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Cohen, Libby – 1981
Special education staff development activities in Maine are listed, and ways to serve Maine's rural areas are described. Long range goals in Maine's Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (as required by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are listed for collaboration, needs assessment, resource/data collection,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Staff Development

Evan, Mary Ann – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1980
The article outlines the process used in Oregon to initiate a Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) in special education. Factors contributing to the CSPD success include extensive involvement of a wide array of people in the process, clear responsibility outlines, and workable size of the cooperative personnel planning council. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Development

Van Tassel-Baska, Joyce – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1986
Lessons for gifted education inservice derived from the Illinois Area Service Centers include: attention to real needs, well planned developmental models, training efforts targeted toward specific outcomes for specific groups, opportunity for followup observation and monitoring, and techniques for continuing personal staff development and renewal.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Inservice Teacher Education, Models
KASCO Record, 1988
The first paper (by Jim Jarrett) in this monograph on the Kansas State Inservice Plan offers an overview of one facet of staff development plans, i.e., peer coaching and its effectiveness in teacher inservice education. The next paper (by Dan Neuenswander) reviews the Kansas State Department of Education Inservice Plan, defining inservice and/or…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Peer Teaching
South Dakota State Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Pierre. – 1986
This handbook is designed to assist staff development committees in planning and conducting effective staff development programs. Administrative rules governing the establishment of staff development programs are set forth and clarified. A model for staff development describes the following steps for developing a program: (1) establish a board…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment, Policy Formation
Brictson, Paula – 1979
Changing curriculum, shifting student populations, and technological and societal demands require that school staff remain actively and continuously involved in staff development programs; because of these issues and the new mandated programs, more stable teaching workforce, and numerous and varied programs in Michigan, the Michigan Department of…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Governance, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment

Zenke, Larry L. – Educational Leadership, 1976
In Florida, a legislatively mandated funding program supports statewide staff development efforts, which are primarily school-based. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development, Staff Development

Rush, Dathan D.; And Others – Infants and Young Children, 1995
This paper describes the Oklahoma Statewide Training and Regional Support (STARS) program, a system of early intervention inservice training developed to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part H. Major challenges included identification of technical assistance needs, facilitation of training attendance, identification…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Inservice Teacher Education, Preschool Education

Jones, L.; Wolffe, K. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
The Texas Commission for the Blind's (TCB's) braille literacy initiative is an agency-based program designed to enhance the braille skills of teaching staff. In addition, TCB has established braille-production stations in 30 of its district offices and offers technical assistance to regional rehabilitation personnel. (Author)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Inservice Teacher Education, Literacy Education
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1984
The Idaho State Department of Education has mandated a professional growth requirement for all certified educators and requires school districts to develop and implement a professional development plan. This handbook is designed to assist in the implementation of these requirements. The following topics are addressed: (1) professional development,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development, School Districts
Stone, J. Fulton – 1978
The concept of staff development and continuous improvement for teachers and administrators is discussed in the context of a state-developed plan that allows teacher certification renewal only after participation in an approved local staff development program. The plan stipulates that local educational agencies identify student needs and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Jones, Edward Ernest, Jr. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977
An in-service program was needed in Rhode Island to open lines of communication among eighteen adult education programs functioning within the State. Swapshop sessions were held in which the participants were asked to share their classroom techniques and materials. Discusses some positive outcomes of these sessions. (EM)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies, Inservice Education
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1998
This report on Idaho's grant programs for reading improvement pinpoints two programs, the General Reading Improvement Program and the Reading Improvement with Phonics Program. The report states that the first program makes funds available to support kindergarten through sixth grade "reading recovery" or other locally developed methods…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Financial Support, Inservice Teacher Education, Phonics
Barger, Robert N. – 1986
The Illinois State Board of Education contracted with Eastern Illinois University to survey the local school districts and identify the operating models of programs to assist and support beginning teachers and to ascertain what innovative activities were occurring. Specifically the questionnaire addressed the following areas: (1) demographic…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1985
To assist school systems in establishing computer competencies for inservice teacher training and personnel hiring guidelines, the North Carolina State Board of Education in 1985 approved the recommendations of a state task force, and identified three levels of computer competencies for teachers (K-12), i.e., competencies needed by all educators,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Literacy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education