Guidelines are presented for conducting a workshop on the process of describing and documenting the implementation of bilingual programs. The workshop is part of the Bilingual Evaluation Technical Assistance project. After examining how to organize the workshop, the following aids are presented: a preworkshop preparation checklist; a sample room…

The Teenage Health Teaching Modules (THTM) program is a health education curriculum for adolescents. Each THTM module frames an adolescent health task emphasizing development of self-assessment, communication, decision making, health advocacy, and self-management. This guide, for trainers conducting workshops to train teachers and other health…

This occasional paper is intended as a practical guide to teachers in further and higher education who are involved in continuing professional development (CPD) and wish to use a strategy of participative workshops. Section I is a brief explanation summarizing the educational justification for the learner-centered approach to CPD. In Section II…

This report describes a project designed to educate adult education staff on legal issues that affect students so that staff could instruct and support students on the problems they faced. Staff were trained to help students recognize which problems they could handle and which required professional legal consultation. Six workshops (3 hours each)…

The guide is intended as a practical aid in professional development programs for teachers and administrators involved in implementing Alberta's (Canada) new French second language curriculum. Its content is based on research in professional development for second language teachers, and it offers possible formats for workshops relating to…

This guide to developing "Activity Days" for gifted children is a product of a New Jersey consortium of eight school districts in Burlington County, New Jersey. Briefly considered are the consortium's philosophy and program rationale. Goals and objectives of the gifted program are specified. The origins of the Activity Day program…

This manual is intended for use primarily as a guide to assist in the planning, organization, and implementation of preservice and inservice training of community educators. The material presented here describes the goal, objectives, basic training and rationale, planning, activities, resources and equipment, and evaluation of each of five…

A field tested workshop program to prepare rural women for education and job opportunities is described in this comprehensive manual for workshop leaders. An introductory chapter states program goals and philosophy and covers planning and implementing the workshops; topics include staff selection, publicity and recruiting, materials, workshop size…

Designed to give career education linkers an organizing perspective from which to view their career education work, this half-day workshop contains a total of eleven activities dealing with directions to the trainer; an introduction to linking; and roles, activities, and skills of the linker. Individual activity topics are an overview of the…

This module is the second in an inservice education series for extension professionals that consists of seven independent training modules. It is an introduction to, and guided practice in, the premises, concepts, and processes of nonformal extension education--planning, designing and implementing, and evaluating and accounting for extension…

This workshop booklet on career decision making, the third in a series of three vocational career orientation self-developmental units, was designed for use at the junior high school level. Provided in the booklet are materials for conducting four workshop sessions. The first session deals with various preliminary steps to formulating a career…

This manual is designed to assist administrators and counselors in adult basic education programs in implementing the group career counseling model. Section I focuses on administering adult career counseling centers. Topics include establishing a service and managing a center. A checklist for administrators is provided for use as a reference in…

This multi-media package is designed for inservice training workshops for elementary and secondary teachers. The focus is not only on techniques for solving immediate discipline problems but also on long-term strategies that encourage appropriate deportment by reinforcing cooperative behavior on the part of students. Using a comprehensive…

This workshop guide is designed for facilitators of programs that assist women in coping with their newly independent status as a result of divorce, widowhood, or other life transitions. The guide reviews the leadership skills needed for organizing a workshop, planning tips, recruitment, resources and other preparations. A format for the workshop…

This comprehensive training program, Together We Can, involves a cooperative effort to reduce sex-role stereotyping and to expand options in education, work, and life styles for females and males. This packet consists of facilitator and participant manuals designed for use with elementary and secondary school teachers and counselors. The training…