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Gonzalez, Diana Peña; Villaire, Michael – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Healthy People 2030 has expressed the need for increased organizational health literacy. In order to support this growing effort, the Institute for Healthcare Advancement has developed 2 resources to help support health education professional development: (1) The Health Literacy Specialist Certificate Program as a rigorously designed professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Health Education, Health Promotion, Literacy
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Tysinger, P. Dawn; Tysinger, Jeffrey A.; Diamanduros, Terry D.; Smith, Rebecca – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2015
The current study investigated Georgia school psychologists' continuing professional development (CPD) practices and preferences for comparison to a national study of school psychology professional development by Armistead, Castillo, Curtis, Chappel, and Cunningham (2013). Utilizing the same instrument as Armistead et al., a survey was emailed to…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Preferences
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Kensington-Miller, Barbara; Brailsford, Ian; Gossman, Peter – International Journal for Academic Development, 2012
A small group of new academic developers reflected on their induction into the profession and wondered if things could have been done differently. The researchers decided to question the directors of three tertiary academic development units about how they recruited new developers, what skills and competences they looked for and how they inducted…
Descriptors: Teacher Orientation, Adult Educators, Faculty Development, Credentials
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Griswold, Wendy, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2021
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These "Proceedings" are from the Commission of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Rous, Beth; Grove, Jaime; Townley, Kim – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2007
Public school systems have recently become major players in providing services for children in their early years. In addition, a number of other services are available to young children including child care, Head Start, and Early Head Start programs. The link between program quality and professional development of early care and education…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, Articulation (Education), Scholarships
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McGinnis, Mary – Volta Review, 2010
The John Tracy Clinic (JTC) has a long history in the development and implementation of distance education courses for parents. It began with the founder of JTC, Louise Tracy, who personally corresponded with parents of young children with hearing loss around the globe to provide them hope, guidance, and encouragement. Mrs. Tracy's correspondence…
Descriptors: Credentials, Schools of Education, Education Courses, Distance Education
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Bryan, George M., Jr.; DeBord, Karen; Schrader, Karen – Child Welfare, 2006
Designing a professional development system for parent educators requires weaving together multiple pieces from within the network of organizations providing parenting education. North Carolina examined how to build a system using the influence of evidence-based programs as well as professional credentialing for parenting educators. A system built…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Systems Building, Design, Parent Education
Russell, Sharon E. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2006
In October 2002, the multiple and single subject credential programs at a large urban Los Angeles Basin California State University campus, were approved as Early Adopters of the SB 2042 Professional Teacher Preparation Program. These programs resulted from a complex and multi-faceted process of change supported and influenced by reform…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Change, Urban Education, Program Implementation