This report summarizes existing practices as reported by the faculty development survey respondents, outlines steps and offers recommendations that local senates can take to increase faculty involvement in faculty development programs, and provides information on possible untapped professional development funding sources. It includes the following…

This book shows how a school district's local teacher evaluation committee can design evaluation systems in which educators can achieve the dual purposes of accountability and professional development and even merge these purposes. A structural framework for designing the evaluation is proposed that locates teachers in one of three tracks: the…

This booklet on professional development is the seventh is a series of booklets available from the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory on current topics. The first section defines effective professional development. The next section examines what has been learned about professional development. Next, principles of high quality professional…

This book is comprised of 14 papers developed for the New Faculty Project, a career development project for college faculty. Papers are grouped into sections which address orientation and settling in of new faculty; how faculty members get established within the institution; and how faculty build institutional supports. The papers are: (1) "Being…

This study explored classroom teachers' roles as reflective decision makers, surveying 260 K-12 teachers about professional development, teaching strategies, textbooks, testing and measurement, and mechanisms they used to distinguish between successful and unsuccessful teaching methods. Results indicate that nearly all of the teachers think about…

In phase 1 of this study, development and validation studies of a new assessment for the multiple intelligences were conducted. The second phase of the study was a pilot implementation project during a single academic year in collaboration with several public school teachers. Phase 1 involved a series of activities including initial instrument…

The "Heeding New Voices" study, a year-long series of structured interviews with new faculty and graduate students aspiring to be faculty members around the country, sought both to give voice to those who are just beginning their academic careers and to provide guidance for the senior faculty, chairs, deans, and others in higher…

This book describes how to use adult learning strategies in planning faculty development. Chapter 1 addresses concerns about success, demonstrating how to use an adult learning model to help faculty developers succeed. Chapter 2 presents the Adult Learning Model for Faculty Development, which has four stages grounded in adult learning and program…

Presented are the results documenting the proof-of-concept effectiveness of an 8-day afterschool professional development program through which secondary science teachers learned to implement an instructional method using historical cases in biology to teach nature of science concepts. Results of the study using a variety of quantitative and…

Effective faculty professional development programs in independent schools can lead to a collegial, intellectually stimulating school culture. These programs can inspire exciting partnerships. Importantly, there's a "trickle down effect"; energized faculty lead to energized students. Yet, many independent schools lack faculty…

Good basic education depends on several factors working in harmony. The first is that students be healthy, safe, and ready to learn. Other essentials include an enabling policy environment and transparent management; a curriculum that reflects the society's values and aspirations for learning; and community support for education and parents'…

Discusses the use of hypothesis testing research and hypothesis generating research designs. Researchers investigating teacher development should continue to use hypothesis generating research designs to depict, relate, and conceptualize information in this area. Hypothesis testing research designs could check the accuracy of these initial…

Colleges and universities should assess the impact of their personnel policies and practices on faculty careers and encourage professors to adapt their careers to emerging interests and opportunities. An institution that appreciates the benefits of varied faculty careers will develop incentives for career flexibility. (MLW)

A program of faculty development that uses peer consultants to interpret classroom processes to the teachers, rather than giving advice, is described. Among significant benefits were improved faculty relations and increased guest lectures among faculty. (MSE)

Two-year technical training institutes have been leaders in developing industrial leave programs as a form of faculty development and updating. (SK)