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Copyright © 1999, Congressional Information
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99 CIS S 43130
TITLE: Professional
Development in ESEA
CIS-NO: 99-S431-30
SOURCE: Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-83
DATE: June 22, 1999
LENGTH: iii+55 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1043-A; 1043-B
SUDOC: Y4.L11/4:S.HRG.106-83
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Hearing to examine the need to improve
teacher training and professional development programs, in connection with
upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA).
Supplementary material (p. 53-55) includes
correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem and secondary
educ aid programs, extension and revision, teacher training issues
DESCRIPTORS:
TEACHER
EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION;
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
99-S431-30
TESTIMONY NO: 1 June 22, 1999 p. 3-53
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
BADDERS, WILLIAM
(elementary school teacher)
SCHNEIDER,
BARBARA (Director, Professional Development Lab, Community School District 2,
NYC)
BEDFORD, STEPHEN L. (middle school principal)
WEINGARTEN, RANDI (President, United Federation of
Teachers, NYC; representing American Federation of Teachers)
FEISTRITZER, C. EMILY (Founder and President, National
Center for Education Information)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Importance of professional development programs for
elementary and secondary teachers; examples of successful
teacher development programs in various cities, including NYC; recommendations
regarding ESEA reauthorization and teacher development programs.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and secondary educ aid
programs, extension and revision, teacher training issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS; NEW YORK CITY 
