ERIC Number: ED138568
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1974-Jul
Pages: 184
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Teacher Corps Planning Conference: Summary Report.
Participants at this four-day meeting of the Teacher Corps Planning Conference discussed the past function of the Corps and possible future courses. The general outline of the agenda was to look into the substantive fields for Teacher Corps focus and the priority needs in teacher education to which the Teacher Corps should address itself. Project design and support were also under consideration. The financing of the Corps and its relations with Congress were described and discussed at length. The consensus of opinion in regard to the position of the Corps within the structure of the government was that the Teacher Corps should perform as a special world somewhere between that of the Office of Education and the National Institute of Education, since much of the original work of the Corps was to carry government-developed educational plans into field development. It was recommended that: (a) some restructuring is required in the training of teachers for the project, in evaluating the trainees, and in obtaining better community and parental support; (b) a program should be provided for placing and supporting trainees and following them up; (c) a comprehensive support service plan should be worked out by the administration; and (d) each proposal should contain a full report on needs assessment. This document is a verbatim account of the discussions of the group. The documents they worked from are not included. (JD)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Needs Assessment, Planning Commissions, Program Design, Program Development, Summative Evaluation, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Teacher Corps.
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