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)

Describes the design and implementation of a model leadership training program for women faculty (N=19) at North Carolina Central University. Evaluation showed a greater sense of self-assurance among participants and a resulting increase in their impact on students, colleagues, and supervisors. (JAC)

Many rural high schools use technology to provide greater opportunities for students, but most rural high schools do not use technology to meet student and teacher needs nearly as often, or as effectively, as they could. A critical need exists for the development of state level policies and programs for all schools, especially targeted to rural…

This paper shares findings from a formative evaluation that explores a professional development program, Intel[R] Teach to the Future Workshop on Interactive Thinking Tools. The Workshop trains K-12 teachers how to use online tools with their students, which are designed to foster higher-order thinking skills, and combine technology and…

Central to reform efforts in Maryland's Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) since adoption of the 1995 Teacher Education Task Force Report has been development and maintenance of Professional Development Schools (PDS) for the training of teacher candidates and to provide continuing professional development for in-service teachers. This document…