During the early 20th century, practicing San Antonio teachers took part in several different types of in-service education. This paper investigates the types of in-service education present during the superintendency of Lloyd Wolfe (1902-1908), a progressive San Antonio educator who employed innovative approaches to in-service education.…

A study investigated the ranking by first-year teachers of how much support instructional practices in reading received by universities, administrators, colleagues, and parents. Subjects, 110 new teachers in Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico, completed the survey. Results indicated that administrators, colleagues, and parents encourage use of basal…

A 3-WEEK TRAINING WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE HOME ECONOMISTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING NEEDED TO EXPAND THEIR VOCATIONAL HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IN HOME ECONOMICS, INVOLVEMENT IN VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND ASSIGNMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE…

AN OPERATING MANUAL FOR PART FIVE OF A SIX-PART SERIES OF KITS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE USE OF TELEVISION AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LEARNING PROCESSES IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IS PRESENTED. EACH KIT CONTAINS A FILM AND SUPPORTING SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCE MATERIAL. SEQUENTIAL VIEWING OF THE SERIES IS NOT REQUIRED AS EACH KIT IS…

This document combines two papers--one on pre-service, one on in-service training of junior college teachers. Literature on pre-service training shows general agreement on the need for knowledge of the history, philosophy, and unique features of the junior college, of adolescent psychology, of curriculum, and of subject matter. Of the 20…

The model described here is designed to serve as a method whereby a local school management/implementation team can implement career oriented education. It provides infusion strategies, materials, and staff development techniques through which The Education Service Center (ESC) staff trains and supports the Local Education Agency (LEA) team, which…

The Rural Texas Domestic Violence Health Professionals Education Program (RTDVHPEP) was designed as an initial and circumscribed effort in the establishment of a comprehensive network of services for Texas victims of rural domestic violence. Immediate goals of RTDVHPEP were to provide rural health care professionals with knowledge and skills to…

The purpose of this project was to determine the effectiveness of a pilot element of a statewide delivery system for career education as a method for preparing secondary teachers to be effective agents of world of work economic education information dissemination and attitudinal change. The primary objectives were: (1) To develop a pilot element…

The Texas Education Agency initiated the Adult Education Professional Development and Curriculum Consortium in 1994. The nine members involved in the consortium are postsecondary institutions, including a community college, an education service center, and a community-based organization. The focus of the consortium's professional development…

Describes the need to reform secondary science education in Texas and presents survey results of the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of (n=29) central Texas science teachers related to implementing Coordinated Thematic Science instruction. (Author/MKR)

Beginning agriculture teachers (n=76) rated their performance and need for inservice training in 163 competencies, then ranked the level of importance of the competencies. Only 4 ranked among the top 15 in both. Mean weighted discrepancy rankings were more congruent with inservice needs in the literature. The discrepancy approach may be a more…

The Junior High Management Improvement Study involved two urban school districts in two southwestern cities during the 1981-82 school year. In this field experiment on classroom management, experimental group teachers (n=18) and control group teachers (n=20) in four content areas received a manual and attended two workshops at the beginning of the…

The implementation of the Science - A Process Approach in more than 70 school districts (about 9,000 elementary school classrooms) in the state of Texas is described in this report. The following objectives were established for the implementation project: demonstrate a curriculum innovation in science; demonstrate an inservice education program…

This article discusses professional development that offers practical tips for elementary teachers to implement in their classrooms right away. The programs at the Institute of Math, Science, and Technology Education at Texas Christian University at Fort Worth, Texas, offer a professional development model. In this successful collaborative, formed…

The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), with support from The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education through its Inter-Institutional Program Development Project, has prepared this report as phase 2 of a three-phase project designed to improve the educational approach to disadvantaged children. This report reveals…