Reviews practices related to professional growth and development from teacher training programs, business, and higher education and proposes a model applicable for the professional growth and development of teachers. (FL)

Author explores the continuing problem of an adequate approach to teacher evaluation and suggests a procedure which he has found to be quite satisfactory. (Editor)

Discusses the ways that videotape technology can be used to help evaluate and advise preservice teaching activities of student teachers. Describes a method by which teachers videotape their own class session for the purpose of self-evaluation. Argues for the benefits of such a method. (HB)

Improvement of teaching performance can be accomplished within the teacher evaluation process if the approach is positive and nonthreatening, with considerable emphasis on peer- and self-evaluation. (Author/SJL)

The author discusses several factors which have in the past decade made it difficult for school personnel directors to establish quality teacher selection procedures. He identifies some basic criteria and methods for the selection process, emphasizing direct observation of the candidate's teaching performance as a selection tool. (SJL)

In 1998, California state legislation called for significant reform in the preparation of teachers. As a result, institutions of higher learning must now conduct a formal performance-based assessment. All teacher candidates must participate in the assessment at the end of the program for receipt of the preliminary teaching credential. The…

Argues that assessment, evaluation, and reporting are intrinsically linked, and together form a cycle that provides information about individual students, the instructor, the course of study, and the educational environment. Offers educators a list of principles concerning assessment, evaluation, and reporting that challenges many current…

Discusses the current single-step salary schedule used to compensate teachers in most public school systems. Presents a model for basing an incentive system for promotion and salary on a more equitable and realistic multiple-step system. (NKA)

Do junior high school students agree on the characteristics of competent teachers? This broad question was divided into three areas--academic characteristics, personality, and physical characteristics--and asked of junior high school students. (Editor)

Reports on a survey of state probationary practices showing that lack of classroom management skills, instructional ability, and disciplinary skills accounts for a majority of teacher and counselor probationary cases in Washington, while a lack of management and administrative skills characterized principals on probation. (FL)

Recognizes the importance of nonverbal behavior (65% of communication is nonverbal) in the elementary and secondary school classrooms, and provides examples and a method for observing this behavior in student teachers. (NKA)