The assessment of competencies is aimed to help teachers in demonstrating the key behaviors and to discuss the strengths and improvements to guide them in enhancing their professional development. This descriptive study aims to assess the functional and research competencies that can determine faculty members' knowledge and skills. The authors…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a model to assist school leaders in managing the professional development activities of teachers. The model illustrates the important role of principals in promoting continuing professional development (CPD), chiefly by cultivating a collaborative learning culture and formulating policy.…

Against the background of demographic change and skill shortages continuing vocational training is of great significance in Germany. However, the training effectiveness is mostly assessed only at the end of a training program or several months after the training. Since in continuing vocational training the two contexts learning field (training)…

Against the background of demographic change and skill shortages continuing vocational training is of great significance in Germany. However, the training effectiveness is mostly assessed only at the end of a training program or several months after the training. Since in continuing vocational training the two contexts learning field (training)…

The study reported here identified continuing education and training needs of aquaculture Extension agents, specialists, and program administrators in 10 competency areas relating to the need for continuing education or training. Fourteen resources on the AquaNIC Web site were also evaluated, as was the efficacy of the AQUA-EXT listserv. Data were…

This article focuses on the planning and organisation of teachers' continuous professional development as part of the nationally representative "Schools and Continuing Professional Development in England--State of the Nation" research study (SoNS), commissioned by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). Thematic analysis…

Reports the findings of a study which was designed to develop a profile of continuing education program coordinators/ specialists and to assess their perceived professional competencies. (LRA)

A benchmarking project to measure administrative processes and financial ratios received 57 usable replies from 300 noncredit continuing education programs. Programs with strong financial surpluses were identified and their processes benchmarked (including response to inquiries, registrants, registrant/staff ratio, new courses, class size,…

Two primary organizing dimensions, a service and an education orientation, were evident in a random sample of 184 continuing professional education centers. Centers were divided into groups based on these orientations. A discriminant function analysis weighted 19 environmental variables to distinguish service-oriented from education-oriented…

A study had two parts: (1) construction of behaviorally anchored rating scales for continuing education administrative positions, using the DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process and (2) professional development needs assessment of 11 directors and 22 area representatives. The utility of the scales for administrator self-assessment of…

No relationship between equity and job satisfaction was found in the responses of 166 of 281 continuing education program administrators/coordinators. Men and women had similar perceptions of equity; however, what females bring to and receive from the job had significantly more influence on job satisfaction. Equity perceptions may depend on…

An econometric model is suggested for managing continuing education units in Canadian universities. The value of such a model would be to unify the various factors that are often considered in fragments in traditional ways of studying the problems of such units. Many difficulties exist in using such a model to discuss educational management, but…

Presents findings from a survey of continuing division heads in Texas colleges and univeristies conducted to determine their personal characteristics (e.g., age, sex, marital status, type and level of administrative experience, prior experience, mobility, and professional activities), professional characteristics (e.g., administrative/faculty…

The current state of the art concerning the provision of continuing social education and recent expansion and pressures for continued growth through the 1980s are considered. Specific topics include: the continuing education directors and staff; the continuing education program (CEP) as an organization; the CEP's programming, funding sources, and…

This article identifies potential indicators of productivity in continuing education, applies them in a specific situation, and comments upon their usefulness in continuing education management. The specific situation used is the continuing education department at Okanagan College in British Columbia. (CT)