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Sparks, Dennis; Richardson, Joan – Journal of Staff Development, 1997
Questions and answers about staff development examine: what it is; why it is important; what teachers did not learn in college; collaboration; funding; connections between staff development and student learning; indicators of effective staff development; and improving staff development quality. Data come from six key national reports on…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Staff Development
Robinson, Sylvia G. – 1998
This paper examines the relationship between various characterizations of the clinical supervision model and teacher job satisfaction. The first part of the paper describes teacher job satisfaction and looks at the history and meaning of clinical supervision. The next part of the paper describes Barbara Pavan's (1993) revised clinical supervision…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Oja, Sharon N. – Humanist Educator, 1979
Describes process of adapting research findings in psychological education through teacher inservice training model. Two-year Teacher Corps Project of University of New Hampshire and Portsmouth Junior High School provides training in psychological education skills and documents teachers' psychological growth resulting from project. (Author/NRB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Humanistic Education, Individual Development, Inservice Teacher Education
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Marx, Ronald W.; Blumenfeld, Phyllis C.; Krajcik, Joseph S. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1998
Describes uses for new technologies in teacher professional development. The paper examines literature on teacher knowledge and professional development; discusses how research can inform design of three types of technology to support teacher learning (multimedia, productivity tools, and telecommunication information systems); investigates how…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
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Burke, Peter – Action in Teacher Education, 1994
Teacher licensing is a state responsibility. In most states, educators must complete professional development courses to renew their credentials. Teacher educators and state licensing officials must work together to help educators become effective lifelong learners, collaborating on the design of a strategic plan for career-long teacher education.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Alt, Martha Naomi; Kwon, Jin; Henke, Robin R. – 1999
This booklet provides snapshots of teachers' work lives, using information obtained from previous Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS). The SASS is a set of integrated questionnaires that collect information nationwide about schools and the staff who work in them. A wide variety of schools complete the surveys. The SASS Teacher Questionnaire asks…
Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education