The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) and Georgia State University (GSU) developed a model for induction of new teachers in urban high need schools. A model induction program, developed over the three-year implementation period, includes: (1) The BRIDGE (Building Resources: Induction and Development for Georgia…

This handbook describes Teacher Workshop. Teacher Workshop is founded on the idea that learning to teach is a great deal like learning to write. That is, learners need to be fully engaged in the process and learn the skills along the way as they are ready for them. Also like writing, the skills of teaching are developed over time with instruction,…

The Competency Development Scales (CDS) for teachers of exceptional children is described as an instrument to evaluate teacher skills and aid in subsequent planning of appropriate inservice training. The CDS consists of five major skill areas: general competence (such interpersonal skills as enthusiasm, responsibility, patience, and…

Three years after implementing a standards-based teacher evaluation system in a private K-12 school, research was conducted to determine what attitudes and perceptions teachers had on the effectiveness of the system. The survey includes questions about the teacher evaluation process and the goals of the test school in implementing the process. The…

This report focuses on two aspects of teacher supply and quality: (a) the under-representation of racial/ethnic minorities, especially African Americans in the teaching pool, and (b) teacher candidates' performance on licensure assessments, including general skills tests in reading, writing, and mathematics (known as Praxis I[R]) and selected…

This paper describes a survey conducted to determine the needs of a group of California teachers who deal with bilingual, bicultural children. The one-page questionnaire listed areas of interest and possible methods to acquire skill in those areas. Areas of interest included developing a workable Spanish vocabulary for teachers to use when…

The purpose of this survey is to determine what teachers think are (a) the relevant teaching activities, skills, or procedures and (b) the appropriate time and place to develop competence in an activity. Multiple choice responses are given for each of the following teacher activities: (a) utilize more than one approach to controlling and…

Teacher instructional efficacy is an essential part of the mathematics learning process. When a mathematics teacher possesses a high level of instructional efficacy they can effectively influence a mathematics student's skill acquisition. This researcher examined what extent 5th-grade mathematics students perceive teacher instructional efficacy to…

In judging the teacher's performance, his or her knowledge, ability and personality must be analyzed. A short rating form is presented, for which no claim is made for mathematical accuracy, but which may be useful for arriving at an objective judgment. (IFS/WGA)

Discussion of instruction and information literacy skills in academic libraries focuses on how library education programs prepare information professionals for teaching library instruction; whether job advertisements have shown an increase in library instruction and information literacy positions; and how current librarians learned their…

The paper reviews the literature on the four major competency areas for a special educator: assessment, instruction, consultation, and administration. It then looks at the North Carolina Appraisal Instrument and concludes that, since instruction is the predominant area assessed by this instrument, a revised instrument is needed to assess the other…

The Toledo Partnership Committee for Teaching, created to improve teaching and preservice teacher education, includes representatives from Bowling Green State University, the University of Toledo, the Toledo Federation of Teachers, the Toledo Association of Administrative Personnel, the Toledo Public Schools, and the Toledo Catholic Schools…

This report describes the various faculty programs at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Parkland College (Illinois). In response to faculty professional development needs surveys, these programs and activities were designed and created: (1) classroom assessment and research courses, which empower faculty to focus on learning by…

This report comprises a literature review whose purpose is to contextualize current language, literacy and numeracy delivery in Australia, in order to provide a framework for consideration of the current and future professional development needs of the language, literacy and numeracy teaching workforce. The information derived from this literature…

A training manual is presented to insure reliable use of the Assessments of Performance in Teaching (APT) observational evaluation instrument. The 24-hour training program's major instructional method requires round-table discussions of observations. Videotaped teacher demonstrations are required for practice and criterion assessments. The…