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Patton, Madeline – Community College Journal, 2017
In the age of ubiquitous and constantly evolving technologies, decisions about what to buy, when and how to deploy digital innovations work best when community colleges use systematic, team approaches. In this article, digital education leaders of Walters State Community College (Morristown, Tennessee), Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Rapids,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Community Colleges, Decision Making
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Jones, Elizabeth A. – Assessment Update, 2009
The author has been working with colleagues Trudy Banta and Karen Black on a new Jossey-Bass book, "Designing Effective Assessment: Principles and Profiles of Good Practice," which focuses on assessment profiles from a variety of colleges and universities. These profiles also represent the spectrum of institutions from research…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Staff Development, Evaluation, College Faculty
Christie, Kathy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
While state leaders understand the value of professional development, they also need to consider the costs. Such costs are some of the most difficult to calculate. If state leaders are going to pony up for improving the instructional skills of teachers and principals, they want to know that their dollars are well-spent. The same can be said for…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Costs, Academic Achievement, Evaluation
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. Div. of Career Education. – 1973
The purpose of this document is to provide information identifying the location of and approaches followed by several educational agencies implementing career education program services and activities in Iowa. These programs, services, and activities represent the efforts of various educational agencies to incorporate the concepts of career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Directories, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Garton, Susan C. – School Administrator, 2002
Personal experience of her first-year experience as superintendent of the Southeast Warren Community School District, a small rural district in Liberty Center, Iowa. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Fund Raising
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Branstad, Terry – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
In April 1996, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed into law the School Improvement and Technology Program, providing $150 million over five years to help districts update and upgrade technology and train faculty to use it. The Iowa Communication Network was developed to strengthen small districts while protecting their long-standing community…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Educational Technology
Langer, Marsha; And Others – 1987
The report presents information on current practices and issues in training direct care staff working in facilities serving developmentally disabled persons in Iowa and seven other states. The first section provides background information including purposes of the report and methods used to collect information. Section II is organized by four…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Harper-Bardach, Phyllis; And Others – Principal, 1990
An Iowa project working with elementary students' attitudes toward people with disabilities could be effectively revamped as a teacher inservice program involving discrimination activities, group discussions, films, orientation and observation videos, an overview of Public Law 94-142, and information about support service agencies. Includes 11…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Education
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Munger, Linda – Journal of Staff Development, 1995
Describes a job-embedded staff development program that has provided training and ongoing support in implementing cooperative learning and other teaching strategies in one Iowa school district. Job embedded means that leaders teach others and view their role as staff developers as important. (SM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Collegiality, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Wells, Tricia – 1994
The Iowa Behavioral Initiative is a staff development venture designed to help educators with the increasingly complex student behaviors which seem to defy former standards of intervention. Participation in the Initiative activities provides general and special educators with practical, validated strategies for dealing with student behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques
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Hansen, Deb – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1997
Describes how focus groups comprised of speech-language professionals, paraprofessionals, general and special education teachers, and parents in Iowa were used to conduct a needs assessment of issues in staff development and use of paraprofessional personnel and to design job-relevant personnel development programs. An attached chart lists themes…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Focus Groups, Interdisciplinary Approach
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1997
The technology data collection provides fundamental information on Iowa public schools with respect to various aspects of technology. Responses to the survey were received from 100% of the 379 Iowa public school districts during the 1996-97 school year. The survey was conducted to provide baseline information on a central core of technology…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Bureau of Special Education. – 1986
The report describes an Iowa project designed to identify reasonable accommodations for learning disabled students in regular secondary classrooms and to develop strategies for implementing classroom modifications. Project activities consisted of: a review of the literature on mainstreaming and classroom modifications; development of a descriptive…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Definitions, English Instruction
Richardson, Chris – 1985
Scheduled for implementation in 1985, Student Excellence through Educational Development of Staff (SEEDS) is a 3-year cooperative partnership between four rural Southwest Iowa school districts to provide comprehensive, long-term staff development that promises to heighten student achievement through increasing instructional/supervision skills of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1992
The education of today's Iowa students does not provide them with the technical skills that will be demanded by nearly every work place. Neither does it provide them with sufficient ability to analyze complex information to make increasingly difficult social, political, or life decisions. This plan encourages and guides the reconstruction of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Community Involvement
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