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Jones, Elizabeth A. – Assessment Update, 2009
The author has been working with colleagues Trudy Banta and Karen Black on a new Jossey-Bass book, "Designing Effective Assessment: Principles and Profiles of Good Practice," which focuses on assessment profiles from a variety of colleges and universities. These profiles also represent the spectrum of institutions from research…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Staff Development, Evaluation, College Faculty
Christie, Kathy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
While state leaders understand the value of professional development, they also need to consider the costs. Such costs are some of the most difficult to calculate. If state leaders are going to pony up for improving the instructional skills of teachers and principals, they want to know that their dollars are well-spent. The same can be said for…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Costs, Academic Achievement, Evaluation

Parkay, Forrest W.; Hoover, Nora L. – 1986
Staff development programs aiming to effect meaningful change are often short-lived and fail to promote teacher growth due to (1) lack of teacher control over program content; (2) the difficulty of influencing long-term changes in teachers' classroom behavior; and (3) the problem of documenting behavior change. This paper discusses a…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Motivation
Hall, Harry O.; And Others – 1979
Described is a vocational education model designed to increase cooperative effort for the improvement of vocational personnel. The introductory section discusses the need for a systematic approach to vocational personnel development in Florida, presents the goals of the system, and briefly summarizes the salient features of each component of the…
Descriptors: Coordination, Inservice Education, Models, Professional Development
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1997
Based on the belief that teaching involves a lifelong cyclical process of study, practice, and reflection, this handbook details the staff development opportunities for prekindergarten personnel in Dade County, Florida for 1997-98. Procedures, workshops, explanatory descriptions, and scheduling information for staff development are presented in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Inservice Teacher Education, Paraprofessional Personnel, Preschool Education
Hurst, Betina S. – 1991
Outcomes of a staff development program based on the whole language philosophy that was implemented in a rural Florida elementary school are presented in this practicum report. Two surveys of 29 and 35 faculty, respectively, indicated needs for faculty cohesiveness, a unified purpose, and an update of language arts teaching skills. A staff…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English Instruction, Faculty Development, Professional Development
Gallagher, Egle V.; Wilder, Dee – 1986
In 1985-1986, the Leadership Development Project for Displaced Homemaker Education at the University of South Florida initiated a project to develop materials focusing on the staff development needs of coordinators of programs for displaced homemakers. The Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) workshop approach was used to formulate a tentative list of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Communication Skills, Competence, Counseling Techniques
Burrichter, Arthur W.; Gardner, Daniel L. – 1979
The product of a three-year adult education teacher training project conducted for Florida's adult educators, this guide is designed to assist planners, facilitators, evaluators, and administrators of staff development programs for adult education teachers to design and conduct effective personal and professional learning experiences. It provides…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Community Development, Continuing Education
Gunn, Susan C.; And Others – 1980
A resource for adult educators, this guide was developed as a teacher aid to be used with "Learning Activities for Adults," a curriculum supplement developed by adult education teachers in Florida that is based on Florida's Minimum Student Performance Standards. This assessment and resource is divided into five general knowledge areas:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Competence, Competency Based Education
Florida State Board of Community Colleges, Tallahassee. – 1987
This monograph was written to provide community college trustees in Florida with a broad perspective on personnel issues by addressing national and state personnel issues that trustees encounter in higher education. Following a historical overview of governance in higher education, the monograph identifies and addresses eight issues separately:…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Affirmative Action, College Administration, Community Colleges
Florida State Corrections Commission, Tallahassee. – 2000
The Florida Department of Corrections Distance Learning Program consists of the Corrections Distance Learning Network; offender programming; staff development; and the Agency Strategic Plan. The Corrections Distance Learning Network offers academic, vocational training, and life management skills programs for offenders and staff development and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Computer Uses in Education, Correctional Education
Burrichter, Arthur W.; Gardner, Daniel L. – 1978
This publication is a guide for designing programs to develop adult educator competencies as determined by other adult educators in Florida. The first section of the three-part publication explains the process of developing the list of essential competencies needed by adult educators, which makes up the second section of the document. The listing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Community Development, Competence