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Brictson, Paula – 1979
The goal of the Michigan plan for school staff development is to clearly describe a comprehensive approach to staff development. The plan relies on two basic assumptions. The first is that local school staff should be involved in the planning process. The second is that the state has a unique and specific role to play in facilitating quality…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Descriptions, Staff Development
Pendergast, David M.; And Others – 1979
This paper discusses the structure and process of an A.R.C. workshop, an innovative approach to inservice training. Following a general introduction, including impacts on workshop participants, the paper details four basic components of a workshop: (1) the opening session, (2) examining readiness for professional development, (3) exploring…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Professional Training, Program Descriptions
Bautsch, John E. – 1979
The paper describes the background and development of The Residential Facilities Worker Training Program, a 2-year degree program at Seattle Community College (Washington) to train staff persons to work in community based residential settings with developmentally disabled children, adolescents, and adults. Need for the program is discussed,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Higher Education
Duncan, Deirdre J. – 1977
Organizational development (OD) can be of value as a professional development tool in the school, especially where it can broaden the perspective of the teacher so that he can conceptualize the school as an organization with various related units working to achieve the same goal, see more clearly his place in the total educational program of the…
Descriptors: Consultants, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Agado, Gloria Ale; Ovando, Martha N. – 1998
This paper describes how staff development contributed to the effectiveness of four elementary schools along the south-Texas border. It attempts to determine the use of the strategies and techniques developed during staff development, the types of assistance teachers received to enable them to apply new techniques, and the differences teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Summer, Jo – 1993
In spring 1990, the classified staff of the Sierra College Staff Development Committee requested and obtained funding to sponsor four all-day retreats for all classified staff. Participants were assigned to one of the retreats based on their own preferences and an attempt to ensure a cross section of staff at each retreat. As a result of the…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, College Environment, Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes
Clements, Clyde C., Jr. – 1973
The staff-development process in a small community college that has no full-time Educational Development Officer is described. The process is discussed in relation to faculty improvement meetings, professional improvement meetings, staff and program development fund, federally funded projects, vocational/technical grants, departmental and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Consultants, Instructional Improvement
Cheek, Frances E.; And Others – 1973
This paper describes a Behavior Modification Training Program, emphasizing self-control, for staff working with drug addicts. The program, which is primarily geared toward training paraprofessionals, takes place in 10 one-and-a-half hour sessions and includes an overview of behavior modification as well as instruction in behavior control,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling, Drug Addiction, Drug Therapy

Portin, Bradley S. – 1998
As schools respond to higher expectations for student learning, school staffs are uniting around innovations that show the greatest promise for improving student learning. This paper examines one particular staff-development initiative, the Northwest Initiative for Teaching and Learning (NWIFTL), and the leadership actions that support and sustain…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership, Leadership, Leadership Training
Coons, Dale E. – 1979
A mutual support model was developed to prepare teachers to meet the needs of mainstreamed handicapped children at the University of Akron (OH). In 1975 the university was among the first to receive funding from the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. Among the first tasks that year was the challenge of changing the attitudes of faculty who…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Higher Education, Mainstreaming
Boutwell, Richard C. – 1979
This model for an inservice workshop is based on an ongoing relationship between a college or university (acting as consultant) and an instructional staff. The workshop is built around an actual problem situation facing the staff, in this case, the task of providing remediation in conjunction with the Florida State Assessment Test. The design of…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Lansing Community Coll., MI. – 1994
The Strategic Staff Development Plan was implemented at Lansing Community College (LCC), in Michigan. This document describes the goals, implementation activities, and components of staff development at the college. An introduction indicates that the Plan represents over 300 hours of proposed training for LCC faculty, staff, and administrators and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Colleges, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation
Wilson, Nancy L. – 1983
Following a brief introduction, this paper focuses on how the Texas Project for Elders, one of ten sites in the country participatng in the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration Project (Channeling), has taken into account the mental health needs of clients and caregivers both in the development and delivery of services. The clients…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Coordinators, Emotional Problems
Lawry, Constance M. – 1985
In 1983, Oklahoma State University (OSU) dedicated a multi-million-dollar Telecommunications Center, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for the production of live video and audio conferences as well as taped instructional materials. The center was also equipped with a downlink for the reception of programs transmitted by satellite. Unlike…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Continuing Education, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Worrest, Henry N. – 1982
The curriculum development project at Pretty Eagle School (a private school on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana serving 100 students, prekindergarten through grade 8) was started in the fall 1980 with funding acquired from federal and private sources. A comprehensive program of curriculum development and staff development was…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education