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Support From The Administration: A Case Study In The Implementation Of A Grassroots Faculty Development Program, Harry G. Lang, James J. Decaro

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Assumptions at the Dean's Level

Strategies to Facilitate the Faculty Development Program

Support at the Dean's Level

Faculty Forums

Reorganization

Faculty Development Liaisons

Faculty Development Advisory Committees

Ongoing Dialogue and Program Visibility

Meeting the Challenge

Conclusions

References

Appendix

Summer Research Appointments At Federal Research Laboratories, Robert A. Lucas

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Summer Research for New and Established Faculty

Research Opportunity Award Program

Benefits of the Research Opportunity Award Program

DOE Cooperative Laboratory Research Program

Summer Appointments Can Revive Research Careers

Three DOD Programs

Common Characteristics of Summer Research Programs

Options for Agencies without Formal Programs

Role of the Faculty Developer

Conclusion

References

Appendix

Designing Program Evaluations: A Circular Model, Robert J. Menges, Marilla Svinicki

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Traditional Approaches

The Circular Model of Evaluation

Generating Questions: Deciding What to Ask

Identifying question sources

Identifying questions

Identifying Data Sources: Deciding Whom to Ask

Occasions for Data Collection: Deciding When to Ask

Methods for Collecting Data: Deciding How to Ask

Putting it All Together

A Faculty Development Example

Identifying Questions and Question Sources

Identifying Data Sources

Deciding When to Collect Data

Choosing Data Collection Methods

Putting It All Together

Advantages of the Circular Model of Evaluation

Conclusion

References

Helping To Make Connections: Emphasizing The Role Of The Syllabus, Barbara J. Millis

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Emphasizing the Importance of the Syllabus at University College

Distribution of a Syllabus Construction Handbook

Syllabus Solicitation and Review

Information about the Syllabus in Faculty Publications

Workshops Focused on the Syllabus

Emphasis on the Syllabus in Two Key Components of the Faculty Development Program

Refinements to the University College Program

Revision of The Compleat Syllabus

Revision of the Syllabus Review Process

Implications for Other Institutions

References

Appendix

Part I: Faculty Development: Where It Is; Where It's Going

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The articles in this section take up the subject of faculty development as a field: its role in the academy, the areas where development activities have had the most success, and possible directions for the future.

Part Ii: Building Successful Faculty Development Programs

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Starting a new faculty development program, redirecting an existing one, and approaching the daunting task of evaluating one-these are the issues discussed in the articles included in the section that follows.

Part Iii: Issues And Approaches In Faculty And Instructional Development

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The articles in this section present a menu of possible approaches, activities, and programs designed to stimulate faculty, instructional, and organizational development.

Part Iv: Improving Teaching And Learning

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Helping teachers to help their students learn better is obviously a major concern of most faculty development programs. The articles in this section present a number of ideas and techniques for improving teaching and learning - most of them predicated on recognizing and dealing with the diversity of students' interests and learning needs.

Playing God In Academe, Raymond J. Rodrigues

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In 1986, Alston Chase published his book Playing God in Yellowstone. In it, he argues that Yellowstone had never, in historic times, ever been in a truly natural state. He points out that when the early European and Anglo explorers first entered Yellowstone, fires were burning everywhere. The fires, he tells us, were set by the Indians in Yellowstone to drive game into areas where they could be trapped and killed. In setting those fires, the Indians were actually controlling and contributing to the ecological balance of the region.

Graduate Teaching Assistants' Views On Teaching, James M. Shaeffer, Lawrence T. Mcgill, Robert J. Menges

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Previous Experiences and Role Models

Current Feedback

The Search for a Comfortable Style

Implications for GTA Development

Notes

References

Using Video Recall For Improving Professional Competency In Instructional Consultation, David Taylor-Way, Kathleen T. Brinko

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Videotape Consultation and Intervention: A Short History

Using Video Recall to Produce Professional Knowledge in Clients

Using Video Recall to Produce Professional Knowledge in Consultants

Some Personal Experimentation: David

Some Personal Experimentation: Kate

Conclusion

References

Discussion Method Teaching: A Practical Guide, William M. Welty

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Preparation Before Class

Read the Assigned Material

Decide on Important Concepts and Outline

A Question Outline

A Board Outline

Knowing Your Students

Looking at the Whole Semester and the Whole Institution

Physical Setting

The Ideal

Usual Situation

The Class

Beginning the Class

Questioning, Listening, Response

Body Language

Sense of Time

Group Work

Ending the Class

After Class

How to Start

Bibliography: Case Method and Discussion Method Teaching

The Words Made Fresh: Transforming The Language And Context Of Faculty Development, Marie Wunsch

