This document contains seven papers which examine the functional and organizational roles of the school supervisor in the context of new social, organizational, and professional demands on the school. The papers were presented at a 3-day symposium which focused on three related themes. The first theme, "The Supervisor: New Demands, New…

Because good teachers are in short supply, it is necessary to find ways of increasing their effectiveness. Students learn as much from television as from conventional instruction when the programs are viewed for academic credit. Experiments at Pennsylvania State University (1954; 1956-57) showed that it is difficult to assess the value of such…

Progress toward improvement of educational opportunities in small schools of Texas is being made through this project by (1) improving the quality of instruction, (2) using new methods and techniques of teaching, (3) increasing professional competencies of teachers and administrators, and (4) broadening courses offered. Project schools participate…

The One Hundred Eleventh Street Elementary School of the Los Angeles Unified School District, located in the heart of the black community of Watts, attracts visitors from other schools and school districts throughout the nation. The instructional program at 111th Street School is completely ungraded, with teachers, resource personnel, and…

A program developed by the Center for International Studies (CIS) at Cornell, focusing on world-based, political problems was evaluated for the ongoing improvement of the program. Of particular interest was whether the program was meeting its characterized goals of interdisciplinary content, problem orientation, and team teaching at the…

The Heman Street Preschool was organized to serve two main purposes: (1) T o provide a group of three- and four-year olds with a preschool experience which would increase their chances for later success in school; and (2) To train future teachers and teaching aides to work effectively in a preschool program. The program focused on four groups: the…

One of a series, this publication contains forty articles on educational change taking place in Kentucky elementary schools in the areas of school organization, educational practices, experimental projects and programs, and philosophies. A brief description of this series is given in SO 002 584. The publication, covering a wide range of…

This paper considers the problem of teaching formal composition skills to those whose repertories lack formal standard speaking style. The approach advocated here is bidialectal and is based on the idea that control of a variety of language styles is a useful tool and that productive competence of formal composition style is a mandatory skill for…

This report describes a 12-week pilot phase of an affective education program in the Stuttgart School District, Arkansas. Participating in the program were 218 children, grades 2-4, and a team of nineteen teachers who were given 12 weeks of in-service training designed to facilitate their use of the DUSO, Focus on Self-Development Human…

Suggests a means for narrowing the gap between the technological-school student's (twelfth-grader) mastery of pure mathematical principles and ability to apply it to electronics. Discusses factors for and against teaching applications, cooperation between mathematics and electronics teachers, test procedures, results, and analysis of findings. (YP)

Turning Points is a national design for middle school change, coordinated by the Center for Collaborative Education in Boston, Massachusetts, which serves as the National Turning Points Center. The design focuses on restructuring middle schools to improve learning, teaching, and assessment for all students. It is based on the seminal "Turning…

This volume makes two important contributions: First, it provides a framework grounded in theory and best professional practice that middle and high school teachers, their students, and community partners can use to design, implement, and evaluate service-learning projects that address authentic community needs. Second, it demonstrates ways…

The author recommends that teachers receive a strong liberal education followed by a two-year postbaccalaureate training program. In addition, the schools must be reorganized to include hierarchically structured teams of teachers headed by those with even further professional training and higher pay. (Author/JM)

Studied the effects of interdisciplinary teaming versus departmentalization on student achievement in middle schools. Found no significant differences for reading, math, science, and social studies achievement. Results suggest that team teaching merits further investigation as a potential strategy for mediating the student achievement loss…

Discusses a partnership between Northern Arizona University and a local school district that enables preservice teachers to practice innovative strategies for facilitating inclusion of students with disabilities into general classrooms. Strategies such as cooperative learning, collaborative teaming, peer tutoring, student empowerment, and creative…