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Download full textTYREE, MARSHALL – 1966
TWO OF THE 10 SESSIONS OF A TEACHER AND SUPERVISOR TRAINING PROGRAM IN PREPARATION FOR THE OPENING OF SOME OF THE NEW YORK CITY PILOT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS WERE EVALUATED. DATA CONSISTED OF OBSERVER REPORTS AND PARTICIPANTS' RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES. THE PARTICIPANTS MAINTAINED A HIGH LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT AND COOPERATION DURING BOTH SESSIONS.…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation, Inservice Teacher Education, Middle Schools
DRESCHER, RUTH – 1968
A 100-HOUR EDUCATION PROJECT ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF PARENTS OF HEAD START CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY DURING JULY AND AUGUST 1967. NONE OF THE 1,448 REGISTRANTS READ BEYOND EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL, MOST WERE NON ENGLISH SPEAKING, AND 38 PERCENT WERE NATIVE BORN. THE STAFF--DIRECTOR, GUIDANCE AND CURRICULUM SUPERIVSORS, TEN…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Audiovisual Aids, Budgets
JACOBSON, NATHAN; AND OTHERS – 1966
TO IMPROVE EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A GROUP OF EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS INCLUDED (1) GIVING NEW TEACHERS BETTER ORIENTATION, EASIER-TO TEACH CLASSES, AND REDUCED CLERICAL WORK, (2) WEEKLY JOINT PLANNING BY ALL TEACHERS ON A GRADE LEVEL, (3) CLOSER SUPERVISION OF PRINCIPALS BY ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, (4) THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advisory Committees, Community Services, Disadvantaged Youth
Miller, Ronald C.; And Others – 1986
The report documents evaluation by the Office of Educational Assessment of first year (1983-84) implementation by the New York City school system of the Least Restrictive Placement Personnel Training Program. Program goals were to develop and field-test training materials for a population of approximately 700 special and general education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Mainstreaming
CROSBY, GWLADYS; AND OTHERS – 1960
THIS EXPERIMENT TESTED AND EVALUATED THE CHANGE IN ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARD MATHEMATICS OF NINTH-GRADE, ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA PUPILS SUBJECTED TO TWO METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. TWO HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED--(1) CLASSES TAUGHT BY INDIVIDUALIZED AND TRADITIONAL METHODS DO NOT DIFFER IN NINTH-GRADE ALGEBRA ACHIEVEMENT AND (2) INDIVIDUALIZED AND…
Descriptors: Achievement, Algebra, Grade 9, Group Instruction
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Funded Programs. – 1972
This evaluation report of New York State Urban Education Quality Incentive Programs covers the second year in which the programs have functioned on a city-wide basis, 1971-72. Project summaries for 137 different programs in 31 districts in the city are listed and information is provided relating to objectives, project descriptions, budgetary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment
BIENENSTOK, THEODORE; SAYRES, WILLIAM C. – 1964
PROJECT ABLE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1961 IN NEW YORK TO IDENTIFY AND ENCOURAGE HIGH ABILITY PUPILS FROM CULTURALLY DEPRIVED GROUPS AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. LOCAL PROJECTS WERE ESTABLISHED IN SIXTEEN DISTRICTS WITH THE BACKING OF STATE FUNDS, OPERATING ON ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. AVERAGE COSTS PER PUPIL VARIED…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Guidance Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Lang, Theodore H.; And Others
This policy manual containing guidelines, standards, and procedures was prepared to explain the Auxiliary Career Program in New York City schools to all those concerned with it. Introductory sections sketch the background and rationale for the program initiated in 1967 by the Board of Education, the City University, and the Human Resources…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Differentiated Staffs, Inservice Teacher Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Mintz, Nancy; Stein, Alan L. – 2002
The National Writing Project (NWP) at Work monograph series describes NWP work, often shared informally or in workshops through the NWP network, and offers detailed chronological accounts for sites interested in adopting and adapting the models. The New York City Writing Project (NYCWP), with over 20 years of inservice experience, has learned that…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Models
Piety-Jacobs, Sharon R. – 1985
As part of a research project on "Patterns of Successful Assistance in Urban School Programs," this paper presents a case study of an assister's work in a Teacher Growth Program (TGP) at an elementary school in Staten Island, New York. The school has an experienced teaching staff, a supportive principal, a cross-sectional student…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Miller, Ronald C.; And Others – 1987
The report documents the evaluation of a New York City program, the State Incentive Grant to Improve Pupil Performance, in which high school special education teachers received training in general education curriculum and instructional techniques to fulfill a new regulation allowing high school special education students to meet general education…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level
Guerrero, Frank; Eisler, Judith – 1986
This evaluation focused on staff development activities in mathematics, science, and computer science in New York City schools during 1985-86. Workshops for mathematics teachers and supervisors were designed to help participants implement new curricular mandates. Participants rated the training positively and felt it would be useful and had…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Software, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
SCHUELER, HERBERT – 1963
THE SCHOOLS SERVING DEPRESSED AREAS ARE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO RETAIN TEACHERS AND TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL TRAINED TEACHERS TO FILL INCREASING NUMBERS OF VACANCIES. SOCIOECONOMIC, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND EDUCATIONAL FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO DISADVANTAGEMENT ARE COMPOUNDED WHEN MET WITH THE OBJECTIVE SCREENING MEASURES FOR COLLEGE…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Resources
Weddington, Rachel T. – 1965
Through involving participants (fifteen elementary teachers) in studying and planning to cope with special instructional problems associated with school integration, the university and the Board of Education developed a project to achieve "quality integrated education" in the two schools over several years. The impetus for this Institute…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Quality, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Berger, Barbara – 1975
Evaluated was a program designed to improve the perceptual, motor/sensory skills of 1,002 handicapped children (5-21 years old) in New York City schools. Program components included motor education training for students, inservice training of classroom teachers and periodic teacher workshops, and parent education through workshops and specially…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Inservice Teacher Education
