A Teachers' Center for Nine Rural Towns -- Can Grassroots Grow from Seeds Planted on Top? Teachers' Center Exchange Occasional Paper No. 2, December 1977.

Autor/in	Martin, Peter
Institution	Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA.
Titel	A Teachers' Center for Nine Rural Towns -- Can Grassroots Grow from Seeds Planted on Top? Teachers' Center Exchange Occasional Paper No. 2, December 1977.
Quelle	(1977), (9 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Involvement; Cooperative Planning; Curriculum Development; Decision Making; Inservice Teacher Education; Institutional Cooperation; Needs Assessment; Program Descriptions; Regional Planning; Resource Centers; Rural Areas; Rural Schools; Teacher Centers; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Lehrerfortbildung; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Bedarfsermittlung; Regionalplanung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Teacher centres; Lehrerzentrum
Abstract	Funded through local resources and an ESEA Title IV-C Federal grant, Project RISE (Regional In-Service Education) is an inservice center serving teachers, administrators and support staff in public and private schools in east-central Connecticut. During the planning year, the professional growth needs of teachers of grades K-8 were assessed. Staff development "planning teams" were established at every school in a five-town region. These teams reviewed the needs assessment, cooperatively planned school-based programs to meet the expressed needs, and suggested programs appropriate for town-wide and regional presentation. Today Project RISE serves nine rural towns. RISE consultant/advisors are assigned to a limited number of schools, visiting approximately one-half day per week and/or as requested. The RISE Learning Exchange center is open for specific hours and has specific themes, people, projects and/or materials. Curriculum development is conducted at the regional level. Project RISE also helps teachers achieve their growth goals. More emphasis is placed on university and community involvement. Decisions are made by a teacher governing board, the school planning teams, the project director, a Teacher Advisory Board, and a Superintendents' Advisory Board. Project RISE's long-range plans are to meet the concerns of all groups--teachers, principals, superintendents, boards. (NQ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC