This report contains the results of the 10th application of the Tennessee Technological University Teacher Evaluation Model and an overview of the previous reports on the model conducted since 1973. Information on graduates of the teacher education program is used for curriculum evaluation and long-range planning. In the first chapter, purposes…

In this study, different educator groups had to rank a total of 112 behaviors that had previously been judged to be important to the performance of first-year teachers. Focus was on determining which behaviors are important in the assessment of beginning teachers' performance and whether or not such assessment should be differentiated according to…

The Teacher Evaluation and Assessment Center (TEAC) was established by the Department of Education at the University of South Florida in 1984 to serve the state in the certification of trainers and observers of the Florida Performance Measurement System (FPMS) and to score and report performance evaluations for special programs. This report…

This report describes the Scarsdale, New York, Public Schools' mentor program for beginning teachers from the perspective of its second year (1986-87). In response to the challenge to provide support for new teachers and to vitalize an experienced staff, a collaborative program was developed among the Scarsdale Teachers Association, district…

The Teacher Education Workshop, sponsored by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, provides a means for institutions of higher education to work cooperatively for the improvement of teacher education. The general theme for 1982-83, "Governance and Leadership in Teacher Education," was the focus of the workshop reported…

The origins, situation, and performance of about 100 college teachers who received their doctorates in geography from 1 of 30 major U.S. universities were investigated. Quantitative and narrative information was obtained from the teachers, colleagues from their departments, and students and through site visits. Three main topics were studied…

Several projects at the University of Georgia's College of Education provide information for program planning and design. The Diagnostic Teaching Cycle (DTC), which is being used to evaluate the undergraduate program of the Division of Elementary Education, has five components: identify, hypothesize, formulate goals and objectives, instruct and…

Students who graduated from Ohio State University's College of Education during the 1979-1980 school year were surveyed for this report. Data were obtained through questionnaires and from classroom observations and interviews with selected respondents. Survey results are reported and discussed in three sections. In the first section, the summary…

A faculty development program primarily oriented toward the beginning professor at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, is described. Among the program components are workshops; meetings to provide information about policies, procedures, and facilities at the school; and meetings to involve faculty in…

The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude of teacher concerns using the Teacher Concerns Checklist. Correlates of concerns of elementary and secondary teachers with varying levels of experience were identified from four major sources: (1) direct classroom observations; (2) pupil, peer, and supervisor ratings; (3) self report ratings…

Since 1972 Western Kentucky University has been evaluating graduates from the teacher education program via the Teacher Preparation Evaluation Program. Participants were identified during student teaching and followed for five years with extensive data collected during the first, third and fifth years. Part of these data included a new scale, the…

This proposal for continued federal support of the sixth year of Project Beacon, an experimental demonstration program designed to develop new approaches to the preparation of effective beginning teachers of disadvantaged children in inner city elementary schools, includes listing and discussion of the behavioral objectives and a description of…

This study sought to determine if there was a difference in teaching effectiveness of entry-level 1-year vocationally certified teachers of vocational agriculture and entry-level 4-year provisionally certified teachers of vocational agriculture. Correlations were computed using performance on the teaching test, teacher educator ratings, students'…

This policy brief examines programs from California and elsewhere in the United States for attracting and retaining quality preschool and child-care staff and places these programs within the broader context of K-12 reforms. While this brief is specifically aimed at early-childhood-education planners and policymakers, it contains information for…

The latest title in the popular Spotlight series, this timely book focuses on issues involving recruitment and retention of music teachers, a crucial issue in these days of budget constraints. Arranged chronologically, it features a collection of articles from state journals focusing on issues such as mentoring, teacher shortages, burnout, and…