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Fifth of teacher grants went to Hampshire
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West Virginia schools Superintendent David Stewart directed a
$100,000 "strategic staff development" grant to Hampshire County
schools just two months after the Department of Education's special
education director rejected House Education Committee Chairman Jerry
Mezzatesta's request for a grant in the same amount, records show.
The state Legislature allocates $500,000 for strategic staff
development statewide each year.
So Hampshire County received 20 percent of the funds last ...
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; THOUGHT LEADER STUDENT LEARNING and development do not occur without teacher learning and development. Not any teacher development will do, though. The old flaws of weak and wayward stafF development are well-known - no staff development, in which trial and error are assumed to be enough; staff
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Characteristics and Perceived Effectiveness of Staff Development Practices in Selected High Schools in South Dakota
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; The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics and perceived effectiveness of staff development practices in selected high schools in South Dakota. The review of literature and research related to staff development examined the following questions: What types of staff development
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Online Staff Development for Teachers: Multi-State Planning for Implementation
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; The Online Delivery Model Project was funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in follow-up to the Online Academy (Award # HO29K73002). The purpose of the project was to engage teams of educators from nine states in the development of models for implementing online staff development at
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Technology for teaching and learning: strategies for staff development and follow-up support.
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Hampshire County hires acting superintendent
Charleston Daily Mail
; ROMNEY - Hampshire County has a new acting superintendent of schools after the assistant who was filling in resigned to focus on other duties. Superintendent David Friend has been on medical leave for nearly a year after questions arose about his possible misconduct with former House Education
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A twinning model for staff development in higher education
Innovations in Education and Training International
; SUMMARY A 'twinning' programme for staff development is outlined, involving collaboration between lecturers from the University of Glamorgan in Wales and the Bath College of Higher Education, a university sector college in England. The principle aim is that of disseminating good practice in
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Nuts & bolts OF A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT EFFORT IN MARYLAND CENTERS ON THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TEACHER
Journal of Staff Development
; "The staff development teacher is the driving force behind getting us to think differently about teaching." "I used to say that every child has a right to fail. Now I think every child has a right to learn." "I'm accountable to get kids to learn the material no matter what their life is like."
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Staff development: still an important role.(THE MEDIA CENTER)
Multimedia & Internet@Schools
; ... component in providing opportunities for classroom teachers to learn from other classroom teachers. NEW AND HOT The CBS evening news program (Oct. 14, 2007) featured a New Jersey middle school teacher using iPods as an instructional tool to teach English to ...
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Mezzatesta wants his Hampshire County job back
Charleston Gazette
; davinwhite@wvgazette.com Jerry Mezzatesta wants his old job with Hampshire County Schools, and back pay to boot. The former House of Delegates Education chairman has appealed an August 2005 grievance board decision where an administrative law judge found Mezzatesta's actions had "clearly
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Hampshire County superintendent resigns
Charleston Daily Mail
; ROMNEY - Hampshire County Schools Superintendent David Friend resigned after accusing board office employees of creating a hostile work environment. "They've made it impossible for him to carry on as superintendent," said Friend's lawyer, Steven Shaffer. "No reasonable person would be expected to
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