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Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2009
Public schools must make available special education and related services to all IDEA-eligible (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) students with disabilities beginning at age three and through age 18. Services to students, ages 19, 20, and 21, are permissive. That means the decision to serve 19, 20 and 21-year-old students is determined…
Descriptors: Accountability, Staff Development, Special Education, Public Education
Pennsylvania State Univ., Middletown. Capitol Campus. – 1993
A study examined the acceptability of distance education as a means of staff development for literacy and adult basic education (ABE) providers in rural Pennsylvania and the perceived need and available resources for such a program. The major project activities were a review of the literature on literacy staff development by distance education in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Needs
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Resnick, Harold S.; Malyn-Smith, Joyce – Journal of Career Education, 1979
Describes procedures and results of the development and validation at Boston (Massachusetts) University of competencies needed by school personnel at various levels for the implementation of career education programs, and the perceptions of teachers, counselors, coordinators, and administrators toward these competencies. Includes tables of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Career Education, Counselor Attitudes
Workforce Economics, 2001
With accelerating technology in the workplace, worker training has become a key component of almost every corporation's long-range strategic plan. Almost all companies provide some form of training in computer operations to new and existing employees, and more than 90 percent of companies also provided a range of management, leadership, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Continuing Education, Corporate Education
Simons, Michele; Harris, Roger – 2001
A research project chronicling the nature and extent of the structured staff development undertaken by teachers and trainers employed at public and private providers of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia was one component of a larger study that examined the changing role of staff development for VET teachers and trainers. Data…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Continuing Education, Course Content, Developed Nations
Foucar-Szocki, Diane; Bolt, Les – 2001
A stratified random sample of Virginia's 4,000 employers with over 100 employees was surveyed about workplace-based foundational basic skills (oral and written communication, reading, math, thinking skills, teamwork, English proficiency, and basic computer literacy). A total of 446 surveys were sent with a usable response rate of 18 percent.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Differences
Foxwell, Sue – 1987
This final report begins with a three-page narrative of a statewide needs assessment of vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) instructors and administrators on technical staff training needs in Wisconsin. Statewide composite results for areas of need are presented for eight survey questionnaires sent to staff in these areas: management…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education