In 1992, the College of Education at the University of Arkansas formed a partnership with the Elkins (Arkansas) School District to strengthen both the university's and the school's middle-level education efforts. Both parties agreed to develop a middle-level program in the Elkins School District and use teacher and college faculty exchanges to…

Teachers should have the authority to teach as they think best in their own classrooms and be held accountable for academic results. Proposes teams of teachers who are responsible for teaching the same group of children for four years. Teams of primary teachers would work with children from ages 6 through 10, and teams of intermediate teachers…

Notes that a clearly defined purpose with identification of performance goals is crucial to the success of middle school teacher teams. Provides several practical ways for teacher teams to discover or define their purpose, including naming the team and identifying desirable qualities for team members. (HTH)

Two decades after helping a school begin the transition to middle level, observations are made of the results of middle school planning, implementation, and evaluation. Chief areas of focus were interdisciplinary teaming, block scheduling, exploratory activities, and an adviser-advisee arrangement. (MLF)

Describes Pima Community College's Community Communication Corps, an outgrowth of the college's writing/speaking across the curriculum program involving the business community in promoting communication skills. Discusses the roles of Business Partners in Education and teaching teams in improving student attitudes toward communication skills.…

Drexel University (Pennsylvania) will overhaul its first- and second-year curricula by using extensive team teaching, designing interdisciplinary courses, introducing students to their majors earlier, and having students work in small groups. A pilot program in engineering has been successful. Goals are to improve education and boost retention.…

This paper describes a professional development partnership between Columbia University Teacher College and two New York City schools which adopted a cooperative teaching approach to combat teacher isolation and to enhance the joint preparation of special and regular education students in preservice programs. (Author/DB)

Describes the library instruction program at the University of California Santa Barbara, which uses a team-teaching method to cope with reduced staff and increased enrollment, collection, and teaching responsibilities. The benefits include a sense of departmental teamwork, improved student library literacy, and faculty and student goodwill. (EAM)

Describes four teaming roles for special educators of the deaf and general educators. Specific functions of both the general and special educator are given for: (1) pre/post assessment of knowledge and skills of content; (2) organization of learning experiences; (3) provision of instruction; and (4) monitoring student participation. (DB)

Some of the advantages to integrating physical education activities with other subject areas include offering fresh insights into the physical education program, motivating students, and providing advantages to different types of students. Integrative activities include embedded tasks, practice tasks, and discovery tasks. Guidelines for planning…

Discusses an approach to college instruction in which a faculty member designs a course, then teaches it with a student, evaluating the method in the context of other collaborative approaches that usually involve two-person faculty teams: peer coaching through classroom observation and team teaching. Experiences with this approach and the problems…

Addresses the possible impact of block scheduling on student performance on the advanced placement (AP) examination. Discusses team-teaching AP history and English courses for both junior and senior levels using alternative schedules (alternating weeks for AP English and history throughout the school year). Provides two AP syllabi for history and…

Describes two different experiments at De Anza College which illustrate coordinated teaching, a concept in which a group of faculty volunteer to work together for better instruction within the context of an existing program, maintaining their usual approaches to teaching a course, but allowing for collegial effort, some common work, and…

Discusses the development of a teaching team structure in one middle school, describing efforts to redefine curriculum, assessment, scheduling, and teaming to foster new roles and relationships for students and teachers. (JPB)

Describes a university-school system partnership to provide high quality education to all students. Examines collaborative efforts of university and school faculty that resulted in a co-teaching model to eliminate separation between classroom instruction and Title I services. Experiences of a classroom teacher and a Title I director are presented,…