Presents eight real-life examples of schools that use time wisely and efficiently to support faculty development, including early release of students, time banking, extra "specials" periods, paraprofessional support, weekly meetings, early teacher arrival, meeting while students are out doing community service, and blocking before- and…

Explores which faculty in the Virginia Community College System faculty are using technology for instruction, and how and why this technology is being used, and discusses the faculty work issues that are related to the use of technology, including teaching, training, time, technical support, and terms (and conditions of employment). (VWC)

Details the development of the Molloy College (New York) Faculty Professional Center (FPC), which fosters faculty development and enhances professional expertise. Appended is a faculty-development survey, survey results, chart of FPC, and description of the qualifications, duties, and responsibilities of an FPC Director. (VWC)

Describes the first year of an ongoing professional-development project that engaged 37 middle school teachers in roles that promoted them as active learners and decision makers. (ASK)

Describes a problem-solving-oriented teacher-inservice program designed to provide opportunities that allow elementary teachers to focus on personal experience as a way of achieving self-understanding and a way of reconstructing their personal meanings about problem solving and problem-solving instruction. Concludes that the program had positive…

Presents a conceptual framework for studying the relationship between cognition and the instructional practices of preservice secondary mathematics teachers. Describes how the framework was used as the basis for activities in which preservice teachers engaged in structured reflection upon their teaching as a means toward their professional growth…

A description of web-based nursing education at the University of Southern Indiana is used to frame a discussion of changes distance education causes in the teacher role (instructional design, interaction, time and technology management, outcome evaluation) and student role (time and technology management, interaction, self-direction). (SK)

Describes Project Colleague, an effort of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education to connect faculty from various institutions and disciplines involved in community service work. Five full-day meetings focused on such topics as project initiation and development and working with the community. Faculty trained through the Project are…

Discusses challenges to educational quality facing academic staff in South African universities in the context of quality assurance policy developments at the national level. Considers eight contextual factors using the University of the Orange Free State as an example. Suggests strategies such as action research as a first step to…

Discusses the relationship of scholarship to outreach in the college or university's engagement with community problems. Suggests use of four quality outreach dimensions: significance, attention to context, internal and external impact, and scholarship. Identifies tensions faculty involved in outreach may experience, such as maintaining clear,…

Reports findings from interviews of 22 faculty that elicited perceptions of their career paths, early-stage career roles, and the role played by faculty development. Finds that the majority chose the community college because of its emphasis on teaching and that their career roles changed over time. Makes recommendations for faculty recruitment,…

Nursing faculty are challenged by changing expectations of undergraduate education, decreasing resources, and widespread technology use. Stressors on new faculty include time, lack of peer support, inadequate feedback, and family-work imbalance. Suggestions for new faculty development include orientation, mentoring, and strategic planning for…

Describes how global education has been used in Jordan to reform the school curriculum and develop teacher expertise. The article examines learning activities introduced to the school curriculum through the vehicle of global education and analyzes how global education has stimulated teacher change and promoted the pedagogical development of…

Investigates job satisfaction and the propensity of division chairpersons at community colleges to leave their institutions. Indicates that most of the 279 respondents reported high levels of job satisfaction, and that role conflict and dissatisfaction with policies, administration, and salary were the key factors affecting a division chair's…

Describes the Athens Writing Project, how it began, and the role it has served and continues to serve. Discusses the issue of voice, and describes a reflective writing sequence used in the project. (SR)