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Askins, Billy E.; Blide, Patti – 1996
This report describes the implementation and operation of a 6-month peer coaching program, "Collegial Coaching: Transfer of Learning through Reflective Practice," at Estacado High School in Lubbock (Texas). The program was originally designed to assist teachers to improve their own management and instruction in the classroom. However, it…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, Faculty Development, Feedback
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Laurel, Elva G.; And Others – Teacher Education and Practice, 1991
Describes Texas'"Enhancing the Quality and Retention of Minority Teachers and Teachers in Critical Shortage Areas Project" which uses peer coaching in teacher training, incorporating accountability, assistance, and professional development systems. Peer coaching helps support first year teachers by promoting their professional and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hiple, David V.; Manley, Joan H. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Reports on a 3-year project, conducted by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Foreign Language Association, and the University of Texas, to help establish an oral proficiency requirement based on the ACTFL guidelines for certification of new foreign language teachers. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Cooperation, Evaluation Criteria
Gonzales, Frank – IDRA Newsletter, 1993
In 1992, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) published standards that can be used as guidelines for preparation of bilingual multicultural teachers. A survey of 22 beginning bilingual education teachers, graduates of Texas bilingual teacher education programs, examined their preservice preparation in relation to NABE standards.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Edwards, M. Craig; Briers, Gary E. – 1998
Phase II of a two-part study identified the inservice needs of 63 entry-level agriculture teachers in Texas by comparing rankings of inservice needs as determined by direct assessment in phase I and as determined by a mean weighted discrepancy score. In phase II, teachers rated the level of importance of 163 competencies. A discrepancy score was…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers, Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education
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Houston, W. Robert; Williamson, James L. – Teacher Education and Practice, 1993
This study compared elementary teachers' perceptions of their teaching assignments and preparation for teaching with student teachers' responses. Teachers were less enthusiastic, appreciated academic courses more, rated the impact of preparation programs higher, and cited inadequate preparation in handling classroom management and behavior…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Beginning Teachers, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Texas Univ., Austin. Extension Instruction and Materials Center. – 1994
This guide is designed to assist teachers who are beginning their first year of teaching Texas' Health Science Technology Education program. Discussed in the guide's seven sections are the following: the state's educational system, the teacher-student relationship, and teachers' internal struggles; planning/scheduling; classroom management…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Beginning Teachers, Behavioral Objectives
Parker, Dawn – 1996
This study describes the existing "state of the state" with regard to preservice elementary science preparation at colleges and universities in Texas. Data consisted of responses from 61 educational institutions involved in elementary teacher preparation on a 50-item survey mailed to 98 institutions in Texas. Data analysis focused on…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1968
Coordinated Vocational-Academic Education (CVAE), (formerly entitled Occupational Training), is the Texas Education Agency Vocational Program designed for students with special learning needs. It is intended for in-school youth possessing academic, socioeconomic, or other handicaps to such an extent as to prevent them from succeeding in standard…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Conference Reports
Macy Research Associates, Wills Point, TX. – 1996
The Texas Centers for Professional Development and Technology (CPDT) study gathered evaluative data about the progress and contribution of the centers toward their goal of systematic change in teacher preparation and student learning during four years of funding (1992-93 through 1995-96). The 21 centers in the sample included 35 universities, 15…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Brown, Herman D.; And Others – 1985
This document consists of three parts. The first part is a report on a project conducted to develop computer software needed by vocational agriculture teachers in Texas. The report details the process used to assess and develop software, and provides guidelines that can be used by others in evaluating computer software for vocational agriculture…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Briers, Gary E.; Edwards, Michael Craig – 1998
The inservice needs of entry-phase agriculture teachers in Texas were examined in a descriptive study that focused on Texas entry-phase agriculture teachers' personal and situational characteristics, their own assessment of their performance on specific competencies, and their need for inservice training on specific competencies. The target…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Educational Needs
Grant, S. G., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the particular state history tests more to the fore and examine how…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Williams, Harold, Ed. – 1992
This conference provided a forum for presenting research findings to educators and other audiences interested in marketing education. The following papers were presented: "Turnover of Marketing Education Teacher-Coordinators in Secondary Programs" (Allen); "An Empirical Investigation of Marketing Education Completers"…
Descriptors: Accounting, Basic Skills, Beginning Teachers, Cognitive Style
Miller, Greg, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings contain 48 presentations and 15 poster abstracts. Papers include "Computer Tasks Required in Selected Undergraduate Agriculture Courses" (Johnson, Ferguson, Vokinnns, Lester); "College of Agriculture Faculty Perceptions of Electronic Technologies in Teaching" (Dooley, Murphy); "Steering Through Turbulent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences
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