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Holt, Charles – 1989
If teaching is the effective communication of knowledge, the teacher first must be knowledgeable about the subject being taught. Communicating that knowledge to students is just as important. One standard teaching method is the lecture. A lecture is prepared before class by the teacher and should include not only the facts to be learned by the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conventional Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Seldin, Peter – 1977
The problems that turn up while trying to improve teaching and learning are rarely exclusive to one higher education system or one nation. British efforts at faculty development go back many years, and an examination of them may be helpful to members of other systems. Although British universities differ from American ones in ethos, history, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Sweeny, Barry W. – 2001
This book takes school leaders through the process of creating and sustaining an induction and mentoring program. It challenges school leaders to think beyond initial, short-term goals to a wider, long-term vision, providing guidance on telementoring in the cyberage and advice to ensure development of highly effective practices that will improve…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Williams, Kerry Curtiss; Veomett, George E. – Corwin Press, 2006
Teaching science means doing science and involves three elements: knowing content, knowing children, and teachers knowing themselves as teachers and learners. The authors describe principles and requirements that reflect National Science Education Standards for the active learning of science. They identify key ingredients for primary students and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Experience, Workshops, Academic Standards
Bolin, Frances S., Ed.; Falk, Judith McConnell, Ed. – 1987
The 16 essays in this book assesss the problems inherent in the role of the teacher and offer perspectives on issues affecting life in the classroom. The three chapters in part one, "The Teacher and Teaching as a Vocation," are addressed to improving the teacher by attending to the inner needs of the individual. Teachers are seen as persons in…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Policy
Lawrence, C. Edward – Corwin Press, 2005
This third edition offers timely solutions for successfully dealing with marginal teachers. Lawrence illustrates the proper actions that principals should integrate into the evaluation processes to successfully gather documentation to help improve or terminate an ineffective teacher. Complete with tools and resources to streamline the evaluation…
Descriptors: Teacher Dismissal, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Behavior
Wilcox, Bonita L.; Tomei, Lawrence A. – 1999
This book about electronic teacher portfolios presents 14 chapters in six parts. Part 1, "The Evolution of the Portfolio in Teacher Education," includes: (1) "Portfolios: Past to Present." Part 2, "The Emergence of a Professional Portfolio Model," features: (2) "Smart Portfolios for Teachers," (3)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Anderson, Lorin W.; Pellicer, Leonard O. – 2001
This book provides educators and administrators with the knowledge and skills needed to engage in peer assistance and review within the context of teacher evaluation, describing how to develop and implement an effective teacher peer assistance and review program. The book offers the following: components of successful peer assistance and review…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development, Peer Evaluation
Gibson, Joyce Taylor – 1998
Designed to teach educators how to consciously develop strategies and practices for cultural groups that are at risk for education failure, this book defines and describes diversity; offers a unique process for developing strategies to serve diverse populations; and provides opportunities to practice the approach through questions, exercises, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Elementary Education
Fullan, Michael; St. Germain, Clif – Corwin Press, 2006
Organized to make learning contagious throughout the school, this user-friendly guide helps create a culture of learning that promotes the simultaneous development of students, teachers, and parents--addressing specific ways to maximize study groups, student data, classroom walk-throughs, and more. The interactive self-assessment protocols focus…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, Guides
Murphy, Carlene U.; Lick, Dale W. – 1998
This book explains how to use whole-faculty study groups to get the entire teaching staff working together on one set of organizational goals. Chapter 1 discusses the school reform environment and the potential of whole-faculty study groups to serve as a major change process for improving schools and student learning. Chapter 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Mallery, David – 1975
The thesis of this document is that evaluation of teachers and administrators should include the identification of strengths and the furthering, developing, and extending of them. Evaluation is examined from the point of view of heads of schools, teachers, parents, and students and concrete steps toward a good evaluation are suggested. A…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Measurement Instruments, Private Schools, Student Teacher Relationship
Deiro, Judith A. – Corwin Press, 2004
Closing the achievement gap and creating high-performing schools depends not on what we teach but how we teach. The most powerful and effective way teachers can help students overcome negative influences in their environment as well as succeed in becoming their best selves is by developing close and caring connections with them. Developing quality…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teaching Guides, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship
Zepeda, Sally J. – Eye on Education, 2007
Very few people would disagree that the work of the principal is multifaceted, hectic, and fraught with uncertainties, and given the ongoing press for accountability, the very work of the principal as instructional leader is shifting to ensure "results." There are myriad day-to-day activities that take principals away from the important work of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Leadership, School Culture, Professional Development
Sergiovanni, Thomas J.; And Others – 1975
The four papers which comprise this booklet on supervision are entitled a) Human Resources Supervision; b) The Case for Staff Development; c) The Advisory System and Supervision; and d) Beyond Accountability. The introduction presents previous views of supervision and discusses implications of recent teacher entrenchment. The first paper contrasts…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Human Relations, Human Resources