The Wallace Foundation's Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative is a six-year initiative that The Wallace Foundation launched in 2017 to explore whether and how children benefit when schools and their out-of-school-time (OST) programs partner to improve social and emotional learning (SEL), as well as what it takes to do this…

We welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2014, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 28 to 30 of June, 2014. Education, as an important right in our contemporary world, began since we exist. Knowledge and skills were passed by adults to the young, and cultures began to extend their experiences through various…

There is an urgent need to bring values into the college curriculum. College human resources personnel are uniquely qualified to train college faculty and administrators in ethics and to assist in development of curricula in each discipline incorporating ethics. (MSE)

Prior to implementation of a supervisory staff development program, it is necessary to review current literature in the field of educational administration in order to define specific elements (domains) of the supervisory knowledge base. A qualitative research study involving a review of relevant literature yielded 13 primary domains or categories…

This paper describes the formation of the Appalachian Consortium, assesses its impact after one year of operation, and examines its future development. Consortium goals were to provide in-service, staff development opportunities for the instructional faculties of the consortium's member colleges (three community colleges and a state university)…

The Brunel University (England) education department worked with evaluation teams from two local education authorities to develop a faculty development program for local colleges. The origins, design, implementation, and response to the modular program are described as is the "in house consultancy" model developed by the program. (MSE)

Critical trends and actions affecting the present and future state of inservice education are discussed. (CJ)

These guidelines were developed to provide an overview of faculty development issues and concerns. The first section reviews the principles of faculty development, citing the California Postsecondary Education Commission's (CPEC) classification of faculty development activities into the categories of professional, instructional, curriculum, and…

This report is intended as a resource for all those interested in staff development, especially in the tertiary education context. It describes the staff development project in the first two years of a new tertiary college--Harlow Technical College in England. An introduction and a description of the context of the project begin the report.…

Mount Saint Vincent University (Nova Scotia), in cooperation with the Atlantic Satellite Network, has been involved in offering credit courses using videoteleconferencing since 1983. Distance University Education via Television (DUET) is a unique use of videoteleconferencing which complements the need for current information and for the…

This document describes basic skills, their place in programs of vocational preparation, and their potential for progression into more advanced programs. Section 1 reviews the present situation and concepts regarding the provision and acquisition of skills. The need for progression is described, and the possibility of creating programs for…

This study attempted to describe and interpret informal staff development among 23 first grade and kindergarten teachers, and a counselor working together to create a new language arts curriculum. This report of the research includes data from 11 participants. The paper begins with a review of relevant literature covering research on staff…

At Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) in New York, over 90% of the students are ethnic minorities, and two-thirds are women. Among BMCC freshmen, 70% require some form of remediation. Faculty development efforts at the college emphasize the issues of serving an ethnically diverse student population and of reinforcing the basic skills of…

The Staff Development in Universities program is a general title covering a variety of activities from fifty British universities and university colleges; each group attempted to develop the readiness of university staff to grasp the opportunities and cope with the problems facing higher education in the years ahead. The program ran from October…

Describes a plan developed at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, to recognize, foster, and celebrate cultural pluralism and racial/ethnic diversity. Considers campuswide efforts and plans in the areas of affirmative action, faculty and staff development, retention and curricular initiatives, student life, and community…