This manual is designed to assist teachers in performing their tasks more effectively. Learning goals and activities are identified for students to accomplish in the following areas: (a) communication, (b) reading, (c) creative writing, (d) social studies, and (e) mathematics. Learning centers and free-choice interest centers are defined. Sample…

This paper questions who should fund and control teacher centers. Recommendations include the establishment of local teacher centers supervised by a board of trustees chosen jointly by the teachers' union and the school superintendent and funded by the board of education in an amount equal to at least 2% of the annual operating budget. The author…

The primary objectives of the Center for In-Service Education in implementing a model for in-service education were to a) implement and demonstrate the comprehensive in-service model developed during the planning phase, b) provide coordinated planning of in-service education for all participating school systems, c) directly assist regional…

The evaluation of this project provides further evidence that the more traditional modes of in-service training need to be replaced with programs that provide help for teachers in their own individual classrooms. Advisors who assume roles of working in school settings over extended periods of time need to have certain qualities that will make them…

This document organizes reports concerning teacher intern programs and participants into two parts: explanatory and evaluative. Reports reviewed in the first part define distinguishing features of the intern pattern of teacher preparation, its status, and its historic development. The second part contains reports of research about the…

This booklet describes a systematic procedure for determining learner needs in the form of a hierarchy of learner performance objectives. A determination is made of the effectiveness of educational programs currently being implemented to meet these needs and of how changes in the programs might more effectively meet learner needs by developing a…

This directory lists innovative teacher education programs at all institutions of higher education in Colorado as well as many public schools. Initial contact was with the dean of the school of education or chairman of the education department, followed by interviews with other staff members. Although there are probably programs in the state not…

This research project studied the effects of an experimental teacher training program designed to help teachers nurture creativity in their pupils during the initial year of a city school desegregation plan. A pretest-posttest control group design was employed. One-half of the teachers participated in an experimental in-service program throughout…

This summary is a condensation of a 119-page major research study. The project studied the effects of an experimental teacher training program designed to help teachers nurture creativity in their pupils during the initial year of a city school desegregation plan. A pretest-posttest control group design was employed. One-half of the teachers…

The Council for Area Planning of Educational Services (CAPES) was formed as a consortium of formal and informal educational institutions in the Fox Valley area of north central Illinois to promote the sharing of educational programs and pooling of resources in the use of ITV. (Author)

This paper examines three issues in faculty development rooted in problems of community college teaching: (1) teacher knowledge and skills concerning collective bargaining; (2) treatment of learning deficiencies; and (3) effects of the large percentage of part-time faculty in the community colleges. (MJB)

Describes a four-day workshop in written composition as a model for inservice programs. (DD)

Inservice programs should involve language arts teachers in actual reading and writing. (DD)

Describes a successful series of informal English Department seminars at Colorado State University on the teaching of composition. (DD)

The use of six qualitative research methods in the evaluation of an inservice teacher program is described. (MM)