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Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2018
In December 2007, the Head Start program was reauthorized and modified through the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Public Law 110-134. One of the provisions of this law added subsection 649(m) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9844) (Act), entitled "Program Emergency Preparedness," to address the preparedness of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Emergency Programs
Wang, Ke; Kemp, Jana; Burr, Riley – National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
Using data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), this report presents findings both on crime and violence in U.S. public schools and on the practices and programs schools have used to promote school safety. SSOCS collects data from public school principals about violent and nonviolent crimes in their schools. The survey also collects…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Violence, Public Schools
Galloway, Robin; Bourdeau, Virginia; Arnold, Mary; Nott, Brooke D. – Journal of Extension, 2013
As experience camp directors, we've seen the challenges faced by young camp counselors and inexperienced staff. Evaluations from staff at many camps motivated us to help our people be more effective with their campers. In response we created a comprehensive camp staff training. Lessons showed staff what we wanted them to do and say as they…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Counselors, Staff Development, Training
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2015
This AACRAO "60 Second Survey" asked respondents to identify the size, composition, name and level of decentralization for the Office of the Registrar. There were 1,389 unique institutional responses that represented 21 countries, commonwealths or territories, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and 9 Canadian…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Institutional Characteristics, Staff Utilization, Staff Role
Fiore, Thomas A.; Nimkoff, Tamara; Munk, Tom; Carlson, Elaine – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2013
The "Personnel Development Program to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities" is authorized under Section 662 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and is known as the Personnel Development Program (PDP). The PDP is administered by the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) Office of Special…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation, Special Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Research, Planning and Evaluation. – 1980
The general objective of the Competency - Based Curriculum (CBC) is to facilitate success in and enjoyment of learning by all students in the District of Columbia public schools. Individual rates of growth and differences in learning styles are provided for by this approach, which assures that skills requisite to successful adult functioning are…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation
Oswald, Sharmen M. – Executive Educator, 1994
Presents a 10-question instrument to help school leaders interview and select outstanding school personnel directors. The questions and responses cover prospective candidates' basic skills and required attributes; knowledge of roles and functions; communication abilities; teacher recruitment and orientation strategies; staff motivation and…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews
Friedenberg, Joan E. – 1995
This document describes the procedures for and results of the external evaluation of the workplace literacy program for underemployed garment industry workers with low English skills at Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc. in Chinatown in New York City. The document describes the evaluation design and methodology as well as the evaluation results,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Fashion Industry, Literacy Education
North Carolina Central Univ., Durham. Dept. of Education. – 1984
The report reviews 1 year of operation of an outreach project for minority mildly handicapped developmentally delayed high risk children. The project identified 10 day care replication sites within North Carolina, trained staff to use the model, and assisted in the implementation of the curriculum model. Teleconferencing was used in training, and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Developmental Disabilities, High Risk Persons

Dempsey, Ian; Arthur, Michael – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2002
This study reports the characteristics, career intentions, and professional development needs of staff from a wide variety of services for people with a disability in New South Wales (Australia). Staff were predominantly female; male staff were unlikely to regard their career futures as being in the disability field; and employers were providing…
Descriptors: Attendants, Career Planning, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Alfano, Kathleen; And Others – 1990
In 1989-90, a study was conducted of the activities that the California community colleges funded with monies set aside as mandated by Assembly Bill (AB) 1725 for faculty and staff development. The purpose of the study was to develop accountability procedures for monitoring the faculty and staff development fund for community colleges. The study…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation, Faculty Development
Mid-Continent Regional Educational Lab., Inc., Denver, CO. – 1985
An evaluation was made of the Effective Schools Program (ESP) conducted by the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) for the 1984-85 academic year. The ESP is a research-based program designed to foster self-sustained improvement efforts at the school building level, through systematic long term staff development including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Claus, Richard N.; Chen, Hsing – 1982
Information was gathered from the central office, elementary, and junior and senior high school administrators of the Saginaw (Michigan) Public Schools regarding the quality control operation in the schools. All administrators were polled to determine an actual level of need based on the difference between what "is" and "what should…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Development

Stephenson, Nina K. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1995
Discusses an in-service cross-training program designed for reference desk workers at the University of New Mexico Library. Describes the reference department and provides an overview of cross training. Highlights include training issues, a needs assessment questionnaire, program implementation, and evaluation. Four appendices provide sample…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Inservice Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Library Personnel

Toledo Univ., OH. Coll. of Education. – 1981
Intervention activities in reading and language arts, designed and implemented by the Teacher Corps program at Holland Elementary School (Springfield, Ohio), are described and evaluated. Activities performed by teacher interns included introducing and distributing books; reading stories and poems; constructing learning centers; and planning and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Arts