Papers included in this volume include: "Leaders for Movement: An Introduction to the Professional Preparation and Development of Middle Level Teachers and Administrators" (P. Gayle Andrews and Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.); (1) "Middle Level Teacher Preparation: Status, Progress, and Challenges" (C. Kenneth McEwin, Tracy W. Smith, and Thomas S. Dickinson); (2) "When Puberty Defines Middle School Students: Challenging Secondary Education Majors' Perceptions of Middle Level Students, Schools, and Teaching" (Angela J. Lexmond); (3) "Preparing Middle Level Teachers in Field-Based Cohorts" (Micki M. Caskey); (4) "Approaching and Avoiding the Middle: Teacher Preparation in New Zealand" (C.J. Patrick Nolan, Ruth G. Kane, and Peter Lind); (5) "Professional Development and the Middle Level School: Tangled Threads" (Thomas S. Dickinson, Deborah A. Butler, and W. Michele Pittard); (6) "Effective Professional Development: What Is It?" (P. Elizabeth Pate and Katherine F. Thompson); (7) "Professional Development for Middle Grades Teachers: Does One Size Fit All?" (Nancy Flowers and Steven B. Mertens); (8) "National Board Certification as Staff Development: A Teacher's Perspective" (Timothy M. Mullen and P. Gayle Andrews); (9) "Leadership Standards or Leaving Standardization for Leadership? What Best Meets the Needs of a Middle Level Movement during Times of Severe Turbulence?" (Steven Jay Gross); (10) "Voices from the Middle: Pre-Service Preparation and Professional Development of Middle School Principals" (Vincent A. Anfara, Jr. and Kathleen M. Brown); (11) "Support for New and Experienced Middle Level Principals: A Proposed Model for Professional Development" (Vicki Nord Petzko); (12) "Developing Distributed Leadership in the Middle Grades: Lessons from School Self-Assessment" (Pritha Gopalan and Alexandra T. Weinbaum); (13) "Leadership for Results" (Ronald Williamson and Susan Galletti); (14) "Leadership Self-Efficacy: Beginning an Inquiry into the Development and Impact of Middle School Principal Leadership" (Stephen Earl Lucas); (15) "A Constructivist Approach to Developing Transformational Urban School Leaders" (Sue C. Thompson, Donna M. Davis, Loyce Caruthers, and Larry Gregg); (16) "Stranger in a Strange Land: School Culture, Theory, and Practice" (Mark T. Miles); (17) "Early Adolescent Developmental Psychology Syllabus" (T. Chris Riley-Tillman); (18)"Elementary and Middle School Curriculum" (Richard P. Lipka); (19) "Teacher Preparation, Licensure, and Recruitment" (The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform); (20) "Guidelines for Observation and Participation in the Classroom" (P. Maureen Muser and Rosalyn Edelson); (21) "Turning Points: Some Questions to Ask" (Sally N. Clark and Donald Clark); (22) "Using Structured Interviews to Facilitate Reflection and Systematic School Improvement" (Donald C. Clark and Sally Clark); (23) "Eastern Kentucky University's Middle Grades Methods" (Dorie Combs, Melinda Wilder, Keith Kull, Sara Moore, Faye Newsome, Rodney White, and John Brown); (24) "Middle Grades Master Teacher Interview Guide" (Holly Thornton); (25) "Tomorrow's Teachers Today: A Symposium on Middle Level Teacher Preparation: Summary Session--A Professional Development Technique" (Mary Henton); (26) "Middle Level Teacher Education Questionnaire" (Paul D. Deering and Barbara DeBaryshe); and (27) "Kimo's Not-So-Excellent Day in Intermediate School: A Parable about Life in Traditional Middle Level Schools" (Paul D. Deering). (Papers contain references.) (SM)