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99 CIS S 43116
TITLE:
Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act:
A Focus on Professional Development
CIS-NO: 99-S431-16
SOURCE: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-36
DATE: Apr. 19, 1999
LENGTH: iii+54 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1043-A; 1043-B
SUDOC: Y4.L11/4:S.HRG.106-36
MC-ENTRY-NO: 99-18876
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND:
1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Hearing in Montpelier, Vt., to examine the need to improve teacher training
and professional development programs, in connection with upcoming
reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Ed Pelkey, Montpelier High School English teacher, presents
welcoming remarks (p. 1).
Includes audience participation (p.
48-54).
Supplementary material (p. 54) includes a submitted
statement.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem and secondary educ
aid programs, extension and revision, teacher training issues
DESCRIPTORS:
PELKEY, ED;
VERMONT; TEACHER EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION;
MONTPELIER, VT.; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
99-S431-16 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Apr. 19, 1999 p. 3-4, 7-48
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
GRACE,
KATHRYN (Teaming Specialist, Town School System, Essex, Vt)
HOOD, CHRISTOPHER (Math Teacher, Champlain Valley Union
High School)
TARALLO-FALK, JOELLEN (Curriculum Advisor,
Windham Southeast Supervisory Union)
CORRIGAN, ELIZABETH
(student, Department of Education, University of Vermont)
LOMBARDO, JAMES D. (Superintendent, Addison Central
Supervisory Union)
JAMIESON, E. JANET (Superintendent,
Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union)
DANIELS, SARA
DUROSS, KEVIN (both students, Department of Education,
University of Vermont)
HUBNER, BETSY (Teacher, Burr and
Burton Seminary)
SCHOALES, DAVID (Teacher and Applied
Learning Curriculum Coordinator, Linking Learning to Life)
GILLIS, MARILYN (Teacher, Milton High School)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Need to improve teacher
education programs, with recommendations; importance of quality professional
development programs for teachers, including mentoring programs for new
teachers; examples of successful teacher training programs in Vermont;
strategies to assist teachers in improving quality of education in
elementary and secondary schools.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Elem and secondary educ aid programs, extension
and revision, teacher training issues 
