An in-service program using small groups of teachers to support and help each other with problems is described. (JD)

This article explores some of the major limitations, problems, and concerns with current practices in professional development of principals and examines the kinds of changes necessary to put into practice that are known to be effective. Long-range development, incentive issues, and diversity of principals are addressed. (MT)

The most accessible measure of success of local and regional inservice providers is participation by principals. This article discusses various incentives for attracting participation. (MT)

Changes in trainee selection, administrator education program structure, and the full usage of in-service school personnel and professorial staff could lead to significant and much-needed improvement in the quality of American school principals. (LH)

Outlined is an approach to vocational education designed to offer high school students exploratory contacts and job competencies for a wide range of occupations. (GW)

The establishment and governance of teacher centers, their function and potential, is discussed from both positive and negative viewpoints. (JD)

An attempt to define teacher mentorship begins with a personal account of experiences as both a protege and a mentor, leading to a discussion of mentoring as a "gift-exchange" process, with mentors helping others to develop different perspectives, and proteges passing this gift of reflection to others. (CB)

The Commissioner of Education reviews trends in vocational education and reports findings of government inservice education programs for vocational education teachers. (GW)

This definition of mentoring, focusing on its application to the teaching profession, points out the paradoxes and conflicts in the mentoring process, viewed as a transcendental experience for the mentor and a transformational experience for the protege. (CB)

It is recommended that educational planning and inservice teacher education be integrated to achieve the most effective modifications of staff attitudes. (GW)

In-service activities should give more attention to how teachers learn and how teachers' learning styles are related to their teaching styles. (JD)

A plan is presented for introducing instructional innovations in school districts through inservice education. (GW)

A review of issues associated with teacher mentoring explores various ways for construing mentor roles, formal and informal mentoring processes, supportive conditions for mentoring, criteria for selecting mentors, and criteria for matching mentors to beginning teachers. A strong case is made for preparation and support of mentor teachers. (CB)

The multidimensional nature of continuing teacher education and the diversity of problems which surround it are discussed. (JD)

An Ohio State University project developed an alternative approach to staff development that encompassed areas of general education, aesthetic education, and curriculum theory through experiences in the performing arts. (DF)