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Ngala, Frederick B. J. A.; Odebero, Stephen O. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
Results-based management has gained currency in Kenya. After pre-service training, teachers take various staff development programmes to enhance their role effectiveness. Many studies which have associated staff development with employee productivity have not delved into the actual mechanisms in which staff development impact on teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Retraining, Likert Scales, Teacher Effectiveness
Rosemary, Catherine A.; Roskos, Kathleen A.; Landreth, Leslie K. – Guilford Publications, 2007
This highly practical guide is grounded in the authors' experience setting up and running a successful professional development program to improve K-3 reading instruction. The book systematically describes how professional development works: how sessions are organized, what they contain, routines and procedures, and the roles of each participant.…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Massey, Sara; Crosby, Jeanie – 1977
A step-by-step program for developing a staff improvement program within a school is offered. Discussions concerning participant identification, task setting, decision making, policy formation, goal decisions, and evaluation are presented, and record-keeping instruments for similar inservice programs are suggested. (JD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Goal Orientation, Group Activities, Inservice Teacher Education
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Cardinale, Gary – Social Studies Review, 1988
Expresses concern about how teachers will implement the California Framework for History-Social Science Education. Focuses on the need for staff development based upon four criteria: assessment, articulation, alignment, and allocation. Explaining these criteria, the author assesses how they can be used to implement the Framework. (LS)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, History
Childers, B. E.; Eaddy, K. M. – 1981
For more than 60 years, the Georgia State Board of Education has allotted funds to the University of Georgia for use in preparation of vocational teachers and administrators. Since passage of the 1963 Vocational Education Act, however, emphasis has been put on programs and services for specific groups of people, rather than on instructional areas…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Evaluation
Jones, Cheryl A.; Anderson, Mike – 2001
This document, which is intended for mangers at post-16 educational institutions in the United Kingdom, presents guidelines for managing curriculum change that were developed on the basis of case studies of the following further education (FE) colleges: Grey Skies College; Midshire College; and Happy Days College. The introduction explains how the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Attitude Change, Case Studies
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1995
This document summarizes efforts made during fiscal year (FY) 1994 to implement Ohio's action plan for accelerating the modernization of vocational education, Ohio's Future at Work. First, background information is provided about the plan's formulation in 1990. Listed next are 10 legislative actions that have been identified as necessary to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Career Education, Change Strategies