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Donaldson, Morgaen L., Ed.; Poon, Brian, Ed. – New Directions for School Leadership, 1999
This collection of papers presents the reflections of five beginning public school teachers from the greater Boston area on their first years in teaching. They share lessons garnered from teaching, writing, and reflecting together on their introductory experiences. As their first months in teaching passed, they found themselves working in some…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Questioning Techniques
Download full textBeeken, Lois A.; And Others – NCRVE Professional Development Bulletin, 1992
Research reports show that in many schools, teachers are isolated and have little chance for professional collaboration with fellow teachers. However, research also demonstrates that when teachers collaborate, instruction improves. Seven examples of teacher collaboration throughout the United States show how collaboration can be implemented and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Jorde, Karen L., Ed.; Young, Robert E., Ed. – Plantings, 1987
Two issues of "Plantings," are presented. The 1986 issue is a panel discussion that considers the results and future plans of faculty development programs in three Minnesota institutions. In addition to the moderator, Robert Young, of the University of North Dakota, the panel consisted of Norman Noonan (Augsburg College), Chandra…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Benson, Chris, Ed. – Bread Loaf Rural Teacher Network Magazine, 2000
This serial issue contains 12 articles on the theme of "Professional Development," specifically about how teachers in the Bread Loaf Rural Teacher Network (BLRTN) are fostering their own and each other's development as teachers. The BLRTN consists of approximately 260 rural teachers in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky,…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Computer Mediated Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Newsletter, 1988
The status of faculty unionization in American colleges in 1988 is reviewed in this newsletter. Information is given on the following: agents elected; activities of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National Education Association (NEA), and American Association of University Professors (AAUP); "no-agent" elections; decertifications;…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Elections
Van Kuren, Lynda, Ed. – CEC Today, 2001
Nine issues of the newsletter of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) include articles, news items, meeting announcements, news items of individual divisions, and professional advancement opportunities. Some major articles are: (1) "Home Schooling--A Viable Alternative for Students with Special Needs" (2) "High Stakes Testing…
Descriptors: Anger, Charter Schools, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Wiegman, John R.; Binnie, David G. – Florida Educational Research and Development Council, Inc. Research Bulletin, 1985
This research bulletin contains parts of two studies dealing with the persistent problem of developing effective teachers and stimulating effective teaching. The study reported in "Attitudes toward Merit Pay for Instructional Personnel" (John Weigman) was conducted to survey, analyze, and compare the attitudes of Florida public school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Job Satisfaction
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Newsletter, 1982
This newsletter issue considers in separate articles: (1) unionization in 1981 among college faculty in the United States; (2) unionization at the California State University and College System (CSU) (by Lisa Flanzraich); (3) multi-year agreements; (4) contract size; (5) and, in "Yeshivawatch," developments pertaining to the National…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Contracts
Darling-Hammond, Linda – Resources for Restructuring, 1995
This newsletter's central item is an essay on teaching as a profession and its condition in the midst of current trends and historical movements. It discusses teacher education, recent reform efforts to incorporate new understandings of teaching and learning in programs for prospective teachers, establishment of professional development schools,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Policy Brief, 1993
Parents, teachers, and government officials agree that America's schools must be reformed. However, new research suggests that most reforms will not work without closer attention to one critical resource--time. This document presents findings of a study conducted by the Rand Institute on Education and Training, which found that any reform takes…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
McIntyre, Walter G.; Marion, Scott F. – 1989
The relationship between class size and scholastic outcomes is addressed in this paper. A literature review focuses on the research of Glass and Smith (1978) and Larkin and Keeves (1984). Contradictory and inconclusive research findings about teacher effectiveness in relation to class size indicate that emphasis should be placed on training…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Environment
Roper, Susan Stavert; Hoffman, David E. – OSSC Bulletin, 1986
To overcome teacher isolation and help make teaching a more attractive profession, educators might consider a peer support system based on the Stanford Collegial Evaluation Program. This paper describes the program's background, functioning, barriers to successful implementation, and how to neutralize them. The Stanford program uses a peer…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation, Participant Observation
Levenstein, Aaron, Ed. – National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Newsletter, 1981
A data processing program that can be used as a research and collective bargaining aid for colleges is briefly described and the fields of the system are outlined. The system, known as BRAIN (Baruch Retrieval of Automated Information for Negotiations), is designed primarily as an instrument for quantitative and qualitative analysis. BRAIN consists…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Computer Programs, Databases
Matthews, Dorothy, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1986
Containing 14 essays from teachers at the high school and college levels, this journal issue addresses the problem of the overburdened English teacher, describing the nature of the overload but also offering practical help. The beginning article describes the enormity of the total English teaching load, including the heavy load of grading papers,…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Enrichment Activities, Extracurricular Activities, School Activities
Goodlad, John I.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
Reprints of four articles from the journal "Phi Delta Kappan" provide discussions of initial findings from "A Study of Schooling," a study of contextual variables in 38 elementary, junior high/middle, and high schools. The project had two purposes: (1) to formulate hypotheses and provide insights about schooling through indepth…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
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