This study examined 10 urban middle school teacher leaders who played significant roles in their districts' and states' large-scale standards reform efforts. Interviews, observations, and shadowing were conducted during the first year to examine the teachers' scope of work. Observations focused on teachers working with a range of students and with…

This report highlights Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states' recent legislation affecting teachers. Section 1 examines teacher licensure and certification, looking at such action taken by states as requiring teachers to know how to use technology in order to get or renew licenses and addressing the issue of teachers' content knowledge…

Concerns about the quality of the nation's public education system have drawn attention to key elements of teacher effectiveness (Darling-Hammond 2000; Lewis et al. 1999; Mayer, Mullens, and Moore 2001; National Commission on Teaching and America's Future 1996). While there is little consensus on what constitutes high-quality teachers, past…

This report, one in a series from the Teaching and California's Future Initiative (TCF), compiles secondary data from various state agencies and analyzes these data in chapters on Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Preparation and Recruitment, and Teacher Induction and Professional Development. Key findings included: (1) an impending bulge in…

A family practice center study analyzed the content of teaching occurring in 276 face-to-face chart review sessions by microcomputer to compile reports of problem types encountered by residents, pertinent discussion topics, and related learning needs. Results can be used in curriculum, program, and faculty development. (Author/MSE)

Any inquiry into faculty vitality needs to address the processes by which faculty members are selected, promoted, and rewarded. Issues discussed include: university mission and form, faculty personnel policies and procedures, problem areas, strategies of innovation and intervention, and whether the traditional faculty personnel system can survive.…

An engineering professor tells of his experience in acquiring a leave of absence to work in industry for one year. He describes the projects with which he was involved, the salient features of the arrangement, the working conditions, and the positive results of the program. (SA)

At the University of Maryland University College, teaching portfolios are used for professional development of adjunct faculty in continuing education, and for determining annual teaching awards. The faculty development program offers workshops, information packets, and sample portfolios to potential award recipients and other faculty, provides…

A study examined 634 medical students' ratings of 126 attending and 152 resident physicians' teaching to prioritize specific skills needing focused faculty development. Results indicated students can discriminate between more- and less-effective teaching behaviors. Attending physicians were less effective at communicating goals than other teaching…

Promotes teacher training and culturally sensitive curricula to help alleviate the discrepancy between low-teacher and high-student expectations for student academic success. (YKH)

Describes the significance of renewable energy and its ecological and social benefits to Native American people. (YKH)

Discusses how to counter problems in coupling technical/technological courses with distance learning. Presents a model which incorporates up to nine different technologies (television; student response units; voice mail; electronic mail; fax; CD-ROM; Internet; videotape; and computer) and addresses administrative solutions for delivering such a…

Types of faculty development efforts are examined, including three categories: individual initiatives (reflection, teaching scripts, self-directed learning); formal programs (mentors, teaching rounds, workshops, advanced education, sabbaticals); and organizational change efforts. Programs at the Southern College of Optometry are highlighted. (MSE)

Drawing on the experiences of a fictitious teacher, the paper illustrates where professional development has been and where it is going as it supports more learner-centered schools, discussing the nature of the paradigm shift in professional development that will support the building and continuity of learner-centered schools. (SM)

Through a four-part survey, compares male and female faculty (n=51) in terms of their involvement in and perceptions of their participation in campus service, governance, and policy-making activities. Recommends service involvement as a means for women to affect policy and institutional change as well as prepare for future administrative…