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White, Tod – Training and Development Journal, 1979
Focuses on nine major activity areas of training and development: analyzing needs and evaluating results, developing training programs and materials, delivering training and development programs and services, advising and counseling, managing training activities, maintaining organization relationships, researching to advance the training field,…
Descriptors: Activities, Job Skills, Leadership, Opinions
Feeney, Edward J. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Twelve ideas to produce technical training faster, make it longer lasting, and more cost effective are examined. They include performance improvement analysis, cause analysis, observing actual performance, concentrating more on the stimuli, considering alternatives to training, stating terminal behaviors for training programs, and using feedback…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Performance, Skill Development, Staff Development

Evans, Rupert N. – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1981
Deals with leadership development issues in the area of technology education: staff redevelopment, staff recruitment, retiree replacement, erosion of capacity and capability for staff development, and congressional awareness of the problem. (CT)
Descriptors: Faculty Recruitment, Inservice Teacher Education, Leadership Training, Skill Development

Joyce, Bruce R.; Showers, Beverly – Journal of Education, 1981
Discusses the role of on-site coaching in teachers' ability to transfer skills mastered in training sessions that include theory, observation, and practice. Cites the literature on transfer of learning and proposes a model for inservice training. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Models, Skill Development, Staff Development
Peters, Tom; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1990
Six articles discuss the need for improved training of library personnel and strategies for attaining this goal. Areas discussed include training objectives, training methods, the role of library education, staff development at Indiana State University, the role of library management, and the creation of effective training methods. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Education

Strudler, Neal – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 1993
Explores issues for school districts to consider in planning for staff development and technology, reviews research on the implementation of technology in schools, and offers specific recommendations for districtwide staff development programs. Recommendations include those for staff development and developing model sites for educators to evaluate…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Leiken, Jeff – Camping Magazine, 2000
Describes how best to prepare camp staff to put the kids first by developing a mindset of believing in children. Gives practical suggestions to camp staff, including advice that supervisors commit themselves to identifying at least one positive counseling experience each day and acknowledging that success publicly or privately. (CDS)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Camping, Counseling, Counselor Training
Test, David W. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
Given that the society has not been able to redistribute financial support away from day and sheltered programs, it needs to cut off the supply of consumers. To make this happen, Rusch and Braddock offered two recommendations in their study: (1) All students must leave high school either competitively employed or admitted to a postsecondary…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Postsecondary Education, Transitional Programs, Reader Response
VanderVen, Karen – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1984
Argues that lack of appropriate attitudes and skills has hampered the ability of child care practitioners to enhance the public image of child care and to use marketing strategies to serve the consumers of child care services most effectively. Recommends articulated career paths and specific interventions with practitioners to reverse this…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Ladders, Change Strategies, Child Caregivers
Turner, Colin M. – 1978
Nine papers aim to help staff members in England's colleges of further (or adult) education to improve their interpersonal skills. The first paper outlines basic social interaction skills. The second paper covers current methods of analyzing group interaction, including observation of role behavior and of interaction flow and frequency. The third…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Counseling Techniques, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
Bell, Chip; Putman, Tony – Training and Development Journal, 1979
To design a learner-centered training process, the author emphasizes focusing on the creative artistry of people and the logic of human beings. Lists sixteen key skills designers should obtain to design and develop training programs. (CSS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Guidelines
Sankey, Gerald R. – Guidance and Counseling, 1985
Discusses the transition from school to work via what is currently being done by many school counselors and other professionals, and why this assistance for an increasing number of youth has proved ineffective. Outlines some of the underlying basic causes of this transition problem and proposes an alternate approach. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling Techniques, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka). – 1997
The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Scheme (CHESS) 1997 Workshop was designed to promote the professional development of women in leadership positions in higher education. Participants were drawn from senior university academics and administrators from five countries: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Specific objectives…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, College Administration, Foreign Countries