Although the idea of educational coaching is not new, the way teachers-in-training across six west Alabama counties are receiving job-embedded support is far from routine. Educational consultants 764 miles away are pioneering the use of virtual coaching for professional development. From their offices at the Pennsylvania Training and Technical…

In Colorado, a project was developed to teach participants a collaborative planning process for staff development and to assist in the design of a system of personnel development. Areas covered included: (1) selection of cadre members; (2) participation; (3) program design; and (4) consultants' reflections. (JN)

An intensive teacher inservice model using "field-based" clinical instructors was conducted at a Houston, Texas, school in cooperation with a Teacher Corps project. Inservice consultants explained and demonstrated new teaching skills and also worked with teachers on the classroom level. Methods that proved most successful for…