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Download full textPreus, Paul K.; Williams, Douglas F. – 1975
The Program for Development of Community College Faculty was designed to provide statewide coordination and resources for individualized faculty development programs at 18 of Alabama's two-year colleges. It featured a year-long (1971-72) on-campus program of faculty development planned and implemented by certain faculty members from each community…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Faculty, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
PDF pending restorationMandel, David R. – 2000
This report examines the design and operation of efforts by several states that are implementing initiatives to improve low performing schools, drawing out lessons that could be applied in Tennessee. It focuses on why initiatives in Kentucky and North Carolina deserve attention; core ideas shaping Kentucky's and North Carolina's programs; what…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedConkle, M. Terry – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1997
Surveys of 265 elementary and secondary physical education teachers from Alabama assessed their inservice program needs with a focus on professional development needs and preferred inservice program arrangements or settings. Results indicated that physical educators wanted inservice program content to meet their unique needs but that many local…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Hill, James David – 1969
The purpose of this research was to determine the professional training needed by English teachers in the service area of Livingston University (Alabama) in order to develop guidelines for a program of professional improvement. It focused on three interrelated dimensions of the professional development of English teachers: (1) initial or…
Descriptors: English Education, Guidelines, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedRainey, Larry – Rural Educator, 1987
The Hale County (Alabama) school system and the University of Alabama formed a long-range collaborative relationship targeted at meeting staffing shortages and improving science instruction in the rural county. Statistically significant gains were achieved in the science teachers' mastery of content, teaching methodology, and attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Willard, Judy; Garner, Dale – 1982
Brewton City (Alabama) school district administrators implemented the concept of an institution of higher education (IHE) person becoming involved in their schools' professional programs on a long-term basis. The IHE person became as familiar as possible with the school system and the personnel involved by talking with teachers, observing in…
Descriptors: Consultants, Consultation Programs, Elementary School Teachers, Financial Support
