Describes the development of a Web training system to increase faculty confidence in the use of educational technology and to encourage participants to use Web-based resources efficiently and effectively in the classroom and by remote access. Discusses learning objectives of the training program; instructional strategies; and observed benefits.…

Outlines a process for a professional development workshop whose intent is to help preservice and inservice science teachers gain an initial understanding of how the National Science Education Standards can be integrated into their teaching programs and practices. (Contains 30 references.) (Author)

Investigated why teachers taught the way they did, collecting data from Egyptian science teachers in the United Kingdom during an inservice course and in Egypt after the course. Teachers were frustrated in introducing even limited change. Their evaluations of which inservice experiences they considered most useful differed from changes they were…

To ensure quality staff development, staff developers must understand the context in which it is delivered, with content, process, and context standards met simultaneously. One administrator's experiences serving on a school board in order to understand how to influence context standards are presented, discussing the creation of staff development…

Presents the perspectives of six advocates for quality staff development, including a principal who emphasizes questioning; a director of communications for parents who emphasizes reading clues; an educational consultant who recommends sharing information; a board of education member who recommends educating oneself; a school superintendent who…

Surveys of European teacher education institutions examined the conceptualization and use of reflective practice in preservice and inservice teacher education. The varied responses showed similarities in teaching methods, lack of generic and explicit curriculum for reflective practice, and tendency toward a more formal approach in inservice versus…

Presents a study that attempts to determine whether there is a significant difference in job satisfaction between full- and part- time occupational-technical faculty in the Virginia Community College System. Indicates that while both groups showed high levels of job satisfaction, part-time faculty reported higher levels of satisfaction than…

Examines the national standards for science education, noting they do not specify how to reach the goal of all students attaining scientific literacy. Presents what must be done to implement the standards successfully, discussing the size of systemic reform standards, ways to achieve scientific literacy, impediments to change, the need for…

Teaching portfolios can be used to document, improve, and evaluate teaching. Teaching portfolios typically include material from the instructor, material from others, and the products of good teaching. Describes teaching portfolios and different ways in which they can be used. Discusses portfolios in the context of peer review of teaching and…

Outlines the model for postsecondary reform of mathematics, science, engineering, technology, and communications education developed by the South Carolina Advanced Technological Center for Excellence. Presents an integrated, problem-based curriculum; collaborative teaching strategies; and extensive active learning techniques designed to increase…

Looks at the integration of technology into the foreign language program as an institutional project. Points out that while evidence shows there is enhancement of language learning through technological resources, faculty competence lags behind. Emphasizes the need for the training of all faculty members and administrators, including those who…

Two papers examine how to promote literacy among high risk students by better utilizing literacy time blocks and providing faculty development. One explains that poor children with good decoding skills still can have vocabulary and comprehension deficiencies. The other describes how bringing reading research into the classroom requires giving…

Offers an overview of current challenges of preparing foreign language teachers in United States schools. Discusses the growing demand for foreign language classes in elementary and middle schools; longer internships for preservice teachers; ongoing professional development; more bilingual and immersion programs; and the trend toward…

Discusses training and support for distance educators. Topics include why faculty embrace distance education; why they resist it; stages of faculty development; types of effective training; content of training; level of course support offered; rewards and incentives for distance instructors; and evaluating staff development. (LRW)

The Milken Foundation launched the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), based on the principles of opportunity and accountability and designed to bolster student performance by creating new incentives, rewards, and supports for teachers as they move up the career ladder (master teachers, mentor teachers, and associate teachers). Because not everyone…