This paper reviews the literature on teaching conditions, stress variables, and demands placed upon teachers, focusing on the situation in Belgium. Researchers examined whether and how teachers in Flemish elementary schools experienced intense, stressful, and negative working conditions, focusing on which forms of stressors and negative conditions…

This Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet provides annotations of resources in four areas that are essential for a comprehensive understanding of the issues related to faculty tenure. Tenure has become a highly debated topic, and administrators, faculty members, and the public need to become familiar with the complexities involved in the…

This report presents the findings and recommendations from a survey conducted by the @ONE project, which is funded by the California Community Colleges' Chancellor's Office to enhance instruction and services through expanded uses of technology in the colleges. In order for California Community Colleges to be successful in instituting change…

This paper describes a range of programs (paper based, CD-ROM and online) developed by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training to address the unfolding technology literacy agenda. To illuminate the approach taken towards emerging literacies, the paper develops a metaphor around travel and the emergence of the horseless carriage.…

This study interviewed 45 ninth-grade teachers in 4 secondary schools in Ontario, Canada, in the spring of 1997 regarding their perceptions of their professional learning needs. Respondents were part of a 3-year research and development study, "Change Frames." Analysis is based on the view that the most meaningful teacher professional…

This study addressed the challenges of developing a faculty professional development workshop on assessment, measurement, and evaluation of achievement in adult learners. The setting for the workshop was a system of postsecondary career colleges throughout the United States. The curriculum development model of D. Kirkpatrick (1994) was used as a…

This report examines teacher professional development in Ohio, highlighting the Local Professional Development Block Grant and the role of Local Professional Development Committees (LPDCs). Data come from nine school district case studies and surveys of school district treasurers. Funding sources are often restricted to a subject area, group of…

The research cited in this paper is derived from a 2-year study of a professional development initiative in literacy with faculty members from an elementary school in an economically impoverished urban community. The paper explains that the study observed what a long-term, participatory, and voluntary professional development program constructed…

This digest examines peer review, focusing on how these types of reviews can improve teacher competence. Peer review is often linked to peer assistance, which helps new and veteran teachers improve their knowledge and skills. In peer-review programs, consulting teachers conduct formal evaluations and recommend whether the participating teacher…

This publication lists the steps to be taken in the Continuous Improvement Instructional Planning Process of the Texas Education Agency. The steps in this process are: (1) definition of the goals and standards for student performance; (2) identification of the learning needs of the students; (3) development of performance objectives based on…

The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of an online discussion forum to support practicing elementary school teachers' professional development in mathematics. The forum is structured around teachers' sharing, discussing, and reflection upon the teaching of elementary mathematics. Third grade teachers (N=14) from three different…

In "Online Professional Development for Teachers," the authors look closely at exemplary online professional development programs, compare them carefully with one another, and draw helpful conclusions about them--both for those who develop online programs and for teachers and administrators in search of professional development programs…

Describes a project designed to teach women science faculty at small, minority colleges those research skills that lead to increased publication activity and concomitant professional advancement. Discusses barriers to research and publication by women faculty members in colleges with limited science facilities and heavy teaching demands.…

Argues that the role of the cooperative educator must include that of researcher; that cooperative coordination should be a self-critical research act; that cooperative education should incorporate the study of the complex relationship between formal education and corporate training. (JOW)

Warns that using part-time faculty without an adequate support program may be damaging to a community college's reputation and institutional integrity. Lists ten special provisions administrators have found effective in working with part-time faculty, including inservice training with release time, instructional support staff, handbooks, staff…