In 1991, the Flemish Ministry of Education enacted a radical reorganization and rethinking of the education inspectorate in Flanders. Presenting an overview of this change, this paper reports on research that evaluated the effects of the 1991 decree regarding inspection funding. It focuses on the ways schools reacted to and made use of facilities…

This study describes the effects of a program designed to train Dutch primary school teachers in skills needed to coach and act as mentors for beginning teachers. The study investigated whether mentors who participated in the training program would implement the target coaching skills and whether the beginning teachers coached by the mentors would…

Elementary school students from kindergarten through eighth grade (N=202) used a Student Perceptions instrument to rate the behaviors of the novice and master teachers with whom they worked routinely. Assessments occurred at the beginning of the school year, in October, and near the end of the school year, in May. A 1989 study using primary grades…

This report describes the development and implementation of a program to assist new teachers at an inner-city school in feeling more comfortable and competent working with their students. The hypothesis was that through this competence, more opportunities for student learning would take place. The report is divided into five sections. Section 1…

The curriculum development project at Pretty Eagle School (a private school on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana serving 100 students, prekindergarten through grade 8) was started in the fall 1980 with funding acquired from federal and private sources. A comprehensive program of curriculum development and staff development was…

This paper explores criteria for judging teaching effectiveness in the language arts. The author argues that a number of studies have been concerned with viewing pupil-teacher interaction during instruction, but few have focused on this interaction during the teaching and learning of specific language arts lessons. There is a need for establishing…

Swaziland's need for primary teachers is growing tremendously. Because the means for training qualified teachers is below what is needed, there are unqualified teachers in the field. In-service teacher training programs are being used to upgrade teacher quality because they are inexpensive, rapid, effective, and likely to attract bilateral or…

Teacher interruptions of oral reading can have adverse effects on reader progress. Teachers can effectively monitor their own behavior by audiotaping reading lessons, analyzing behaviors, and improving instruction. Teacher self-monitoring of timing, point, and form of corrective feedback may help negotiate remedial and special education students…

The main points of the two reports on education are summarized. Both reports, the Governor's 1991 Report on Education and A Report on Elementary Education in America, emphasize the crucial role of parents and community in achieving excellence. (PS)

This study explored the effects of professional development experiences, based on Morin's (1990, 1994) theoretical model, on teachers' abilities to implement planned educational change. It focused on one elementary school's initiative, Project Learn, which emphasized cooperative planning for change, preparing for planned change, and…

This paper describes key aspects of a year-long study on the effectiveness of combining a professional development intervention in the form of a mentor teacher study group directed toward fostering educative mentoring with a research study to examine the study group's impact on professional learning about mentoring. The first section focuses on an…

This ethnographic case study of six teachers in a metropolitan public elementary school investigated the structure and process of staff development for inservice teachers who were incorporating cooperative learning into their classroom practices. The researcher collected data from planning meetings, site visits with observations, questionnaires,…

Poses questions about language and learners, both child learners and teacher learners. (JL)

Three approaches an assistant superintendent might take to correct discipline problems at an elementary school characterized by weak administrative leadership are discussed. The approaches focus on: (1) professional development for the principal; (2) teacher improvement; and (3) cooperation among parents and school personnel. (PP)

An intensive teacher inservice model using "field-based" clinical instructors was conducted at a Houston, Texas, school in cooperation with a Teacher Corps project. Inservice consultants explained and demonstrated new teaching skills and also worked with teachers on the classroom level. Methods that proved most successful for…