Describes a Dimensional Leadership workshop designed to help extension service professionals become more effective leaders by discovering and improving their leadership style and by discovering and recognizing different kinds of effective and ineffective behavior. (EM)

This second of five articles on how to plan and implement a supervisory training program focuses on determining needs and establishing objectives. Discusses twelve approaches for determining supervisory training needs. Includes a figure presenting examples of three types of behavioral objectives: knowledge, skill, and attitudes. (EM)

This practicum developed a program to enhance the job performance of support personnel (behavior modification technicians) who work with students having conduct disorders. The behavior modification technicians provided building-level support for principals and teachers working with black adolescents from socially deprived backgrounds. Inservice…

The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of an inservice staff development program in promoting change in patterns of teacher-child interaction. The program used (1) the combined techniques of systematic analysis of teaching behavior with the Behavior Ratings and Analysis of Communication in Education (BRACE) observation system, (2)…

This is the third module in a four-module training package for use in inservice seminars or workshops on performance appraisal and employee development. Module 3 focuses on the actual performance review process. The first part outlines requirements for constructing objective, workable employee development plans, in particular factors resulting in…

Written for college entry-level travel agent training courses, this course outline can also be used for inservice training programs offered by travel agencies. The outline provides information on the work of a travel agent and gives clear statements on what learners must be able to do by the end of their training. Material is divided into eight…