The statement of objectives three and four of the "Metrication in Delaware Schools" project are given along with an outline of the steps taken to meet these objectives. The objectives involve coordination of metric education efforts and inservice metric education for elementary and non-math and non-science secondary teachers. (MN)

The main factor in reading instruction is the teacher. (JH)

Considered the competencies of reading teachers and the need to improve reading instruction. (RK)

Article evaluated the need for training of career educators and described courses suitable for counselor education. (RK)

The director of teacher education organizes and supervises the student teaching program; organizes and supervises new-teacher workshops and appropriate staff development activities for all personnel; and acts as liaison between the Fort Worth Independent School District and teacher education institutions. (Author/CB)

Recommendations are included for improving preparation of earth science teachers in the state of Massachusetts. (PS)

Training prospective and practicing teachers is the responsibility of both public schools and universities. To do the job efficiently, a single faculty and support structure for training teachers must be created. This must happen despite an environment encumbered with excessive bureaucratic regulation, autonomous political entities, and highly…

Developed by a committee from all major educational consituencies, this comprehensive plan outlines the problems, goals, components, and mechanisms for coordinating California's preservice and inservice training of teachers and other educational professionals. Recent proliferation of training programs has caused problems in cooperation, funding,…

This is one of a series of 20 booklets designed for participants in an in-service course for teachers of elementary mathematics. The course, developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project, is designed to be conducted by local school personnel. In addition to these booklets, a course package includes films showing mathematics being…

This is one of a series of 20 booklets designed for participants in an in-service course for teachers of elementary mathematics. The course, developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project, is designed to be conducted by local school personnel. In addition to these booklets, a course package includes films showing mathematics being…

This is one of a series of 20 booklets designed for participants in an in-service course for teachers of elementary mathematics. The course, developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project, is designed to be conducted by local school personnel. In addition to these booklets, a course package includes films showing mathematics being…

This report presents data collected about the impact of the Research Utilizing Problem Solving (RUPS) instructional system on the classrooms of teachers trained in two RUPS workshops, which were part of the Improving Teaching Competencies Program at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. The report is divided into four chapters, the first…

The manual describes the Ohio career education inservice program which attempts to emphasize closer contact with the world of work, replacing traditional inservice program emphasis on developing teacher efficiency within the classroom. The diagnostic-prescriptive technique is incorporated into the manual. An introductory section presents an…