Dorothy Negropontes was a key player in the creation of the Community Learning Campus (CLC), an innovative collaboration of education and community leaders in Olds, Alberta. A former Assistant Superintendent with Chinook's Edge School District, she co-chaired the steering committee that developed the project, served as its executive director…

The article describes a highly successful series of workshops which was begun in 1973 in London, Ontario to explore issues critical to secondary schools. The article explains the workshop objectives, organization, results, evaluation, and cost. It describes in detail the format of the two to three-day workshops. (SB)

The development of Scarborough's Values Education Project is described. The advantages and disadvantages of three reflective teaching methods: values clarification, Kohlberg's cognitive-moral development, and Allen's problem-solving approach, are outlined, and Scarborough's synthesis is discussed. (SJL)

Explains why the educational organization should sponsor, facilitate, and coordinate staff development activities. Describes 12 guiding principles that give staff development programs a positive direction, including commitment, recognition of the individual, planning and coordination of staff development, program implementation, and program…

The article is a progress report of the first semester of a junior high level ESL program in Calgary, Canada. The article explains the three components of the program: English skills instruction; content area instruction; and social and academic integration of the ESL students into the regular program. (SB)

The Fort McMurray Catholic School District (Alberta) developed a teacher evaluation model based on constructive staff feedback and teacher support. The model includes mentor teachers, peer coaching for teachers and administrators, and ongoing staff development. Plans for research to assess the model's effects on student achievement are discussed.…

Development of a comprehensive indicators program will enable evaluation of the effectiveness of educational reform in Saskatchewan (Canada). Pilot projects in three school districts representing large urban, small urban, and rural settings began during the 1992-93 school year and the first annual provincial indicators report was issued in 1994.…

The Niagara Falls Secondary School Family Learning Program targets young disadvantaged parents and their preschool children for family literacy development that focuses on parent-child literacy and social interaction. Guidelines for program development include establishing partnerships based on a shared vision of family literacy, developing plans…