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Fitzpatrick, Kathleen; Charter, W. W., Jr. – 1986
This study investigated instructional leadership functions and school policy factors that affected implementation of instructional strategies presented in a research-based staff development program for secondary school mathematics teachers in school districts in the Chicago suburbs. The instructional leadership functions included the amount and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Development, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
Groff, Warren H. – 1979
During 1977-78, North Central Technical College (NCTC) initiated a comprehensive planning system incorporating diagnostic analyses of both the professional development needs of individual faculty members and the long-term needs of the institution as a whole. The faculty needs analysis was facilitated through an Instructional Development and…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, College Planning, Diagnostic Tests
Frels, Kelly; Horton, Janet L. – 2003
This short monograph details a simple system of documentation that can be used with any school district's personnel evaluation process. The goal of the monograph is to help supervisors, especially principals, accord fair treatment to employees who are systematically evaluated. The documentation system is founded on the concept of communication.…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Codes of Ethics, Discipline Policy, Dismissal (Personnel)
Bauwens, Jeanne; Hourcade, Jack J. – 1995
This guide explains in a step-by-step fashion how all educators can remodel their professional practice through cooperative teaching. The guide outlines the planning, implementation, and evaluation of cooperative teaching between general educators and special educators. After considering basic features of collaboration, ways to implement…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Chance, Lucinda H.; Rakes, Thomas A. – 1994
The "Practice Teaching Portfolio" is one component of an authentic assessment system for evaluating student teachers that has been implemented in nine professional development schools associated with the University of Memphis. Designed to develop an authentic record of the student teachers' performance, the system combines full lesson…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
McHaney, Jane H.; Impey, William D. – 1992
Materials from a training session on assessing teaching effectiveness via a clinical supervision model are presented. The historical development of classroom observations and instruments is summarized, and the five-step method of clinical supervision (Goldhammer, 1969) is detailed. One step toward the improvement of classroom instruction through…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Conferences, Educational Improvement
Hosey, Pat; And Others – 1990
In 1978, a mentor committee was established at Sinclair Community College (SCC) in Ohio to develop and implement a system to provide part-time faculty with mentors and to assist with their development in becoming qualified and highly effective part-time instructors. In addition, the committee established general policies relating to the…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Faculty, Collegiality
Stolworthy, Reed L. – 1992
This study investigated the ability of preservice secondary school history and social studies teachers to transmit knowledge of the subject to students through methodologies designed to translate theory into practice. Participants in the study were 23 student teachers certified to teach history and social studies by Washburn University (Kansas)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cooperating Teachers, Higher Education, History
Duke, Daniel L.; Stiggins, Richard J. – 1986
This guide, written for teachers and administrators wishing to introduce evaluation systems that promote continued teacher growth and enhance school effectiveness, suggests that meaningful change requires a clear understanding of what is already in operation, substantial skill development, and adequate resources for the duration of the change…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Data Collection
Hoover, Kenneth H. – 1980
Strategies, methods, and techniques for improving college instruction are offered in this handbook. Units include: Pre-instructional Activities; Methods and Techniques: Focus on the Individual and the Small Group; Methods and Techniques: Focus on the Large Group; Methods and Techniques: Focus on Affective Learning; Assessment Techniques; and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Assessment, Educational Media
Gorsin, John – 1979
This model of teacher supervision was designed to improve instruction in the Aspinwall Elementary School in the Fox Chapel School District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The project sought to accomplish three things: improve the achievement level of underachieving students, increase teacher instructional effectiveness, and change the teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Conferences
Finch, Curtis R.; Crunkilton, John R. – VocEd, 1985
A checklist is presented for teachers to rate themselves on how well they are preparing their students for the 1990s and beyond. Questions concern technological changes in the workplace, community demographics, exposure of students to emerging equipment, changing work environment skills, future trends, and participation in professional and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Check Lists, Computer Managed Instruction, Continuing Education
Rosenfeld, Michael; And Others – 1992
The Educational Testing Service is developing a new series of assessments intended for use by states as part of the process of licensing or certifying teachers. Stage III assessments in this series will evaluate the beginning teacher's application of teaching knowledge and skills. Stage III assessments will be performance-based. Job analysis…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Draper, Janet; And Others – 1992
A 3-year research project commissioned in 1988 investigated Scottish probationer teachers' views of five aspects of their experience: initial training, recruitment and selection, induction, support, and assessment. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect the views of 250 probationer teachers, their headteachers, other school staff,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Developmental Continuity
Harris (Louis) and Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1984
A report is given on the attitudes of elementary and secondary public school teachers toward public education in the United States. Data were obtained by a nation-wide survey of 1,981 teachers. The report summarizes responses and information on: (1) major study findings; (2) a profile of teachers in the United States; (3) the job satisfaction of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
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