The complex human and legal issues surrounding regular class placement of handicapped students have created some disagreement and confusion among teachers and teacher educators. The confusion is bound up with the issues of teacher biases, stigmatization of the handicapped, and the ability of untrained teachers to work properly with handicapped…

A PLAN, FOR USE IN THE SAN DIEGO SCHOOLS, IS OUTLINED FOR A VOLUNTARY, TEACHER-CENTERED, INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY. THIS PLAN WOULD USE THE MANY AVAILABLE TEACHER EDUCATION FILMS FOR INSERVICE EDUCATION, AVOIDING THE ADDITIONAL INCONVENIENCE ENTAILED IN THE PLANNING AND STAFFING OF WORKSHOPS OR INSERVICE…

An overview of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education March 1979 clinic concerning management practices in teacher education inservice program operation is presented. Two Teacher Corps projects, one urban and one rural in setting, are used as the basis for discussion. Three areas of management practice are considered. The…

This model for an inservice workshop is based on an ongoing relationship between a college or university (acting as consultant) and an instructional staff. The workshop is built around an actual problem situation facing the staff, in this case, the task of providing remediation in conjunction with the Florida State Assessment Test. The design of…

Teacher directed inservice or professional development is one means of increasing teacher self improvement. However, unless the teacher motivation stems from an intrinsic desire to teach more effectively, the degree of professional growth will be minimal. For this reason it is imperative that a teacher directed inservice program depend on…

The American Association of Junior Colleges undertook a survey of 228 junior college administrators to assess the adequacy, as well as availability, of in-service professional development activities for staffs of 2-year institutions. The results indicated that there was a critical need for in-service programs at or near the 2-year institutions.…

The Specialized Teacher Project is a program designed to study the effect on pupil achievement in mathematics of a trade-off teaching assignment of mathematics classes combined with an appropriate inservice training program. In the trade-off arrangement, a teacher with particular interest in mathematics is paired with a teacher whose primary…

An overview of contemporary ideas regarding in-service vocational-technical education is presented in brief outline. In-service education is defined (as a "planned, goal-directed change process") and guidelines for planning, organizing, and conducting in-service education, consistent with the definition, are given. Key points are reiterated and…

Extension courses and inservice training for reading teachers can increase their ability to teach reading. For maximum effectiveness extension courses should (1) emphasize the technical rather than the theoretical preparation of reading teachers, (2) combine lecture and discussion with classroom practice activities, (3) provide a variety of…

This is an interim report on the Urban Education Institute, which is designed to provide part-time in-service education for experienced community college personnel. The objectives of the program are listed as follows: to retrain and retool teams of experienced personnel in order to make these personnel more effective/affective in meeting the needs…

Discusses the potential benefits to school districts of financing college-credit inservice training for the district's teachers. Describes the experience of an Arkansas school district with such a program during the period 1973-75. (JG)

Suggestions are given for making inservice training more practically effective.

The article considers the scope and the need for a statewide (Wisconsin) preservice and inservice training program to provide all handicapped children with an appropriate education program. (CL)

This survey of South Dakota teachers clearly indicates that teachers expect their principals to play an important leadership role in helping them improve instruction through inservice education. Effective inservice education programs include staff involvement in planning, strong commitment from the principal, and program evaluation. (Author)

The New England Program in Teacher Education model of inservice education is described. (MM)