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Cooper, John D.; Smolen, Diane – 1977
The Professional Development Plan of Lansing Community College for 1977-78 begins with a statement of goals and objectives for college development activities, followed by general program proposals. Specific plans are then presented for the professional development laboratory and office, and the divisions of applied arts and sciences, arts and…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Guides
Bishop, Leslee J. – 1975
This resource guide suggests ideas for implementing needs assessment, evaluation, monitoring, and planning for staff development programs. It grew out of experiences of 148 Georgia school systems that in 1974 initiated staff development programs. It maintains that leaders of staff development programs ought to be able to conduct a learner needs…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Formative Evaluation, Inservice Education
Cunningham, Richard – 1976
In order to effectively bring about permanent changes in a school setting, the educators involved must accept the changes privately as well as complying with them publicly. The staff development specialist must convince the educators that positive change is both necessary and possible and provide support during the implementation period. As used…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Faculty Development, Guides
Cottrell, Victor A. – 1979
Effective teacher evaluation rests on the discovery of the essence of teaching excellence. It is important to evaluate the essence of great teaching from as many perspectives as possible. Incompetent administrators make an effective teaching program impossible. To improve the teacher evaluation process, first look at the administrator evaluation…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development
Coward, Tamara B., Ed.; And Others – 1978
The need for and importance of professional development at the community college level are explored. The initial chapter presents an overview of the topic and discusses the relationship between professional development; a planning, management, and evaluation system; and Advanced Institutional Development Program grants. The essential elements of a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Needs Assessment, Performance Contracts
Download full textO'Banion, Terry – 1978
Guidelines in organizing a staff development program in a community college are outlined. Initially, some kind of assessment must be made to determine program needs. Four areas to assess include: (1) administrative views and support; (2) present level of staff development activities; (3) institutional and personal/professional needs; and (4)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Financial Needs, Financial Support
Hobart, Barry; And Others – 1977
This learning module on appraising the personnel development needs of vocational teachers is one of six competency based modules designed for both preservice and inservice education of vocational education administrators. It reviews the type of observable classroom and laboratory competencies a teacher should possess, the concepts and principles…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Check Lists, Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods
Hammons, Jim; And Others – 1978
Because the concept of staff development has generated considerable interest in community colleges nationwide, and many educators are engaged in its implementation, this handbook was prepared as a comprehensive survey of essential topics in planning, implementing, and evaluating staff development programs. The handbook, focusing on in-service…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development
Cap, Orest; And Others – 1978
This handbook is designed to help staff development persons, departments, and agencies use various educational approaches to involve business, industry, and labor in the professional development of vocational educators. The content is in ten chapters, and each one includes one or all of the following: rationale, benefits, content (includes…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Educational Resources
Upper Mississippi River ECO-Center, Thomson, IL. – 1975
The inservice teacher training packet, developed with help from the environmental education program of the Upper Mississippi River ECO-Center, is designed to help intermediate-level teachers develop teaching skills which will enable them to introduce environmental or outdoor education to their students and develop those concepts, attitudes, and…
Descriptors: Activities, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Educational Games