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Combining Faculty Development and Faculty Support

Linking Faculty Development and Faculty Evaluation

Cultivating Culture, Climate, and Community

References

The Mentor-Mentee Relationship Between Doctoral Advisors And Advises At An Historically Black University, Barbara Jeane J. Davis

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A Comparative Study Of The Personal Traits Of The Elementary School Principal In A Large Urban School District And Their Effect On Student Academic Achievement., James Lawrence Brown

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A Study Of Graduating Colleges Student's Perceptions Of Identified Factors Related To Persistency In Acquiring A College Degree., Frances K. Norman

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Job Involvement As It Relates To Staff Management Relations In University Administration., Reginald Lheagwam Emukah

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The Search For Nova University: An Essay On Its First Twenty-Five Years 1964-1989, Stephen L. Goldstein

NSU Books and Book Chapters

Acknowledgement

Twenty-five years in the life of a university is a short period of time. Yet, in its first twenty-five years, Nova University has been able to respond to major changes in American society. After Sputnik was launched in 1957, our government and our educational system placed a high priority on science and technology. President Kennedy declared that we would place a man on the moon within a decade.

Nova University of Advanced Technology was conceived in response to the national agenda. In the mid-1960s, President Johnson launched the Great Society, which began to take effect in the late 1960s …

A Survey Of Fifth And Sixth Grade Parents At Jefferson Elementary School, Charleston, Illinois, James M. Louthan

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study was to survey parents/guardians of fifth and sixth grade students concerning their opinions of programs, practices and procedures used at Jefferson Elementary School in Charleston, Illinois. An instrument was designed and given to students to take home to be completed by their parents/guardians and returned to school via the student. Results of the survey indicated that, in general, most parents were satisfied with the programs, practices and procedures except for the schoolwide discipline program, certain curricular offerings (handwriting, math and physical education) and the amount of homework assigned. Opinions of the parents surveyed will …

Jefferson Middle School: A School Of Achievers, Gary C. Niehaus

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field experience was to develop a detailed five-year strategic plan for Jefferson Middle School. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Middle School Future Planning Consortium had twenty-four middle schools across the nation that worked collaboratively to share and build their plans. Jefferson Middle School was part of this consortium. The researcher utilized the ASCD format and the expertise of those schools involved to develop the Jefferson Middle School plan. The format has four major areas of focus: (1) Organization, (2) Core Curriculum, (3) Improved Teaching and (4) Educational Technology.

This field study report is …

An Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of The Dual Principal As An Instructional Leader, Alan L. Jones

Masters Theses

This field experience investigated the effects of assigning multiple buildings to one principal. This study investigated the perceptions of the dual principals' effectiveness as instructional leaders and the impact of the dual principalship on job functions. In 1985 the state of Illinois passed school reform legislation stating that 51 percent of an administrators' time must be dedicated to instructional leadership. By developing a survey instrument to collect data from principals in Illinois serving in the capicity of multiple building principals information containing demographics of the districts, buildings, principals and perceptions of principals was tabulated. Even though the Illinois school reform …

Assessing The Impact Of Illinois Revised Statutes 122, Article 24a On The Identification And Remediation Of Unsatisfactory Performers, Teresa Lane

Masters Theses

Article 24A of the Illinois School Code was enacted in order to improve instruction in the State of Illinois. One of the underlying beliefs of the legislators who designed and passed the School Improvement Act of 1985, which contained Article 24A was that one way to improve instruction is to eliminate the unsatisfactory performers in the classroom. Since the implementation of Article 24A no data based studies have been conducted on the effects of this legislation on those teachers evaluated as unsatisfactory. This study is intended to gather data on the number of unsatisfactory performers as well as the characteristics …

Exploration Of Alternative Methods Of Providing Quality Educational Programs In Five Small Illinois Rural School Districts, Odus T. Cheek

Masters Theses

This study explored alternative methods that might be used by five selected small Illinois rural school districts to provide quality educational programs. Many Illinois school districts are facing problems that are unique to today's educational setting. Declining enrollments and decreasing farm land assessments along with small increases in state aid have compounded the problems of school districts. School board members must be aware of the condition of the school districts and what warning signs show impending problems. This study explored the enrollment projections, financial conditions and the instructional setting of five Shelby County Illinois school districts. Then options available to …

