The goal-setting component of a professional growth evaluation model for teachers was examined through a survey of 572 teachers, interviews with 65 teachers, and interviews with 12 teacher-supervisor pairs. Data suggested that teachers did not really develop high quality goals and that they lacked knowledge about the process. (SLD)

It is suggested that educating critical professional educators is a matter of developing both preservice and inservice teacher education contents and processes simultaneously by aiming toward a new paradigm in educational philosophy and pedagogy. Four research projects that search for a new teacher-education theory are reviewed briefly. (SLD)

Presents a conceptual framework for a model of professional education based on an interdisciplinary approach developed at the University of Calgary. Highlights include professional growth; experts' behavior; mentorship; professional knowledge base; elaboration theory; and fuzzy logic. (Contains 21 references.) (LRW)

Teachers with higher order needs benefit from expressing their creativity and exercising valued skills. The evaluation process should encourage experienced teachers to grow professionally and move toward self-actualization. The suggested evaluation model includes an evaluation conference, a choice of evaluation method, a planning conference, an…

Incorporates the management literature on crisis to create a model that can be used to assess the seriousness of crisis. Extends the model for use by public-relations managers. Concludes with suggestions that will modify approaches employed and improve the effectiveness of public-relations professionals in their role as crisis managers. (RS)

Teachers experienced with entry-level technology tools are poised to move from literacy to fluency. The Independent Professional Development in Technology model was developed to extend individual professional development in classroom applications of newer, more sophisticated educational technologies. Design, benefits, and implementation strategies…

Presents a framework for the study of professional development and proposes that key factors that affect student achievement be conceptualized as school capacity. Makes the case that professional development be designed to enhance three dimensions of capacity: (1) staff knowledge, skills, and dispositions; (2) school professional community; and…

Glickman's developmental supervision model addresses professionalism by focusing on adult development, teacher development, and life span transitions. This paper describes a study that interviewed 30 graduate students and 120 classroom teachers concerning the relationship between the developmental supervision process and teachers' reflective…

The aim of this paper is to offer an additional perspective to the understanding of educational change processes by clarifying the significance of identity learning. Today's innovations require changes in teachers' professional identity. Identity learning involves a relation between social-cognitive construction of new meanings and individual,…

Codes of ethics typically provide rules and guidelines for best practices in marriage and family counseling. An emerging model for ethical decision making emphasizes the ethics of virtues and aspirations. Exploring fundamental models of helping, as well as contemporary issues in community systems, affords context for examining the professional…

Education is centre stage in current UK government initiatives to promote multi-agency team work. This paper draws on a research project which explored the way in which multi-disciplinary teams work and learn together in their practice with children, to consider the implications of "joined-up" practice for theorizing dilemmas of knowledge creation…

All those responsible for the preparation of teachers agree that having a highly qualified teacher in every classroom is essential to student academic achievement. The research of the past decade by William Sanders and others clearly demonstrates the significance of the teacher in fostering student growth and academic achievement. What researchers…

Professional development in academia has multiple components, and new counselor educators are often not given clear directions for navigating these components. A model with both content and process components of successfully navigating the 1st year as an assistant professor is presented. In addition, the value of creating a portfolio is…

This article presents contextual background for the preparation of teachers to effectively use assistive technology (AT) with students with disabilities. A brief description of student uses of technology is presented, noting how students have changed in their understanding and use of information technologies. The role of AT is then presented,…

For decades the National Science Foundation has been funding the development of instructional materials whose design is based upon the recommendations of educational research. These recommendations include the idea that learning be sequenced and organized using an experiential learning cycle or an instructional model such as the Biological Science…