Descriptions are offered of in-house leadership development programs for faculty and staff at Arizona State University, Kennesaw State College (Georgia), Seattle Community Colleges (Washington), the University of Kentucky, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Western Kentucky University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (MSE)

Teacher mentors in urban schools need particular characteristics to promote development in beginning teachers because the urban school is a unique environment. Urban mentor teachers need to be able to articulate their beliefs and practices, and they need well-developed coaching skills. (SLD)

Describes the decline of public schools in Chelsea (Massachusetts) and discusses the educational and fiscal improvements made through an agreement between the Chelsea school system and Boston University (Massachusetts). Among these accomplishments are new collective bargaining services, better professional development, better health-care delivery…

Discusses the importance of professional development and maintains that the summer offers an ideal time for such activities. Describes informal activities such as composing and arranging and encourages professional collaboration. Identifies formal study such as graduate study, workshops, and professional conferences. (CFR)

The article outlines the use of reflective journal writing to help develop preservice teachers as reflective practitioners. Journals allow students to determine their own focus and what they want to understand, and to have their ideas seriously valued as knowledge being personally constructed. The importance of collaboration is examined. (SM)

This study examined whether using teaching portfolios would affect the meaning given to basic concepts in education by preservice teachers. Preservice teachers from two universities completed surveys before and after an experimental group was trained in teaching portfolios. At the semester's end, there were noticeable shifts in meaning…

Describes how general systems theory was used to develop a system for infusing computer technology into teacher education at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (TX). Topics include strategic alignment; curriculum development; distance learning programs using the Internet; assessment of preservice and inservice teacher performance; and an…

Juxtaposes the issue of professional development, specifically teachers'"opportunity to learn," with how the workplace context of teaching supports impedes curriculum integration between vocational and academic education. Portraits of three urban high schools reveal the problem of professional development as one of reinventing the high school…

Surveyed 936 National Association of College Admission Counselors members to determine school counselor needs for professional development activities. Results revealed high need for professional development activities related to financing higher education; advising students with disabilities, especially those with learning disabilities; and…

Explores possible explanations for the lack of agreement about professionalism in the field of early childhood education. Examines the pros and cons of professionalizing the field. Offers a new paradigm designed to avoid the pitfalls of traditional concepts of professionalism. (BB)

Examines the role of the principal in restructuring schools. Skills to meet the restructuring needs of the school can be obtained through on-going principal development. Programs, activities, and support exist for principals who pursue development, but they must inaugurate the process themselves. (SLD)

The Holmes Group's concept of professional development schools challenges conventional assumptions about how practitioners acquire knowledge of educational practice and how theory and practice are related. This article examines these assumptions and their implications for administrator preparation in professional development schools by analyzing…

Analysis of pharmacy faculty recruitment and retention experiences at the University of Pittsburgh and a review of faculty trends in general suggest that opportunity for professional growth, proximity to family, and salary are the keys to successful recruitment efforts. Long-range, comprehensive planning, beginning with student recruitment, is…

The design principles for professional development schools articulated by the Holmes Group are not currently reflected in laboratory schools. However, if they are to play a major role in the future preparation of teachers, laboratory schools can and should make the transition to professional development schools. (IAH)

A case study is reported involving a detailed content analysis of the daily journal writing of 20 teaching assistants. Results showed that most students approved of and benefited from journal writing, particularly for improved confidence and language fluency and as an outlet for stress; however, little analytical or reflective writing took place.…