In 1967, junior college and Kansas State Teachers College personnel studied the preparation of the state's junior college teachers. To design a graduate program, they analyzed the instructors by the education they had or needed. The data came from 450 teachers at 14 of the 16 Kansas junior colleges. Among the findings were: (1) 88% came from…

Examined the impact of high-quality middle-level teacher preparation programs. Subjects were 2,139 teachers from 5 states. Middle schools with grades six through eight configurations were selected. Results showed that respondents prepared in comprehensive programs, had separate licensure, or who had taken more courses tended to give more favorable…

THIS OUTLINE HAS BEEN PREPARED TO ASSIST SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING THE INSERVICE PROGRAM AS DESIGNED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROGRAM ARE (1) TO PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…

This study attempts to identify the opinions of social studies cooperating teachers toward student teacher placement, role relationships, evaluation, and inservice education. The hypothesis for this study was that northeast Missouri social studies cooperating teachers' opinions toward student teacher placement and evaluation would indicate that…

The activities and results of a special project to coordinate the Adult Basic Education components of four federally funded agencies in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, as a means of reaching the hard-core functional illiterate and providing a more effective and economical academic program, are reported. The five objectives of the program were:…

This paper describes a professional development initiative aiming to develop strong school/community partnerships, building the capacity for integrated, school-linked services and developing diverse models for community collaboration. Early in the 1995-1996 school year, seven school districts in mid-Missouri were recruited to begin developing…

This study found that Missouri special education teachers (n=198) felt that their undergraduate courses inadequately prepared them for working with children from families without two biological parents in the same household, though this training was felt to be important. The majority of subjects had received in-service training related to divorce,…