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Kurtz, V. Ray – 1978
This book is designed for teachers in elementary and middle schools who need explanations of problems and questions concerning the metric system and a source of classroom activities to aid in teaching the metric system. The book is divided into three parts. The first part is a primer of information designed to help a teacher in answering the many…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Learning Activities
Allen, Lawrence A. – 1974
In an attempt to define the need of special librarians for continuing professional education to maintain and upgrade their skills, the Special Libraries Association (SLA) undertook an examination of the relevant literature. The scarcity of literature led the SLA to identify two areas for further research: 1) what educational methods would best…
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Librarians, Library Education, Library Research
Crow, Gary M.; Matthews, L. Joseph – 1998
Since new role changes resulting from school reform agendas can place a school administrator at any career stage in uncharted territory, a career-long mentoring approach is recommended. The first chapters of this book introduce the concept of mentoring and the socialization framework consisting of characteristics, stages, methods, and goals.…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Internship Programs
Hershberg, Theodore, Ed.; Robertson-Kraft, Claire, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
This book offers an ambitious new system for evaluating, compensating, and providing professional development for school teachers and administrators. In this realigned system, new forms of accountability are introduced, but they go hand in hand with new rewards and access to enhanced forms of professional development to help educators succeed in…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Change, Rewards, Accountability
Brookhart, Susan M. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2009
Use this handy guide to get your PLC engaged, energized, and ready to implement formative assessment. Everything you need to organize and run your PLC--including agendas, schedules, handouts, and background readings--is included. With enough materials for seven sessions total, you can focus your PLC on all of the critical issues related to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Development, Formative Evaluation, Communities of Practice
Padzensky, Herb – 1976
The processes involved in staging successful inservice training, staff meetings, and task force sessions are described. Examples are provided and details are given for four phases of preparation: preplanning (including identification of need, setting priority objectives, and determining the type of group session); planning (covering such aspects…
Descriptors: General Education, Group Dynamics, Handicapped Children, Inservice Education
Pasch, Marvin – 1974
A "programmatic concept" of in-service education is suggested. In-service activity congruent with the concept must emerge from an operational complex which has demonstrated the capability to create and/or diffuse instructional programs targetted to a group of teachers with particular needs. Three approaches which fit the criterion rule are…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Centers, Teacher Workshops
Gottlieb, Margo; Katz, Anne; Ernst-Slavit, Gisela – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2009
Teachers of English language learners in 21st-century classrooms face a daunting task. The nature of language is complex, learners' needs are diverse, academic content challenges students, and the demand for accountability is an educational reality. "Paper to Practice: Using the TESOL English Language Proficiency Standards in PreK-12 Classrooms"…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
IOX Assessment Associates, Culver City, CA. – 1992
Although considerable effort is being expended on school-based HIV prevention education, few data are available to suggest whether these programs are successful. Developed to help educators evaluate the quality of their HIV prevention programs, this handbook includes information on evaluation designs and measurement tools for collecting data on…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Curriculum Design, Guidelines
Edelfelt, Roy A.; Orvell, Tamar – 1978
Questions most frequently asked about teacher centers are presented in a question-answer format. The rationale of teacher centers, their relationship to the school, and how they function are discussed. Also included in discussion are financing, staffing, governance, and planning. Three active teacher centers are described. (JD)
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Group Dynamics, Inservice Education, Interaction
Williams, David C. – 1977
There have been enduring conflicts in correctional institutions between personnel charged with rehabilitative duties and those who oversee authority. It is only within the past few years that realistic communication between these groups has been tolerated. The same period of time has been characterized by the infusion of training and staff…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Correctional Institutions, Educational Development, Educational Needs
Salzberg, Charles L.; Morgan, Robert L.; Gassman, Gregory W.; Pickett, Anna Lou; Merrill, Zan – 1993
This kit for training paraeducators working with students who have disabilities includes a facilitator's manual, a paraeducator workbook, and six videotapes, one for each unit of instruction, and an instructor training videotape. The materials are to be used with small groups during training sessions totaling 14-20 hours. The facilitator's manual…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Disabilities, Educational Principles
Kwalwasser, Harold – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
Harold Kwalwasser has put together a call to action for education reform that makes a clear case for what has to be done in order to educate all children to their full potential. He visited forty high-performing and transforming school districts, charters, parochial, and private schools to understand why they have succeeded where others have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, School Effectiveness, Systems Approach
Philpott, Chris, Ed.; Spruce, Gary, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Debates in Music Teaching" encourages student and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It aims to introduce a critical approach to the central concepts and practices that have influenced major interventions and initiatives in music teaching, and supports the development of new ways of looking…
Descriptors: Social Justice, National Curriculum, Creativity, Music Education
Perez, Katherine – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
Filled with down-to-earth ideas, suggestions, strategies, and techniques, "The Co-Teaching Book of Lists" provides educators with a hands-on resource for making the co-teaching experience a success. Written by educator and popular teacher trainer Kathy Perez, this book gives educators a classroom-tested and user-friendly reference for the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Team Teaching, Guides
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