A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Promising Practices: New Ways to Improve Teacher Quality - September 1998

Contacts

Recruitment

DeWitt Wallace Pathways to Teaching Project
Denise Littleton
Director, DeWitt Wallace Pathways to Teaching Project
Norfolk State University
2401 Carprew Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23504
757-683-8600

Teacher Cadet Corps in South Carolina
Janice Poda
Director, South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment
Winthrop University
Canterbury House
Rock Hill, SC 29733
1-800-476-2387

Project Promise
Robert Richburg, Director
Colorado State University
School of Education
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1588
970-491-1843

Pre-service Education

Alverno College
Kathy Lake
Alverno College
3401 South 39th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53234-3922
414-382-6356

Cincinnati Initiative for Teacher Education
Arlene Mitchell
College of Education
603 Teachers College
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0002
513-556-2327

College of Education, University of Texas/El Paso
Arturo Pacheco, Dean
College of Education
University of Texas/El Paso
500 West University
El Paso, TX 79968
915-747-5572

Induction of New Teachers

Delaware's Mentoring Program
William Barkley, Education Associate
Professional Standards and Certification Team
Department of Public Instruction
Townsend Building
Dover, DE 19903-1402
302-739-4686

CADRE Project in Omaha, Nebraska
Nancy Edick
College of Education
University of Nebraska/Omaha
Kayser Hall 314
Omaha, NE 68182
402-554-2991

Columbus, Ohio, Peer Assistance and Review Program
John Grossman, President, Columbus Education Association
929 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43205
614-253-4731

Raising Licensing and Certification Standards

Professional Teacher System in Indiana
Marilyn Scannell
Indiana Professional Standards Board
251 East Ohio Street, Suite 201
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2133
317-232-9000

North Carolina and Ohio Initiatives with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Karen Garr, Teacher Advisor
Office of the Governor of North Carolina
116 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603-8001
919-715-3535

Marilyn Troyer, Director of Professional Development and Licensure
State Department of Education
65 South Front Street, Room 1009
Columbus, OH 43215-4183
614-466-2761

Connecticut's Education Enhancement Act
Tom Murphy, Office of the Commissioner
Connecticut State Department of Education
Room 304, Suite 2219
Hartford, CT 06145
860-566-8792

Professional Development

Comprehensive Professional Development in San Francisco
Maria Santos, Assistant Superintendent
San Francisco Unified School District
2550 25th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94116
415-759-2950

Southern Maine Partnership
Lynne Miller, Director
University of Southern Maine
College of Education and Human Development
Bailey Hall
Gorham, ME 04038
207-780-5498

League of Professional Schools
Lew Allen, Co-Director
College of Education
University of Georgia
Aderhold Hall
Athens, GA 30602-7108
706-542-2516

Accountability

Rochester Career-In-Teaching Program
Tom Gillet, Chairperson, Career-In-Teaching Panel
131 West Broad Street
Rochester, NY 14614
716-546-2681

Minneapolis Professional Development Process
Lynn Nordgren, Facilitator, Professional Development Process
Minneapolis Public Schools
925 Delaware Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-627-2165
and
Louise Sundin, President
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
612-529-9621

Coventry, Rhode Island, Policies on National Board Certification
John Deasy, Superintendent
Coventry Public Schools
222 MacArthur Boulevard
Coventry, RI 02816
401-822-9400

Model Professional Development Programs

In 1998, the U.S. Department of Education identified eight exemplary efforts for its National Awards Program for Model Professional Development.

In 1996, the U.S. Department of Education identified five exemplary efforts for its new National Awards Program for Model Professional Development. The characteristics of these programs closely follow those outlined for promising initiatives in this report. Furthermore, their success in investing in the professionalism of teachers resulted in higher acheivement by their students.

The 1996 awardees include:

Lawrence, Kansas, Public Schools
Candee Crowther
Division Director of Evaluation and Standards
Lawrence Public Schools
3705 Clinton Parkway
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
913-832-5000

Samuel W. Mason Elementary School
Mary L. Russo
Principal
150 Norfolk Avenue
Roxbury, MA 02119
617-635-8405

San Francisco Unified School District
Maria Santos
Assistant Superintendent
2550 25th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94116
415-759-2950

Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
Melissa J. Hancock
Fifth-Grade Teacher
312 North Juliette Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66502
913-587-2170

Wilton Public Schools
Joyce Parker
Administrator for Elementary Curriculum and Professional Development
395 Danbury Road
Wilton, CT 06897
203-762-3381

Additional Contacts

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
One Dupont Circle, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-293-2450

Jean Miller
Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
Council of Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-1431
202-336-7048

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
300 River Place
Detroit, MI 48207
313-259-0830

National Commission on Teaching and America's Future
Teachers College, Columbia University, Box 117
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
212-678-3204

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-466-7496

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