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Wincek, Jean; O'Malley, Colleen; Ristau, Karen, Ed.; Haney, Regina, Ed. – 1997
The As We Teach and Learn program consists of an instrument to assess the Catholic dimension of a school and is designed to be used with study modules in a faculty- meeting format. Module topics include: "Faith Community"; "Faith Development"; "Religion Curriculum Articulation: Faith as the Root of all Instruction";…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Christianity
Zukowski, Angela Ann; Ristau, Karen, Ed.; Haney, Regina, Ed. – 1997
The As We Teach and Learn program consists of an instrument to assess the Catholic dimension of a school and is designed to be used with study modules in a faculty-meeting format. Module topics include: "Faith Community"; "Faith Development"; "Religion Curriculum Articulation: Faith as the Root of all Instruction";…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Christianity
Bartle, Pat; Ristau, Karen, Ed.; Haney, Regina, Ed. – 1997
The As We Teach and Learn program consists of an instrument to assess the Catholic dimension of a school and is designed to be used with study modules in a faculty-meeting format. Module topics include: "Faith Community"; "Faith Development"; "Religion Curriculum Articulation: Faith as the Root of all Instruction";…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Christianity
Marshall-Bradley, Tina; Bradley, George C. – 1998
Several courses taught in the School of Education at South Carolina State University utilize a variety of technologies in conjunction with cooperative learning and collaborative problem-solving to deliver content, while modeling effective strategies for using technology. Faculty and students work together to determine a methodology that is…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Thurston, Catherine O.; Stuve, Matthew J.; Pianfetti, Evangeline S.; Thomas, Ryan – 1998
To further national goals for educational technology use, the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign established a new Office of Educational Technology (OET) in the fall of 1996, which is supporting faculty with the integration of technology using multiple means. The means of support include co-teaching of technology…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology
Lyons, Nona, Ed. – 1998
This book suggests that portfolios can become a new kind of credential of competent and effective teachers. The book includes 5 parts with 16 chapters. Part 1, "Prologue," offers: (1) "Portfolio Possibilities: Validating a New Teacher Professionalism" (Nona Lyons) and (2) "Teacher Portfolios: A Theoretical Activity"…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Ediger, Marlow – 1998
The paper discusses ways in which leadership can improve quality computer service in the curriculum. It further discusses ways in which teachers and principals can work together to provide the necessary ingredients for a good school technology program. This paper is divided into the following sections: (1) "Staff Development and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Resta, Virginia K. – 1998
This report examines the first generation of professional development schools (PDSs) sponsored by the Centers for Professional Development of Teachers (CPDT) in Texas, noting challenges faced, issues raised, and lessons learned. Section 1 offers an introduction and overview. Section 2 presents the background of the PDS. Section 3, Texas CPDT and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Technology
Carr, Maureen Sherry; Braunger, Jane – 1998
This monograph describes the Curriculum Inquiry Cycle (CIC), a professional development process that supports educators in making curriculum and instruction decisions responsive to state standards, local needs, and student characteristics. It is designed to improve learning and teaching, with the classroom as the central focus. The CIC has four…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Babbage, Keen J. – 1998
This book discusses how to make teaching more active, vibrant, imaginative, and innovative. It includes case studies where readers design lessons to follow proposed methods. It also includes a professional development plan for use by administrators with a group of teachers or for self-teaching. Chapter 1, "The Continuing Debate and Some Unexpected…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Apathy, Educational Change
Staten, Mary E. – 1998
This action research study developed a framework for moving teachers toward an inquiry-based approach to teaching science, emphasizing elements, strategies, and supports necessary to encourage and sustain teachers' use of inquiry-based science instruction. The study involved a literature review, participant observation, focus group discussions,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
McDiarmid, G. Williamson – 1992
Policymakers have targeted what they perceive to be the inadequate content knowledge of teachers. Underlying resulting policies is an assumption that requiring prospective teachers to take more arts and sciences courses will remedy the problem. This paper examines whether or not this assumption is warranted. The discussion incorporates: critiques…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Breault, Rick A. – 1991
This paper emphasizes preservice and inservice teacher education as key to the success of any future educational reform movements. The discussion opens with an overview of three major criticism and reform movements (Post-Progressive--First Conservative Restoration, Humanistic, and Second Conservative Restoration) and secondary movements within…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Anderson, Stephen A.; And Others – 1992
A study examined the effectiveness of a staff development program in the Yale (Michigan) public schools, intended to provide professional development to all elementary and secondary language arts teachers about the instruction of writing process and the evaluation of student work. Evaluation of the professional development model included teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Ratliffe, Sharon A. – 1993
In September 1992, a mail survey was conducted of staff development coordinators (SDC's) at California community colleges. A total of 56 colleges returned usable surveys. Where appropriate, survey results were compared with findings from 1990 and 1991 surveys of SDC's. Results from the 1992 survey included the following: (1) between 1990 and 1992,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection
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