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National Board Certification: A Scholarly Endeavor, Kathryn Loveless Jan 2008

National Board Certification: A Scholarly Endeavor, Kathryn Loveless

All Graduate Projects

If today's students are going to succeed they need quality teachers. To atiract and retain those teachers, we need to have a system to recognize and reward those teachers. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) was created to fill that need. This study presents the historical development of the Natio1ial Board Teacher Certification program, research on its effects on student learning, and the personal certification experience of a teacher practitioner. The high standards set by the NBPTS are commendable and worthy of being replicated in teacher training programs. These standards set the ground work for what teachers should …


An Evaluative Study Of Teacher-Directed And Student-Directed Methods Of Teaching The Metric System, Ronald E. Kerby Aug 1966

An Evaluative Study Of Teacher-Directed And Student-Directed Methods Of Teaching The Metric System, Ronald E. Kerby

Graduate Student Research Papers

Many teachers in their formative years have a balance between their academic subject field and methods of lesson presentation, but are still in doubt at times of which method presents a certain idea or concept best. These teachers realize that their work will continue to improve as they gain additional teaching experience and further education. Regardless of the experiences provided, a need arises for the individual to experiment and to determine through experimental research whether his instruction is reaching the majority of his students. If research seems to point out that many of the teacher's students are not benefiting from …


Supervision Through Observational Visits To The Classroom, Kenneth Lee Howerton Aug 1961

Supervision Through Observational Visits To The Classroom, Kenneth Lee Howerton

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to (1) review the evolution of supervisory attitude toward the observational visit, (2) determine how it may improve instruction, (3) discuss the establishment of rapport between the supervisor and the teacher, (4) present some types of classroom observational visits the principal as a supervisor may use, and (5) present and discuss the value of the post visit conference between teacher and supervisor.


A Study Of Effective Evaluation Of Teaching Performance, Clyde Edwin Henry Jul 1961

A Study Of Effective Evaluation Of Teaching Performance, Clyde Edwin Henry

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was (1) to define the general areas that help determine teaching performance, (2) to find a way to evaluate these areas as objectively as possible, and (3) to devise a form on which the results can be placed and easily interpreted. The problem was to study methods of evaluating the teaching staff without endangering their morale, without criticism of favoritism, and with a final goal of detecting and correcting weaknesses in the teaching profession.


Classroom Sketches, Pearl Jones Spencer, Amanda Katherine Hebeler Dec 1944

Classroom Sketches, Pearl Jones Spencer, Amanda Katherine Hebeler

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

We are now in the second year of the Washington State program of "in-service" training of teachers. It is not the purpose of this article to present a summary or evaluation of "in-service" work but to indicate how actual procedures reveal the philosophy of a school, its educational thinking and planning. The notes offered have been gleaned from observations made by some of those who have participated in the program.


Needs Of The In-Service Training Program, Robert E. Mcconnell Nov 1944

Needs Of The In-Service Training Program, Robert E. Mcconnell

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The Central Washington College of Education has had over a year of experience in serving public schools in the Washington state system of in-service training. This system was established by the State Board of Education in cooperation with the public higher institutions of learning in the spring of 1943. The principal function of the program is to provide a service to the schools for the refresher training of teachers returning to the profession during the war period. As a matter of fact, the service has been used not only by returning teachers, but also by present teachers who have been …


Rating Teachers To Help Them Grow, Emil E. Samuelson Jun 1941

Rating Teachers To Help Them Grow, Emil E. Samuelson

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In 1936 there was considerable dissatisfaction with the rating scale being used in the supervision of student teaching at the Central Washington College of Education, and it was felt that a new scale was needed. Consequently, three faculty members, the primary supervisor, the supervisor of rural teaching, and the director of personnel and placement decided to make a detailed study and to construct a new rating scale. The Ellensburg scale, originally evolved for the rating of student teachers with emphasis on guiding their growth, should be equally helpful in the rating and guidance of teachers in service.


The Evaluation Of Teachers And Teaching, Emil E. Samuelson May 1941

The Evaluation Of Teachers And Teaching, Emil E. Samuelson

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

The need for accurate evaluation of teachers and teaching is strongly indicated by various current situations. Among these is the oversupply of trained teachers and of candidates for admittance to teacher-training institutions. What candidates shall be selected for training? What teachers already trained shall be given preference in placement? And, finally, what criteria may be applied to determine professional advancement, Adequate evaluation of the type mentioned would help us to the answers of these questions.