Describes a project to help teachers and administrators identify challenging goals for professional development. Activities that help to heighten awareness include breaking routine, changing perspective, examining assumptions, and reading challenging material. Two important ingredients for the professional development process are time and…

In responding to reviewers of his article on the professional identity of student affairs professionals, Rickard explains why he felt the need to write about the state of the student affairs profession. Responds to issues raised by each of the several reviewers. (NB)

Discusses definitions of mentors and mentoring, the functions/roles of mentors, the cycle or phases of the mentoring process, possible caveats in mentorships, and the benefits derived from mentoring relationships for the mentor, protege, and the organization. (SR)

Examined child study process, model for collaboration among teachers, counselors, and other school professionals focused on individual children and their needs. Experienced elementary teachers reported increased professional expertise and personal satisfaction after participating in school-year-long child study seminar focusing on child from each…

Discusses the evolution of counseling psychology's theoretical models and their subsequent treatment by "The Counseling Psychologist" (TCP) in its early years through 1984. After outlining the founding of the journal, the author traces the history of the TCP and its relationship to the historical periods of the profession's development.…

Discusses a group known as the Consortium for Education and Training (CET), composed of practitioners who are seeking sustained contact for formal continuing-education unit activities. Describes the consortium model, its philosophical and practical elements, participation needs, topic selection, and implications and opportunities open to…

Describes a professional development model for a 1-day institute that is an intensive 7-hour teaching program concentrating on updating technical knowledge and skills for improving teaching strategies. (JOW)

Describes a model of implementing multicultural education that uses a four-step process of awareness, knowledge, skills development, and action. Professional education is a key component of this program, which was evaluated in 1995 and 1996. Teacher responses to questionnaires showed the positive impacts of the approach. (SLD)

Describes the development and informal pilot testing of a technology-based model for professional development designed to provide support to teachers in Quebec, Canada. Results from two pilot schools offer support and feedback for the model and identify areas for further research and evaluation. (SLD)

Heather B. Weiss and Priscilla D. Little of the Harvard Family Research Project suggest seven possible approaches to strengthening OST (Out-of-School) organizations, including methods to ensure that OST providers become stronger partners with other groups and more adept advocates for their field. Strategies discussed include: (1) Cultivate…

Which comprehensive school reform programs have evidence of positive effects on elementary school achievement? To find out, this review summarizes evidence on comprehensive school reform (CSR) models in elementary schools, grades K-6. Comprehensive school reform models are programs used schoolwide to improve student achievement. They typically…

One method of training principals and teachers to lead substantive change initiatives lies in partnership activities between schools and the local university. The Collaborative School Improvement Program (C-SIP) is a successful school-university partnership that focuses upon collaborative relationships between Eastern Michigan University and area…

Professional development is seen as one of the major levers for aligning science instruction in the USA with the vision put forth by national standards documents. Although there is a growing consensus regarding what constitutes effective professional development, there is little empirical evidence to support this consensus. This study examines the…

This article charts the development of a networked learning community (NLC). NLCs were established by the National College for School Leadership in 2002 connecting groups of schools to further both pupil and teacher learning. This study examines one sub-network in a London borough, focused on developing Assessment for Learning practices. The…

Despite official endorsement of attachment principles in nursery work, these are often not translated into nursery practice. One possible reason for this is that staff training does not sufficiently address the personal implications and anxieties that children's attachments may entail for practitioners. Working from a psychoanalytic perspective on…