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

Improving America's Schools: Newsletter on Issues in School Reform - May 1996

Resources for Professional Development

Contact Information

For more information on programs sponsored by the U. S. Department of Education, call 1-800-USA-LEARN or visit the Department's web site at http://www.ed.gov. For more information on the programs described in this newsletter, contact:

American Association for Higher Education
Ruth Mitchell
One Dupont Circle, Suite 360
Washington, DC20036-1110
(202) 293-6440, ext. 46

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Mikki Terry
1250 North Pick Street
Alexandria, VA22314
(703) 549-9110, ext. 312
mterry@ascd.org

California School Leadership Academy
Laraine Roberts
313 West Winton Avenue, Suite 373
Hayward, CA94544
(510) 670-4563
tuffy6@aol.com

Center for Collaborative Education
Heather Lewis & Priscilla Ellington
1573 Madison Avenue, Room 201
New York, NY10029
(212) 348-7821
cce_info@cce.org

Center for Research on the Context of Teaching
Joan Talbert & Milbrey McLaughlin
Center for Educational Research
at Stanford
Stanford University
Stanford, CA94305-3084
(415) 723-4972

Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development
Carne Barnett
730 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA94103
(415) 565-3000
cbarnet@wested.org
web site: http://www.wested.org

Four Seasons Network
Gary Obermeyer
Learning Options
4344 SE 46th Avenue
Portland, OR97206
(503) 771-7963
obee@learning-options.com

Foxfire National Programs
(Foxfire Network)
Bobby Ann Starnes
P. O. Box 541
Mountain City, GA30562
(706) 746-5318
foxfire.fund@aol.com

Kentucky Department of Education
Audrey Carr & John Drake
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY40601
(502) 564-2672
acarr@plaza2.kde.state.ky.us

Learning/Teaching Collaborative
Vivian Troen
Project Director
Edward Devotion School
345 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA02146
(617) 730-2520

Mathematics Renaissance
Judith Mumme
Ventura County Superintendent of Schools
Office
570 Airport Way
Camarillo, CA93010-8500
(805) 388-4420
jmumme@cams. edu

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Joanne Kogan Krell
300 River Place, Suite 300
Detroit, MI48207
(313) 259-0830
nbpts@aol.com

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Jennifer Hayle
2010 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W.
Suite 500
Washington, DC20036-1023
(202) 466-7496
jennifer@ncate.org

National Science Teachers Association
1840 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA
(703) 243-7100

National Staff Development Council
Dennis Sparks
1124 W. Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, MI48103
(313) 998-0574
sparksnsdc@aol.com

National Writing Project
Richard Sterling, Director
615 University Hall
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA94720
(510) 642-0963
nwp@garret.berkeley. edu
web site: http://www-gsc.berkeley.edu/research/nwp/nwp.html

New Mexico State Department of Education
Dr. Ruth Pino
300 Don Gaspar Street
Santa Fe, NM87501-2786
(505) 827-1270
fnrpino@arriba.nm.org

Philadelphia Education Fund
Charmayne Thompson
7 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA19103
(215) 665-1400

Portland Public Schools
Susan Johnson
Grants Management, Operational Support,
and Support Services
P. O. Box 3107
Portland, OR97208
(503) 331-3213

Professional Development Schools Network
National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching
Nancy Lauder
Box 110, Teachers College,
Columbia University
New York, NY10027
(212) 678-3497
jx12@columbia.edu

Secondary Teacher Education Program
Dr. Irving Seidman
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
School of Education
Furcolo Hall, Box 33070
Amherst, MA01003-8070
(413) 545-3126
seidman@educ.umass.edu

School Quality Review Initiative
Dr. Thomas P. Fitzgerald
Edith M. Toohey
NY State Education Department
Room 885 EBA, Washington Avenue
Albany, NY12234
(518) 474-3935

References

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Darling-Hammond, L. (1994). Professional development schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
Darling-Hammond, L. , Lieberman, A., and McLaughlin, M. (1995). Practices and policies to support teacher development in an era of reform. New York: NCREST.
Darling-Hammond, L. , & McLaughlin, M. W. (1995, April). Policies that support professional development in an era of reform. Phi Delta Kappan, 76(8), pp. 597-604.
Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-382, 108 Stat. 3518 (1994, October).
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Lieberman, A. & McLaughlin, M. (1995)"Networks for educational change: Powerful and problematic. "In McLaughlin, M. & Oberman, I. , Professional Development in the Reform Era. New York: Teachers College Press.
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Radcliffe, B. , Malone, M. , & Nathan, J. (1994). Training for parent partnership: Much more should be done. Minneapolis, MN: Center for School Change, Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.
U. S. Department of Education. (1995, June 6). Guidance for Title II, Part B: Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program. Washington, DC: Author.

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