Attempts to predict mid-range futures for Canadian university faculties of education using techniques of organization theory. Presents both worst case and best case scenarios within organizations and focuses on choices among strategic alternatives involving substantially different educational missions. (SB)

Assessment for Instructional Development (AID), a behaviorally referenced class questionnaire, is described. The characteristics and capabilities of the system are outlined. Three typical uses of the system are illustrated, and the questionnaires are appended. (Author/MLW)

Periodic tenured faculty evaluation can be an opportunity for professional and personal redirection, revitalization, and renewal. The institution profits as much as the individual through better academic planning, teaching, and research. (MSE)

Cites one university's experiences to show (1) how a university can maintain staff and stabilize budget while encouraging the continued production and transmission of knowledge; (2) how a department can foster excellent teaching, significant research, and successful public and university service; and (3) how an individual faculty member can…

Describes the career development plan adopted by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) Public Schools. Reviews the preparatory steps through which new teachers rise to career status. Assesses the role of "mentors" or master teachers, the administrator's role, and the impact of the teachers' action-growth plans. (PGD)

The Teacher Advisor Project of the Marin County (California) Office of Education provides training to teachers who will act as advisors and facilitators for their colleagues. This article describes the five roles assumed by these advisors and discusses issues affecting the success of projects like the Teacher Advisor Project. (PGD)

It is the responsibility of pharmacy faculty, as role models, to demonstrate their entrepreneurism to students as one aspect of professional behavior and challenge. (MSE)

A consortium of 12 small, private liberal arts colleges in the Great Lakes region has shown that by working together, the institutions can provide major opportunities for faculty professional development through conferences and workshops. (MSE)

Describes an exemplary pedagogical application of the personal computer in allied health continuing education. Discusses preliminary considerations, designing the instructional materials, and the two-year development plan consisting of three interrelated phases: faculty development, instructional applications, and dissemination. (CT)

The educational history of faculty development is examined and programs that merit application to college-level psychology departments are described. It is suggested that psychology teachers could take a leading role in reshaping faculty development. (RM)

The effects of a medical faculty development workshop were measured in terms of their students' verbal activity during regular lessons and the cognitive level of teacher-student encounters up to 500 days after the workshops. Both parameters showed increases following the training, for the entire followup period, with only a moderate decline after…

Aspects of the small liberal arts college's environment that contribute to the intellectual and personal development of faculty as well as students include accessibility, visibility, flexibility, the institution's desire for interdisciplinary inquiry, and a reward system for scholarship. (MSE)

Argues that faculty evaluation should utilize multiple methods including evidence of student learning and peer, student, self-, and administrative evaluation. Suggests that administrative evaluation involve classroom observation of teacher and student behavior, plus pre- and postobservation conferences to develop plans for improvement. (DMM)

Faculty development programs were introduced to help physician-teachers improve their competence in academic skills. The current status of faculty development programs in departments of family medicine were assessed via a questionnaire survey mailed to directors of family medicine residency programs. (MLW)

Shows how a mastery teaching program was applied to one Iowa school district to improve and evaluate teacher performance. Emphasizes the principal's role in such a program. (JW)