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Galuszka, Peter – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
Greybull is a small high school nestled among the graybrown buttes of northwestern Wyoming. As in five other states, juniors take the ACT test, not for college entry but to see how they perform and how curriculum might be improved. Principal Mark Fritz said that they do watch the scores and do make changes in the curriculum and that Wyoming has…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teaching Skills, High School Students, African American Students
Closing the Teacher Quality Gap
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Haycock, Kati; Crawford, Candace – Educational Leadership, 2008
Schools and districts rarely have a fair distribution of teacher talent. Poor children and black children are less likely to be taught by the strongest teachers and more likely to be taught by the weakest. Several districts have implemented programs to reduce the teacher quality gap. Hamilton County, Tennessee, launched an initiative that included…
Descriptors: African American Students, Equal Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Physicians
A Seminar Experience: Effects of Teacher Talk on Professional Development.
Kerrins, Judith A.; And Others – 1990
A public school district in Colorado initiated a study which addressed the issue of how to insure good beginnings for new teachers and provide direct assistance and intervention to develop the skills of competent professionals. The approach discussed here is a beginning teacher induction program, which includes a Professional Development Seminar.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Classroom Techniques, Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education
The Effect of Vocational Instructor's Occupational Experience and Experience Recency on Instructor's Attitudes and Proficiency. Final Report. Volume 1, Review of Literature.
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1976
Volume one of a two-volume report on a project designed to study the relationship between vocational teacher technical competencies and occupational experience factors, this document contains a national literature and research review pertinent to the topic. The review findings were summarized and are presented in the following format: a basis and…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Skills, Literature Reviews
The Effect of Vocational Instructor's Occupational Experience and Experience Recency on Instructor's Attitude and Proficiency. Final Report. Volume 2, Technical Report.
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1976
A study designed to determine the existence of a significant relationship between vocational teacher technical competencies and occupational experience factors and to assess teachers' opinions regarding occupational experience, necessity of recency of occupational experience, and length of recency of occupational experience. Only teachers in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitudes, Business Education, Demography
Online Teacher Support Programs: Mentoring and Coaching Models
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Wortmann, Karly; Cavanaugh, Cathy; Kennedy, Kathryn; Beldarrain, Yoany; Letourneau, Therese; Zygouris-Coe, Vicky – North American Council for Online Learning, 2008
This document describes the mentoring relationship from the perspectives of several virtual schools that have built mentoring programs to assist their new teachers. Each school's mentoring program is unique and has been designed specifically for the school's staff, size, and instructional approach. These schools have learned that a successful…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Persistence, Beginning Teachers, Coaching (Performance)