The pressure to improve instruction and teacher effectiveness continues to grow in our nation's public elementary schools. As a means to achieve instructional improvements, school districts are increasingly adopting instructional coaching initiatives. This study explored instructional coaches' perspectives on their preparation for the role of…

This paper presents findings of a study that examined educators' perceptions of restructuring in nine Oregon Network schools. These schools participated in a federal grant designed to help schools focus on the "central variables" of restructuring--learner outcomes, curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment. Variables that…

This report summarizes findings of an elementary educator's dissertation research, which examined plans of assistance that were used to remediate three teachers deemed incompetent. The study focused on the reasons for placing the teachers on a plan of assistance, the remediation procedure actually implemented, and the plan's final outcome. Teacher…

Before presenting the plan for the improvement of teaching in the colleges and universities of Oregon's state system, this report reviews: (1) the administrative structure of the state's institutions of higher learning, including the role and function of the president and other academic officers and some aspects of the physiology of the…