In 1988, the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations commissioned an outside evaluation of the School Career Development Pilot Program initiated in 1985. The evaluator's major responsibilities were to assess the operation of the 15 pilot programs, and to make recommendations about the future of the Career Development Program (CDP).…

Resident Supervisory Support for Teachers (RSST) is a peer supervision program designed to improve classroom instruction by training school personnel to use effective clinical supervision techniques. Participants are trained to help teachers identify strengths and improve their weaknesses. This final evaluation report provides information on the…

In response to a request from the Department of Staff Development in Montgomery County, Maryland, an assessment was conducted of the county's Teacher Competency (TC) Program. The evaluation sought to determine the degree to which this inservice teacher training program addresses the factors identified in recent literature as promoting effective…

This paper reports on the promises and pitfalls of the recently legislated basic skills testing requirement for teaching or service credential applicants in California. The California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST), developed by Educational Testing Service from specifications set by Advisory Board to the State Department of Education, tests…

IMPACT II is a teacher-to-teacher networking program designed to improve teaching in New York City schools. Teachers who have been working on new ideas that need more refinement are eligible for $300 grants offered to program developers. Teachers who would like to adopt ideas previously developed by the program may receive $200 as replicator…

The Instrument for a Comprehensive and Relevant Education (ICARE) evaluation system seeks to identify teacher effectiveness in health occupations education. This report details the extent to which the use of the ICARE system has been effective in changing the educational practices of health educators who participated in ICARE workshops. The two…

In pointing out the problems involved in evaluation by administrators, the author presents a strong argument for collegial evaluation and presents a proposal outlining a flexible system for peer evaluation of teachers. (MD)

This paper describes a 5-year inservice teacher professional development project to improve teachers' abilities to work in diverse settings, Linking All Types of Teachers with Intercultural Education (LATTICE). LATTICE involved K-12 public school teachers in Michigan and international graduate students and internationally oriented faculty at a…

This paper reports on a study that systematically analyzes the hundreds of collective-bargaining agreements for school districts in the state of Michigan. It examines collective bargaining's impact on Michigan's public education and makes recommendations that school boards should incorporate into their union contracts to improve their ability to…

New computers often collect dust in the classroom. Too much technology planning concentrates on hardware and software, to the detriment of staff development. An Arizona principal developed a successful inservice plan for teachers involving basic training, intensive small-group training sessions, and creation of certified resident experts in…

Analyzes trends in educational reforms in the context of conflicting needs for both educational excellence and equal access to education. Discusses the difficulty of balancing these demands in the preparation of school personnel and in school reform through choice programs. (FMW)

Teachers can benefit from teacher evaluation during professional education by developing and demonstrating competence. On the job, they can benefit in preparing for certification and winning a job and in improving performance and accountability. Evaluation helps in negotiations with the school district and in gaining national recognition for…

British Columbia's systemwide educational reform efforts enable teachers to engage in classroom-based research while building a learner-focused curriculum. This article describes the province's teacher research efforts, underlining important implications for educational policy. Teacher research permitted teachers to honor schools' educative…

According to a recent survey, both school board members and secondary principals support reform proposals involving professional development schools, magnet schools, teacher certification, and teacher empowerment and are opposed to school choice. The groups disagree concerning teacher accountability issues. Implications are discussed. (five…

Seeks to explore and discover the appropriate role for the evaluation of faculty and determine how evaluations are used in Texas community colleges. Suggests that faculty evaluation by students occurs on a regular basis, but what schools and instructional administrators do with these results, or if they do anything with them at all, is another…