THIS INVESTIGATION WAS CONCERNED WITH TEACHER COMPETENCE AND ITS RELATION TO TEACHER PREPARATION AND THE VALUE OF ATTITUDINAL MEASURES AS PREDICTORS OF TEACHING BEHAVIOR. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS' SCORES ON AN ADDITIONAL INVENTORY CONCERNING INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES AND THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIOR IN A CONTRIVED INSTRUCTIONAL…

Many Peace Corps volunteers, returning to see with new eyes and feel with new nerves the sorrows of our own cities, are finding jobs as teachers in inner-city schools. Of the 50 percent sent overseas to teach, more than two thirds are young liberal arts graduates lacking orthodox teaching credentials, but by 1965 many states began recruiting them,…

This handbook presents an orientation program for volunteer reading teachers. Four units covered include an overview of the volunteer tutoring program, the classroom teacher's public relations role in the program, implementation of the tutoring program, and the classroom teacher's administrative or managerial role in the volunteer tutoring…

A review of humanistic psychology literature by the author leads him to specify five major elements of a humanistic orientation. It is concluded that it is the teacher's orientation, rather than any specific technique, which is the significant determinant of whether or not the classroom experience will have a humanistic orientation. For journal…

This paper describes the development and evaluation of a beginning teacher induction program designed to bridge the gap between student teacher and teacher with full responsibility. While teachers were happy in general with the program, effects on teacher behavior were slight. (Author/MT)

This study follows up two earlier studies regarding the role perceptions of Entry Year Committee members. It investigated the impressions of mentor teachers concerning their roles, and the professional benefits gained from assuming these roles. Conclusions are discussed. (MT)

Describes experiences of a Philadelphia teacher who is transferred irregularly from school to school as student enrollments shift. Focuses on difficulties of understanding how the new school operates, obtaining supplies, getting to know a new staff and student body, and teaching students with special needs. Recommends that frequently transferred…

Indicators and characteristics of effective induction systems are described using efforts of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' Career Development Program as an example. Fundamental changes needed in the way teacher education is conceptualized by school personnel are discussed. (DF)

Discusses general considerations in three areas for a teaching assistant (TA) training program: (1) TA orientation, (2) TA inservice training, and (3) TA evaluation. (EKN)

This hypothetical episode of a new teacher's arrival in a school system offers some practical suggestions for teacher orientation on the part of the school principal. (MB)

Reviews "The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action" (1987) and "Educating the Reflective Practitioner" by Donald Schon. Notes that in these works reflection-in-action leads a teacher to an elevated level of professional knowledge. Relates the authors' interpretation to current thinking in teacher…

Describes the Beginning Teacher Effectiveness Training program, intended to help beginning teachers eliminate unnecessary daily decisions, establish effective routines, and use effective teaching practices, by close cooperation with a mentor (an experienced colleague) and through encouragement, praise, and reassurance. (SR)

Giving a school's best teachers the challenge of supervision will empower them to assume greater responsibility, decision making, accountability, and professionalism. Suggested guidelines for supervising teachers include holding an annual meeting with student teachers, preparing classes for student teachers, demonstrating good teaching and…

Beginning teachers are advised to pace themselves; provide disciplinary options; learn to justify their teaching; be tolerant about student gripes; use the Socratic method to elicit thoughtful responses; refrain from killing discussion, solving students' personal problems, and insulting students' intelligence; listen to veteran teachers; begin…