Paraeducators are on the front lines in special education settings, providing support to teachers and students with significant disabilities and specific health-care needs. The important role they play demands efficient and cost-effective training in core skills. This study utilized a multiple-baseline across behaviors design to evaluate a…

Purpose/Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate school nutrition directors' (SNDs) previous experience with web-based training (WBT), interest in utilizing WBT within 14 functional areas, and logistical issues (time, price, educational credits, etc.) of developing and delivering WBT learning modules. Methods: A survey was developed…

Competency-based staff development is an approach to instructor preparation in which the teacher must demonstrate essential tasks in an actual teaching situation. (JOW)

A study was made of 17 successful "professional assisters" to examine patterns of successful assistance and to convert that understanding of effective behaviors into training materials to support staff development activities. Training modules were created to address skill clusters for which practical materials were needed. (MT)

An effective staff development method for child caregivers is a workshop series combining research-based knowledge, interactive resources, and experiential learning. New York's experience demonstrates the importance of training the trainer; paying attention to adult education principles; and forming coalitions with local child-care councils,…

To help business people and school staff work together more productively, a training program was developed for the Philadelphia High Schools' Academies Program. For these groups to work together effectively, points of view, attitudes, and approaches to working were reviewed. A discussion of this program is presented. (DF)

Advantages of a modular approach to preservice and inservice training of adult basic education teachers are discussed. Features of the "Learning Modules for Adult Educators" being used in Texas are described. (SK)

Describes the process by which trainers designed and ran an employee clerical skills programs and prepared modules, such as communication skills and creative thinking/problem solving, to be included in courses where needed. The flexibility of this learner-centered training was more effective than any standard course or package. (MF)