This evaluation of mini-conferences conducted for Alabama teachers who completed training in the 1996 Summer Space Orientation for Professional Educators (SOPE) examines the effectiveness of follow-up sessions for teachers (N=69) and provides baseline data on teachers' knowledge of and attitudes toward teaching science. Conclusions about the 1996 summer SOPE program, reached through collaboration between the evaluation team and project personnel, provided the impetus for initiation of the follow-up mini-conferences for Alabama teachers in the Huntsville, Birmingham, and Montgomery areas of the state. (Contains 18 tables.) (DDR)