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Jordan D. Troisi; Michael S. Palmer; Mary C. Wright; Lori A. Hostetler; Carol A. Hurney – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025
Drawing on the authors' extensive experience and robust survey data, this critical resource unpacks the inner workings of one of the most powerful mechanisms for improving teaching and learning in higher education: the course design institute (CDI). CDIs are intensive, often multi-day facilitated experiences where instructors design or redesign a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Institutes (Training Programs), Instructional Design, Equal Education
Wetzel, Melissa Mosley; Holyoke, Erica; Alexander, Kerry H.; Dunham, Heather; Collins, Claire – Harvard Education Press, 2023
In "Coaching in Communities," researcher Melissa Mosley Wetzel and her coauthors distill the lessons of an eight-year study into a transformative educator training model, Coaching with CARE (critical and content-focused, appreciative, reflective, and experiential). They demonstrate how effective, contextual teacher training can be a…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness, Models
Hayes, Sonya, Ed.; Abdelrahman, Nahed, Ed.; Irby, Beverly, Ed.; Nafukho, Fredrick. M., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022
Training School Principals as Talent Developers: An International Perspective focuses on how to prepare school principals to lead their schools by training and supporting teachers in their craft. The main goal of schools is improving teaching and learning in order to maximize students' potential to be college ready and career ready. Principals…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Training, Talent Development
Eric L. Buschlen; Jon R. Reusch – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
It is assumed that students who engage in long-term service events or service-learning endeavors are transformed, but how do we really know that and how can we share that knowledge with the larger community? The answer is through structured, qualitative research. This case study promotes the use of pre-printed, prompt-based journals as a means to…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Service Learning, Journal Writing, Personal Narratives
Maykel, Cheryl, Ed.; Bray, Melissa A., Ed. – APA Books, 2019
Many students today struggle with stress and anxiety caused by increasing academic, social, and extracurricular demands. This book provides school psychologists, counselors, teachers, and other school faculty with guidelines for improving students' mental and physical well-being, which in turn leads to improved academic performance and happier,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Intervention, Well Being, Physical Health
Berner, Esther, Ed.; Gonon, Philipp, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2016
Understanding today's Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems requires a comprehension of the rise and development, i.e. of the foundations of topical VET. This book provides a comparative view of its development in Europe. The contributions of renowned authors give insight into conceptual questions, cases, and challenges in this field.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Educational History
Latino, Jennifer A.; Ashcraft, Michelle – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a first-year seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, National Surveys, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship
Earley, Peter; Jones, Jeff – Institute of Education - London, 2010
"Accelerated Leadership Development" captures and communicates the lessons learned from successful fast-track leadership programmes in the private and public sector, and provides a model which schools can follow and customize as they plan their own leadership development strategies. As large numbers of headteachers and other senior staff…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Talent Identification, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
Komives, Susan R.; Dugan, John P.; Owen, Julie E.; Slack, Craig; Wagner, Wendy – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This is a must-have book for leadership educators and all student affairs professionals who want to develop impactful leadership programs and the leadership capacity of students. This book contains: (1) Advancing Leadership Education (Susan R. Komives); (2) Leadership Theories (John P. Dugan and Susan R. Komives); (3) Research on College Student…
Descriptors: Models, Leadership Training, Student Development, Student Leadership
Williams, Betty Fry; Williams, Randy Lee – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Effective Programs for Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder" is written for teachers, parents, and the many service providers who work with individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Part one reviews the characteristics of ASD, summarizes major theories and research findings regarding cause(s) of ASD, and discusses the most popular…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Program Effectiveness, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Eddy, Pamela L. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
Two-year colleges are facing major change. The majority will undergo a turnover in college presidencies in the next ten years, at a time when they are being asked to be engines for economic growth, enable more students--and a greater diversity of students--to gain 21st century qualifications, and provide a pathway to higher degrees, all with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Lifelong Learning, Leadership, College Role
Carr, Clay – 1992
This book describes and advocates "smart training," an approach to on-the-job training that helps employees gain competence and empowers them to act to satisfy customers. The book is organized in 16 chapters grouped into 4 parts. Part 1 outlines the basics of smart training, including its performance base, the need for initial analysis,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness
Caffarella, Rosemary S. – 2002
This how-to guide and resource book is designed to help in planning educational and training programs for adults in settings from the corporate sector to educational organizations. Chapters 1-3 lay the groundwork for the rest of the guide by introducing the 12-component Interactive Model of Program Planning. Chapter 1 describes adult programs and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Job Training, Models
Hershberg, Theodore, Ed.; Robertson-Kraft, Claire, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
This book offers an ambitious new system for evaluating, compensating, and providing professional development for school teachers and administrators. In this realigned system, new forms of accountability are introduced, but they go hand in hand with new rewards and access to enhanced forms of professional development to help educators succeed in…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Change, Rewards, Accountability
Upcraft, M. Lee; Pilato, Guy T. – 1982
A proven model for screening prospective residence hall assistants (RAs), training them in critical interpersonal and leadership skills, selecting the best candidates, and giving them strong supervisory support on the job is presented in this comprehensive guide. After an introductory chapter on the historical context within which RAs operate…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Dormitories, Higher Education