Investigated the distribution of teacher qualifications and professional growth opportunities across elementary schools of varying poverty levels. Teacher survey data indicated that there were no significant differences in teacher qualifications across low-, middle-, and high-poverty schools. Significant differences emerged in professional growth…

The Pittsburg State University project described in this report was designed to use existing law enforcement personnel to provide drug-free education to students, primarily in grades 5 and 6, in a large, primarily rural area. The project developed a curriculum and provided inservice training to law enforcement personnel. In addition, the…

An evaluation of the Indianapolis Title I programs for fiscal year 1970 is presented. An effort was made to concentrate services on the students showing the most need. Finances limited the programs to grades kindergarten through sixth. Programs for programed remedial mathematics, remedial reading, tutorial reading, special education, student…

Scientific and technological literacy (STL) is becoming one of the central planks for development through education on a global scale. Within this global thrust, design and technology in particular are gaining strength as curriculum components either as an individual subject or as contributors to a more broad and inclusive approach to learning.…

Inservice teacher education suffers many shortcomings, including a tradition of being reactive rather than proactive. Historically, inservice education was used to make up for educators' poor teaching skills when they entered the field. School systems also relied on new teachers to introduce innovative ideas on educational change. Today, inservice…

A study investigated the ranking by first-year teachers of how much support instructional practices in reading received by universities, administrators, colleagues, and parents. Subjects, 110 new teachers in Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico, completed the survey. Results indicated that administrators, colleagues, and parents encourage use of basal…

Disagreement between learning disability teachers and reading teachers is complicated because of different vocabularies used by each group. (RB)

Presents a brief account of the activities of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills during the past year. (TO)

The report describes the development and validation of simulation-based inservice materials designed to positively change the attitudes of regular elementary teachers toward mainstreamed handicapped children. Results of pre and post-test comparisons on attitudes toward mainstreaming are said to indicate that the teachers scored significantly…

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WHICH DESCRIBE SPECIFIC STEPS AND PROCEDURES AIMED AT IMPROVING READING ACHIEVEMENT OF PUPILS IN THE SEVEN DETROIT GREAT CITIES PROJECT EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOLS ARE PRESENTED. EACH PUPIL SHOULD BE HELPED TO FORM A BETTER SELF-IMAGE SO THAT HIS MOTIVATION AND SELF-DIRECTION CAN BE IMPROVED. ALSO, THE CHILD SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO READ…

In an effort to increase student achievement in reading, increase teacher competency in reading instruction, and increase parental involvement in the school, a project (Improved Reading Instruction Schoolwide) was developed to provide an intensive college-level, two-year inservice training program for the teachers and principal in one elementary…

Abstracts which reflect a cross section of the anecdotal records made during two-6-week inservice teacher education institutes are presented. The institutes were designed to help elementary teachers combine technological activities with regular academic lessons for children in kindergarten through grade 6. Each of 38 teachers observed one child,…

This exercise simulates the planning of an instructional program for the second week of the sixth grade in an elementary school. The goal is to influence the planning so that the personal talents and interests of each member of the six person staff team will be best used in the planned activities. The six staff roles are senior instructor,…

The Partnership in the Education of Teachers (PET), a cooperative venture between Southeastern State College and Colbert, a small disadvantaged rural school, was initiated to revitalize the college elementary teacher training program through earlier field experiences for students; on-the-spot observation, teaching, and consulting by the college…

Suggests ways that preservice and inservice training might help language arts teachers develop teaching strategies which rely on questions to involve children in purposeful verbal activity. (DD)