An effective faculty is essential to student success, and faculty development programs help sustain that effectiveness. Central to the faculty development programs at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Tampa, Florida, is the philosophy that they should lead to strengthened teaching and learning and, ultimately, improved student success. At…

The paper describes the purposes, organization, and preparation for the Greensboro Outdoor Education Program. It lists 20 procedures used in planning and implementing the program. Available from University of North Carolina, Center for Environmental Camping, and Outdoor Education, Greensboro, North Carolina 27420 ($6.00). (SB)

Describes Korea's Camp Gonee for mainstreaming disabled children, based on American continuum-of-services approach to therapeutic recreation. Describes camp's systematic design, planning, objectives, program development, and volunteer training. Describes campers' experiences, progress, and relationships with volunteers. Discusses implications of…

Discusses models for training and development of outdoor education organizations and staff. Discusses how six components of Parsons' Development Model (1980)--recruitment, orientation, communication, support services, instructional clinics, and evaluation--were applied to staff development for wilderness programs at Southern Illinois University.…

Emphasis of the Industrial Tech Prep Projects in Heartland Community College (Illinois) regions was on planning and raising tech prep awareness among school administrators, teachers, counselors, and private industry. To develop industrial technology tech prep associate degree programs, an organizational structure was designed consisting of…

As a part of the training project which was to demonstrate the most effective methods and techniques for training school staff in the infusion of career education into the curriculum, this guide provides procedures which will enable educators, parents, community representatives, and students to collaborate in developing comprehensive career…

A guide to the organization and administration of professional development efforts for student personnel workers is presented. The development of the guide was based on needs within the organization: (1) to understand processes and procedures of student personnel services and how they relate to other departments; (2) to communicate and relate to…

The processes used by the Defense Language Institute (DLI) Foreign Language Center to develop proficiency-based nonresident courses in Czech, Polish, and Russian for language maintenance is described. Based on needs assessment and analysis of Department of Defense endusers, DLI provided the concept and design for the Proficiency Improvement…