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Shreders, Gail – 1990
The director of a child care center implemented and evaluated a 10-week practicum intervention designed to provide orientation and training experiences for the center's staff. About one third of the staff were part-time college students; one third were full-time workers with no degree; and one third were full-time professionals with college…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Professional Development
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1986
The increased use of part-time faculty in community colleges has left in its wake a large literature on the problems posed by heavy reliance on part-time faculty and on the need to address these problems through staff development programs. Four approaches have been used by community colleges to deal with the staff development needs of their…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Coleman, David D., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This resource guide for new student affairs professionals reflects on the socialization process experienced by new staff members and offers senior student affairs staff members and graduate preparation program faculty insights to assist them in designing programs for preservice students and new full-time staff appointees. "The New Professional"…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Ladders, Competence
Banks, Debra L. – 1986
A project was undertaken to assess the staff development needs of faculty and staff at Mission College (California), and to formulate a 1-year staff development plan tied to budget allocations for such activities. In spring 1986, a needs assessment survey for staff development was administered to 62 classified staff members, 87 faculty members, 4…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Inservice Education
Buchanan, Aaron; Bachelor, Patricia – 1983
This study investigates the nature and scope of current staff development activities and their relation to better teaching or school improvement in a representative sample of school districts and private schools in Arizona and southern parts of California and Nevada. Findings are based on telephone discussions with 72 administrators in the region.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Consultants, Cooperative Planning, Educational Improvement
Alaska Univ., Fairbanks. Alaska Native Knowledge Network. – 2003
Native educators from around Alaska contributed to the development of guidelines for cross-cultural orientation programs for educators. The guidelines are organized around various roles related to culturally responsive schooling in Alaska. They encourage schools to strive to be reflections of their communities by incorporating and building upon…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1985
This training manual is designed for use by local Head Start programs in training current and new entry-level staff to deliver comprehensive social services to Head Start families. The introductory section of the manual provides an overview of Head Start, describes its social service component, and explains the organization of the manual. The…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Services, Community Support, Curriculum Guides
