This EEF guidance report is designed to support senior leaders and teachers to make better informed decisions based on the best available evidence we currently have. It includes a number of practical examples of technology being used in ways which support improved teaching (e.g., by increasing the accuracy of teacher assessment) or improve pupil…

Wouldn't it be great if all your teachers were as good as your best? Teaching is often an isolated profession in which teachers work behind closed doors, doing their own thing. Peer coaching is a collaborative, ongoing process that can increase the effectiveness of all your teachers. This "Focus On" is designed to lead a faculty into the…

Suggests that a teacher should carefully plan both the activities and the financing of a sabbatical year, so that it can be both a productive and a relaxing period. (SJL)

The purpose of the handbook is to serve as a guide and tool for instructors of adults. It uses a "learn-by-doing" approach and briefly covers the topics of preparation, plans, instruction tools, students, practice, methods and techniques, individualized instruction, speaking, and evaluation. Tests (performance, observation, oral, paper and pencil,…

This brief self-administered quiz provides teachers a quick survey to evaluate their teaching styles. Each answer includes an evaluation. Recommendations for teachers who wish to improve their teaching styles are made. (JL)

Points out that evaluating social studies teachers requires evaluating both curriculum and instruction. Elaborates by saying social studies is such a diverse subject area that to teach it effectively, varied teaching styles must be employed. Examples of these styles include the teacher as storyteller, problem solver, scholar, and moralist. (BR)

The module is the second of a series of seven discrete modules designed to assist elementary school teachers in the development of a career education program or to enrich an already established program. Module 2 may be used separately or in conjunction with the other modules. The module contains two units, one which identifies the key concepts of…

The module is the third of a series of seven discrete modules designed to assist elementary school teachers in the development of a career education program to enrich an already established program. Module 3 may be used separately or in conjunction with the other modules. The module contains seven units and is intended to help define self-concept,…

This document is a teacher-developed handbook to the Meridian (Mississippi) Public Schools' Teachers' Center. The materials contained in the handbook include: (1) steps involved in implementing the model; (2) organization charts; (3) center rationale and objectives; (4) teacher center tasks; (5) operation of the center in the areas of teacher…

The module is the first of a series of seven discrete modules designed to assist elementary school teachers in the development of a career education program or to enrich an already established program. Module 1 may be used separately or in conjunction with the other modules. Topics covered in units 1-5 Module 1 include an overview of career…

This document lists chapters or sections from books and handbooks to assist inservice teachers in developing their verbal interactive skills in the classroom. Minicourse lessons and plans are referred to frequently. After an initial diagnosis of the teacher's performance level, a training counselor meets with the teacher and utilizes such a list…

Presents guidelines for staff developers who wish to create and sustain changes in schools. The article explains why staff development must be reconceptualized, discusses the emerging systems roles for staff developers, and shares information gained from extensive experience in applying a reconceptualized model of staff development. (SM)

Concerned with the growing utilization of part-time community college faculty and their isolation from full-time faculty and institutional support, an inter-disciplinary team of community college and university faculty investigated current part-time faculty development efforts. Five models emerged, including "benign neglect", a workshop approach,…

The handbook, developed as a classroom project by graduate students at Central Michigan University, is offered as a resource tool rather than a "how to do it" book and aims to provide assistance to career development oriented teachers. Student and teacher behavioral objectives, a brief history of career development, and a description of…

The purpose of this document is to serve as a resource on materials used for evaluation of teacher performance. Developed by the Kalamazoo Public Schools, it is a method for examining teacher performance in the form of the Teacher Performance Profile (TPP). The two major purposes of the TPP are to serve as a comprehensive system that provides…