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Zinth, Jennifer; Weyer, Matt – Education Commission of the States, 2021
Instruction in prekindergarten through third grade (P-3) lends itself to authentic, project-based and playful experiences that immerse learners in STEM activities and instruction. In an era of increased focus on literacy and math skills, STEM provides an interdisciplinary approach that may prove more effective for young students to acquire skills…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, STEM Education, Mathematics Anxiety, Faculty Development
Stokes-Beverley, Christine; Simoy, Ian – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education believes it is important that all programs responsible for pre-service teacher training prepare all graduates to effectively select, evaluate, and use appropriate technologies and resources to create experiences that advance student engagement and learning. We call upon leaders of teacher preparation programs to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2011
Maryland was one of 11 states, plus the District of Columbia, to win an award through the Race to the Top competition, a $4 billion grant program--backed by the Obama administration and funded by the 2009 economic-stimulus package--that was meant to foster school improvement and innovation. Along with 44 other states and the District of Columbia,…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Public School Teachers, Faculty Development, Academic Standards
Wolanin, Natalie; Wade, Julie – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2015
The goal of the Howard Hughes Science Institute (HHMI) supported science program is to train one staff member to become a science lead within each of the elementary schools in the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) district. The specific objectives of the first year of HHMI grant project were to: (1) provide approximately 20…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Grants, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
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Shattuck, Julie; Anderson, Terry – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Within the overall framework of design-based research, this paper reports on a study that focused on evaluating an online training course for online instructors. This intervention was designed as a possible solution to the problem facing some higher education institutions of how to provide quality, accessible training for mostly part-time…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Inservice Teacher Education, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty
Maryland State Department of Education, 2004
Central to reform efforts in Maryland's Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) since adoption of the 1995 Teacher Education Task Force Report has been development and maintenance of Professional Development Schools (PDS) for the training of teacher candidates and to provide continuing professional development for in-service teachers. This document…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Colleges, Professional Development, Professional Development Schools
Mattson, Beverly – Center on Instruction, 2011
One of the competitive priorities of the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top applications addressed science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). States that applied were required to submit plans that addressed rigorous courses of study, cooperative partnerships to prepare and assist teachers in STEM content, and prepare…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Competition, Federal Aid, Educational Improvement
Murphy, Joyce A. – 1986
The Maryland Teaching Effectiveness Network (TEN) is a long range staff development program for teacher education faculty, principals, and supervising teachers. The goal of TEN is to create and maintain a continuum between campus based courses and school based field experience in teacher education programs. A three-phase process is used to hold…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, State Programs
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1984
The impact of the School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP) program in Maryland schools was studied. The program encouraged application of research on planned change to implement one or more of four instructional models: Active Teaching, Mastery Learning, Student Team Learning, and Teaching Variables of "content" and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Improvement Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Certification and Accreditation. – 1994
The state of Maryland views learning to teach as a developmental process in which there is continuous engagement with research, best practice, and expert opinion. This publication identifies 10 performance-based standards for the career-long development of teachers and teacher candidates. Learning to teach is viewed as a continuous learning cycle…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1984
The impact of the School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP) program in Maryland schools was evaluated. The program encourages application of research on planned change to implement one or more of four instructional models: (1) Active Teaching--emphasis on direct instruction, review and discussion of homework, individually supervised…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Improvement Programs
Policy Studies in Education, New York, NY. – 1976
The major goal of the Baltimore County (Maryland) career education project (1975-76) was to strengthen the career education programs in fifteen schools, grouped into five clusters, through leadership training programs and through the development of linkages within and among schools and between the schools and the community. Each of the five…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Parsons, Michael H. – 1978
The staff development program for part-time teachers, designed and first implemented at Hagerstown Junior College (Maryland), became the basis of a model for a statewide program in June 1978. The goal of the program, which consisted of an interest inventory and workshops focusing on the teachers' five greatest concerns as revealed by the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education