ACTIVITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS. THEIR ACTIVITIES RESULTED IN THIS REPORT, INTENDED AS A GUIDE FOR AGRICULTURE TEACHERS IN INITIATING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE…

AN EFFORT TO OVERCOME THE LIMITED EXPERIENCES OF DISADVANTAGED NEGRO CHILDREN WAS MADE IN A RENOVATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AREA OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. IT WAS HOPED THAT THE EXPERIMENT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF RENEWAL WHICH SURROUNDED THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE…

The main purpose of the program, funded under ESEA, Title I is to help pupils in non-public schools, located in disadvantaged areas cope with social, emotional or physical difficulties that interfere with academic progress. The field staff consisted of 30 full-time and 47 part-time guidance counselors, 18 full-time social workers, three full-time…

Many researchers in the social studies have supported the use of primary sources in history classrooms as a support for historical inquiry. Although primary sources have become accessible via the Internet, simply using digital primary sources, does not automatically translate into historical thinking or technology best practice. Consequently, an…

"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) A Few Good Men: The Success of the Male…

The faculty development of research assistants who are at the first step of their academic careers are significant for the employment of faculty members of future and realizing the responsibilities of higher education institutions as to contribute to science and technology. However, there is little research on the features of faculty development…

Samuels & Associates, a research and evaluation firm based in Oakland, California, organized the National Evaluation and Measurement Meeting on School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies, held on May 6 and 7, 2004 in San Francisco. The purpose of the meeting was to develop consensus regarding measures and tools to evaluate school-based…

This paper will describe a project that includes 16 university level co-taught classes. Preparation of the faculty co-teaching along with results from the study will be shared. (Contains 4 tables.)