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Edwards, Susan – Middle School Journal (J3), 2013
This article describes the middle grades teacher preparation program at Augusta State University in Georgia. It describes the negotiation between the middle school concept and the standardized testing culture of the local schools as the faculty redesigned the undergraduate middle grades program to adequately address both. Ways in which new…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Program Descriptions, Standardized Tests
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Moon, Debi; Moolenaar-Wirsiy, Pamela – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
With a limited budget, but a critical need to develop 21st century marketplace skills, Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) developed the Million Dollar Difference Campaign. Focusing on how quality instruction affects retention and student outcomes, GPC re-energized a 1000-faculty workforce in one year through a series of innovative teaching…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Teaching Skills, Teaching Methods, Educational Quality