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Direct linkAoki, Michele Anciaux – Modern Language Journal, 2013
Bridid M. Burke poses an interesting question: Is requiring high-stakes language proficiency tests really going to improve world language education? In her article, Dr. Burke shares testimonials from "several promising student teachers" [whose] dreams of being French, German, or Spanish teachers [were] crushed" based on not…
Descriptors: Role, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Download full textWashington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1983
A brief policy paper on multicultural education and a bulletin from the State Superintendent on its implementation in schools in Washington State are included in this report. The first paper lists 31 competencies that should be demonstrated by teachers who teach in multicultural settings. It also discusses the "change roles" that both…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Barker, Sandra L. – 1996
University faculty and practicing educators in Washington State are concerned about the future availability of talented candidates for leadership positions in public and private elementary and secondary schools. This paper examines market trends for the positions of principal and vice-principal in Washington State. It identifies the following four…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Rudd, Frances G.; Cottrell, Milford C. – 1980
Women could serve very effectively as line administrators in education if obstacles to their advancement were removed. Researchers in Washington State sent questionnaires to women interested in and qualified for administrative positions, to other women educators, and to public school administrators. Responses showed that while over 65 percent of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Administrators
Carroll, Thomas G. – New Educator, 2005
Every child deserves a quality education. Providing competent, caring, qualified teachers in schools organized for success is the way to get there, but the devil is in the details. By tinkering on the edges, adopting piecemeal approaches to attracting, supporting, and retaining highly qualified teachers for the students who need them most, the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Teacher Qualifications
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1997
In 1993, Washington's state legislature created the Commission on Student Learning to identify essential academic learning requirements related to four goals. One of those goals was to understand the importance of work and how performance, effort, and decisions directly affect career and educational opportunities. As in other states, the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Competence, Education Work Relationship
Washington Education Association, Seattle. – 1983
In February 1983, a symposium was held to ensure that multicultural and equity education issues are not left unattended in Washington State's public schools as new educational challenges present themselves. Participants were 80 individuals representing a cross section of geographic areas, ethnic groups, and key professions from 21 different school…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Computers, Cultural Pluralism
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2002
The state of Washington's workforce development system agenda focused in 2002 on these four goals: (1) closing a perceived job skills gap; (2) training incumbent and dislocated workers in order to prepare them for changes in the economy; (3) achieving wage progression for low income individuals; and (4) integrating workforce development programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Agenda Setting, Basic Skills
