This report describes the inservice component of a project designed to enable 16 secondary English teachers to increase their understandings and develop their competencies in teaching disadvantaged, low achieving students. Included are descriptions of the resource materials used, curriculums which were studied, a sample unit which was developed, a…

The Brigham Young University-Public School Partnership (BYU-PSP) has been serving K-12 public schools in Utah for 29 years. The Partnership includes five school districts, BYU's David O. McKay School of Education, and the seven arts and sciences colleges at BYU that participate in preparing teachers. This article describes the structure of the…

The formation of an environmental studies center and its efforts to better prepare inservice teachers for developing and implementing environmental education programs are discussed. Seminars, workshops, problem clinics, field trips, and consulting services are some of the methods used. Means of generating community interest and administrative…

Describes the "floating faculty" program developed by the Prince George's County (Maryland) Public Schools to provide onsite inservice training for school faculties in the district through the use of specially trained personnel that make up a "faculty-without-a-school." (JG)

Describes a program designed to help the beginning teacher adjust to a new job and assist him to minimize the common pitfalls and difficulties encountered by many new teachers. (SB)

Teacher preparation to deliver inclusive services to students with disabilities is increasingly important because of changes in law and policy emphasizing student access to, and achievement in, the general education curriculum. This innovation configuration identifies the components of inclusive services that should be incorporated in teacher…

In this supplement to a previously published Teachers' Center Exchange Directory (April 1977), 55 additional teacher centers are described. These descriptions include the name of the contact person at each center, the program offered, resources, staff, participation, fees and credit, affiliation, support, decision making, and publications. (JD)

The experiences of three college deans who conducted field-based inservice courses are recounted. Courses were conducted in the needs of exceptional children, multicultural education, community responsibility for change, and supervisory skills. General descriptions of course content and reactions of participants are interspersed with introspective…

This pamphlet describes "a project [organized by the District of Columbia Teachers College, Washington, D.C.] in taking inservice education to the profession . . . of using teams of instructors . . . from several universities and professional sources . . . for more than 500 principals, teachers, supervisors . . . in six centers around the…

The 13 documents discussed in this annotated bibliography are primarily concerned with inservice programs for administrators but some coverage of inservice programs for teachers is included. (IRT)

Describes programs that have arisen since the Pennsylvania state board authorized local school districts and intermediate units to organize inservice programs that can provide the coursework necessary for permanent certification and for Master's Equivalency Certificates. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the nutrition education program in Massachusetts schools, and the inservice teacher workshops for the training of elementary school teachers in nutrition education. (JR)

A two-week summer institute for teachers and administrators of kindergarten and grade 1 gifted children is described. The purpose of the Institute was to plan strategies for meeting the needs of the young gifted and talented children in their classrooms, schools, or districts. (Author)