Revised version of a paper presented at the RELC Regional Semculum Design

Authors discuss two incompatible images of the professor in the small college, his own and that of his colleagues. (Editor)

Describes the qualities and talents needed in a professional teacher. (GR)

In most cases excellent teachers are made. School boards have to establish a climate that offers job satisfaction, that reduces some of the tensions and frustrations inherent in the job, and that recognizes teachers as people who want to learn to do their job better. (Author/IRT)

Reviews studies that examine the relationships between student achievement gains and the characteristics of teachers. Describes determinate relationships for four categories of teacher characteristics: college ratings, test scores, degrees and coursework, and certification status. (SLD)

Charter schools are publicly funded but operate outside the regulatory framework and collective bargaining agreements characteristic of traditional public schools. In return for this freedom, charter schools are subject to heightened accountability. This paper estimates the impact of charter school attendance on student achievement using data from…

In this article the author looks at the impact NCLB is having on teacher education programs, focusing on three major areas: who is entering teacher preparation programs; the experience they have while they are in those programs; and the experience they have while in the schools as student teachers. The increased focus on testing to determine who…

Hiring qualified reading professionals is a complex process involving a variety of considerations. The "Standards of Reading Professionals (revised in 1994 by the Professional Standards and Ethics Committee of the International Reading Association) provides a framework for the knowledge base reading educators should possess. However, other…

Article considered The Qualities and Competencies of the Religion Teacher, an exciting tool designed to help preservice and inservice teachers of religion look at their personal qualities and professional competencies. (Author/RK)

Characteristics of gifted minority children are considered (including a physical rather than aural learning style, external rather than internal orientation, and a preference for inductive over deductive reasoning) and requirements for training teachers to work with this population are discussed. Addressed are the importance of training regarding…

Fifteen teacher competencies (proceeding from self-awareness to interpersonal competence) which relate to the production of desired behaviors in children are identified. The author states that the competencies listed seem to apply with equal relevance to the teacher in the classroom and the teacher as a colleague. This document and SP 002 155-SP…

This document reports demographic information about mentors, the faculty of Empire State College (ESC), a new, nontraditional college without a campus of the State University of New York. Results show ESC mentors statistically like any faculty, though perhaps more oriented to private education than most state college faculties and more varied in…

As of July 15, 1966, 7.2% of all faculty positions in the California State College system were not filled (a total of 582.3 positions). A year later, on July 15, 1967, the number of unfilled positions reached 661 or 7.7% of all authorized positions in the system. To make matters worse, a freeze on all jobs was in effect for employees of the State,…

This descriptive study of college-level journalism teachers in the United States shows that the teachers are primarily male, young to middle aged, and distributed fairly evenly within the various academic ranks. There is a heavy midwestern emphasis in their current employment and in their academic training. The doctorate is now the modal degree in…