A Study Of The Administrative Agent's Role Of The Regional Superintendent Of Schools In Illinois, John E. Mcnary

Masters Theses

This work contains a study of the administrative agent's role of the Regional Superintendent of Schools in Illinois. The fifty-seven Educational Service Regions (E.S.R.s) in Illinois were surveyed to determine the number of superintendents acting as an administrative agent for a program, the educational experience possessed by each superintendent, the types of services being offered, the total number of dollars that become the responsibility of the administrative agent, the total number of jobs created, the governance structure, and the benefits and detriments of the role as reported by the superintendents. The data gathered by the survey was tabulated and analyzed …

Collective Bargaining In Illinois Special Education Cooperatives, Wayne E. Savageau

Masters Theses

The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (IELRA) took effect on January 1, 1984. By the 1988-89 school year, the number of Illinois public school districts with negotiated contracts had increased by nearly 68%, from 507 to 850. The effect of the Act on multi-district special education cooperatives is not as easily determined.

Directors of Illinois' 54 multi-district special education cooperatives outside Cook County were surveyed to obtain demographic data and information on the collective bargaining experiences of these cooperatives. Responses were received from 41 directors (76%).

These directors reported geographic sizes ranging from 144 to 4,000 square miles, with enrollments …

Social Status And The Play Interactions Of Students Labelled Learning Disabled And Their Peers, Tammy S. Bryant

Masters Theses

The relationship between social status and play interactions of students labelled learning disabled and their peers is an area which has received much attention. However, most of the research has focused on students in resource settings. The current study focused on students labelled learning disabled in self-contained settings. The study involved administering the Play With Rating Scale to 41 second and third graders in regular classrooms and to 11 same-aged peers who were learning disabled in self-contained settings. The results were divided into popular/average and unpopular status groups. Thirty-three children were observed at play utilizing an observation tool developed by …

An Analysis Of The Impacts Of The Illinois Board Of Higher Education' S Admission Requirements On Selected High Schools In East Central Illinois, Stephen C. Selle

Masters Theses

The Illinois Board of Higher Education in 1985 instituted mandatory subject admission requirements for all state universities beginning in the year 1990. Subsequent legislative action by the Illinois General Assembly has moved these requirements back to 1993. This field experience investigated the possible impacts of these requirements on rural schools of under 500 students in east central Illinois. A cover letter explaining the purpose of the study and a two page questionnaire were mailed to twenty- one schools. Sixteen schools in the counties of Vermillion, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, and Will responded and were the focus of the study. Enrollment patterns …

"Incentives To Alleviate Teacher Frustrations: Inroads To Better Work Production For Teachers And Administrators, Barry Kanpol

Education Faculty Articles and Research

This article first looks at how teachers' apt work is contrasted with that of teacher-perceived inept administrative work habits. Second, a distinction is made between teacher official and pragmatic work zones. More teacher autonomy was achieved through completing administrative duties within the pragmatic zone. This acted as a constant source of teacher struggle and frustration, yet concurrently this was also a possible source of liberation. Conclusions suggest that both teacher and administrators first open communication lines by airing the core of the problem that bothers them, and second, create united normative platforms on "issues." This would help to alleviate teacher-related …

Planning And Managing School Facilities, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Theodore Kowalski addresses the administrative procedures associated with planning and managing school facilities. Practitioner interest in school facilities has been growing rapidly in recent years because decades of neglect, poor planning, and cost cutting have created a situation in which large numbers of America's school buildings are in need of major repair or replacement.

At the same time, the realization that costs related to repair and replacement have escalated significantly has fueled a new concern among school facility planning and management.

Writing for school administrators, superintendents, and board members as well as graduate students in education, Kowalski discusses planning from …

Adult Basic Education: An Instructional Program Plan, Nancy Helen Warnstadt

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The project provides a comprehensive instructional program guide for Adult Basic Education at Centralia College. The project plan will be utilized to help track activities and illustrate accountability, assist in program evaluation, to clarify individual program objectives, end to provide guidelines and assistance to other programs facing similar problems. The project provides the following information: the setting description, the program mission statement, the instructional model, the component plans, the organization and staffing, progrem evaluation and a program improvement plan.