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Teacher Education and Professional Development

Sacred Heart University

Series

1983

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High School Faculty Institute For Chemistry Teachers, Babu George Aug 1983

High School Faculty Institute For Chemistry Teachers, Babu George

Chemistry & Physics Faculty Publications

The High School Faculty Institute for Chemistry Teachers was established at Sacred Heart University in April 1980 with the long term goal to assist teachers in inspiring students to take up chemistry as a career or to continue studies in chemistry.


Teacher Self-Improvement: A Promising Approach To Professional Development And School Improvement, Edward F. Iwanicki, Lucille Mceachern May 1983

Teacher Self-Improvement: A Promising Approach To Professional Development And School Improvement, Edward F. Iwanicki, Lucille Mceachern

Education Faculty Publications

Teacher self-improvement is a promising approach to explore as schools plan to meet the professional development needs of their staff. In this article we focus on: 1) the basic concept of teacher self-improvement, 2) the relationship between teacher self-improvement and teacher evaluation, 3) the categories of information which can be examined during the self-improvement process, 4) some strategies for teacher self-assessment, 5), the process of planning a teacher self-improvement program, and 6) the role of self-improvement in facilitating school improvement.