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Download full textStedron, Jennifer M.; Shah, Tajel; Bautsch, Brenda; Martin, Patricia; Deye, Sunny; Bailey, Lamar; Handel, Stephen J.; Vasavada, Natasha; Shen, Yilan; Exstrom, Michelle; Shelton, Sara; Santiago, Helen; Bell, Julie Davis; Quin, Bradley J.; Baum, Sandy; Bell, Julie Davis; Sturtevant, Anne; Bautsch, Brenda; Williams, Ronald; Kerouac, Pamela; Badolato, Vincent – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
There are formidable challenges at every level of the system that confront students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. In 2007, the College Board formed the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education to study the educational pipeline as a single continuum and identify solutions to increase the number of students who…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Action, State Legislation, State Surveys
Doll, Ronald C. – 1983
The fundamental purpose of educational supervision is to increase the confidence and improve the competence of teachers. This book is a guide for supervisors and teachers in the training and development of teaching staffs in school systems; it also serves as an informal text for use in college and university systems. The book offers opportunities…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Supervisory Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement
McDonald, Joseph P.; Mohr, Nancy; Dichter, Alan; McDonald, Elizabeth C. – 2003
This book describes nearly 30 protocols or "scripts" for conducting meetings, conversations, and other learning experiences among educators. Chapter 1, "The Basic Ideas," explains the basic ideas underlying the rest of the book, discussing why educators should educate themselves and making the case for exploring student work as…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inquiry, Teacher Collaboration
Murphy, Carlene U.; Lick, Dale W. – 2001
This book discusses the most current knowledge on whole- faculty study groups (WFSGs). Nine chapters examine: (1) "Introduction" (how WFSGs began and spread); (2) "Enabling Professional Development and Schoolwide Change" (guiding principles and questions); (3) "Key Components: Context, Process, and Content"; (4)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Improvement
Walter, John A. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1980
Divides suggestions for professional development in teaching technical writing into the following categories: self-help (readings), professional meetings, seminars, institutes, internships, and graduate study. (RL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Professional Development, Teacher Education, Teacher Improvement
Peer reviewedHeerman, Charles E. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Describes a personalized reading self-study in which a teacher reads selected articles, maintains profiles on rate and comprehension for each, and then describes the reading and makes recommendations for further development based on cumulative profiles. (FL)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Professional Development, Reading Skills, Self Evaluation
Peer reviewedSmith, Robert L. – Michigan Reading Journal, 2003
Describes some of the techniques the Institute for Career Development (ICD) uses to establish a learning community among the program leaders, including instructors. Considers how when adult education programs are structured with both centralized and decentralized elements, the organic and ongoing staff development needs can be addressed indirectly…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Literacy, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedFontaine, Sheryl I. – College Composition and Communication, 2002
Reflects on what the author has learned about university teaching from her experience being a novice student of karate. Asserts the value for even seasoned teachers to maintain a beginner's mind that is "free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and to open to all the possibilities." Concludes that from this new…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Improvement
Peer reviewedVacca, JoAnne L. – Reading Teacher, 1994
Describes two professional development activities for teachers: writing an autobiographical sketch (which helps construct personal meaning); and action research projects (which bring teachers together to solve problems). (SR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Autobiographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedAlexander-Smith, Anjeanette; Rice, Anne M.; Johnson, Walter H.; Fournier, Denise P.; Brass, Connie M. – English Journal, 2001
Presents five teacher descriptions of their summer activities to prepare themselves for the next school year. Describes how one teacher reviews evaluations, another takes a transatlantic cruise with English-focused programs, and another attends a week-long conference presented by Children's Literature New England. Notes that another teacher…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Secondary Education, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Improvement
Peer reviewedRonald, Kate; Roskelly, Hephzibah – College English, 2001
Considers how teachers might re-create, rather than import, Paulo Freire into North American contexts--and so not lose the power of his ideas. Takes the method of pragmatism and connects it to Freire's concept of praxis to argue for pragmatic theory and practice in the work of teaching literacy. (SG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literacy, Pragmatics, Reading Instruction
Philips, Carol – Instructor, 2000
Presents a collection of ideas for teachers' professional growth, noting that teachers can brainstorm lists of ideas on their own by considering what they want to learn and how they learn best. Suggestions include being inspired by other teachers in the literature or the movies; studying student work; facing challenges; redesigning units;…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement
Peer reviewedMiller, Howard M. – Reading Teacher, 2002
Considers how being a multicultural teacher demands facing a lengthy and complex set of issues, beginning with the understanding that good multicultural teaching has the bottom-line goal of helping every child be successful in the classroom. Presents 10 recommendations for reaching that goal. (SG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Multicultural Education
Hallam, Glenn L. – 1996
This publication looks at the ways in which one who is part of a team can help improve the team's performance. The successes and failures of a fictional team are used to illustrate real-life team skills. Examples are drawn from a number of imaginary scenarios--for example, looking for a cache of diamonds in the Brazilian jungle, straightening ties…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Leaders, Leadership, Management Development
Haysom, John – 1985
This book is designed to be a stimulant to action and reflection for teachers who would like to make a study of their own teaching. The first part explores how teachers can make a personal appraisal of their teaching. An analytic procedure is used which involves gathering information about four major aspects of the teaching process: (1) the…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Staff Development, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Effectiveness
