Reviews changes in the community college movement, citing a 20-year history of teaching excellence as its greatest contribution and the failure to pursue scholarship in an orderly, systematic manner as its greatest flaw. Offers faculty members reasons, suggestions, and cautions regarding engagement in scholarship and research. (LAL)

Many guidelines for school improvement have emerged from recent research and experience. The connected issues of school improvement and staff development are explored. Guidance for staff development as a part of school improvement is delineated. (DF)

Improvements in advising programs are seen as elements of institutional development and are central to the mission of the institution rather than peripheral service entities that happen to take place on campus. (MLW)

Discussed are results of a national study of institutional efforts toward mid-career professional renewal for middle-aged faculty wishing to remain active in their fields along with their implications for institutional leadership and vitality. (MSE)

Presents a preliminary report of the Quality of Engineering Education Project Task Force on Continuing Professional Development of Engineering Faculty, discussing responsibilities of engineering faculty and current approaches and effective faculty development. Also considers responsibilities of recommendations related to individual engineering…

A healthy advising program serves as a useful vehicle for faculty development. An institution may use the program to develop faculty skills useful in other contexts than the individual student's welfare. Advising programs should endeavor to improve students, faculty, and the institution. (MSE)

Describes Hinds Junior College's (HJC's) staff development program for part-time faculty which involves an initial orientation session and subsequent modules focusing on teaching in general and at HJC, testing and grading, media usage, and student characteristics. Discusses participants' reactions to the program. (DMM)

Argues that while community and technical colleges have been instrumental in assisting business and industry to meet human resource development needs, they have not responded to their own needs for a systematic and continuous development of institutional human resources. Cites effective approaches to staff development and offers recommendations.…

An annotated bibliography of "Essential Sources on Teaching" was assembled and made available to the faculty of the Penn State Instructional Development Program. The faculty's favorable response was responsible for the identification of this collection. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the problems and benefits arising from a series of faculty workshops and a writing across the curriculum program. (MM)

Examined the influence of mentors and the mentoring system on the career development of a small sample of women chief administrators and chief academic officers (N=12). Results showed these women appeared to be serving as both role models and mentors for other women to a great extent. (JAC)

A superintendent reviews five steps for developing and implementing "effective schools" projects. (MD)

The Center for Instructional Development uses elements of a comprehensive planning program in working with faculty and administrators to improve teaching and learning. Its organization, development process, and impact are discussed. (LBH)

The Florida Online Reading Professional Development (FOR-PD) program is funded by the Florida Department of Education (DOE) and is housed at the University of Central Florida (UCF). FORPD is an online staff development project designed to help teachers improve reading instruction for learners in grades preK-12. Developed collaboratively with…

In 1996, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) began implementing a new school accountability policy designed to improve student performance by providing a combination of consequences and support to low-performing schools. The center point of the accountability system, the Chicago school probation policy, designates schools as being on probation if…