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Silva, Gláucia V.; Macián, Janice L.; Mejía-Gómez, Magdalena – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2006
This paper describes a peer-mentoring program in a large language department. Experienced Teaching Associates (TAs) served as peer mentors to novice TAs, providing the type of individualized guidance that new TAs need. The peer mentoring model has several advantages over the supervision-only model, including one-on-one help, multiple classroom…
Descriptors: Mentors, Second Language Programs, Peer Teaching, Individualized Instruction
Ward, James G.; St. John, Edward P.; Laine, Sabrina W. M. – 1999
State mandates for teacher professional development and continuing education, and funding for those mandates are a high profile topic in the North Central region. Examination of specific state requirements for professional development, the relationship among professional development, teacher certification, and continued employment, and direct…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1998
This monograph offers information and resources to help school districts build the capacity to transform professional development. Part 1, "Ohio's Professional Development System," discusses the transformation of professional development in Ohio and explains what professional development is. Part 2, "Requirements and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Barrick, R. Kirby; Hughes, Matthew – 1992
Accelerating the modernization of vocational education necessitates fixing the responsibility for vocational teacher professional development. The purpose of the study reported in this paper was to examine perceptions of the Ohio vocational education partners (547 teachers, 511 local administrators, 72 teacher educators, and 76 Division of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Responsibility