The Family Leadership Training Institute (FLTI) is a program that can respond to data documenting the health of the nation. Participants engage in individual civic projects that align with social determinants of health and seek to ameliorate health inequities. They also discover and/or increase their civic engagement skills to more effectively…

NGSS Early Implementers is a six-year initiative created to help eight California school districts and two charter management organizations, supported by WestEd's K-12 Alliance, implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Administrators need learning opportunities if they are to adequately understand the substantial shifts of the Next…

The "Marland" Report was the impetus and structure to provide a more systematic approach to building state and regional gifted programs. One of the strategies used to proliferate the spread of programming for gifted students throughout the states was the National/State Leadership Training Institute on the Gifted and Talented…

This article is a follow-up to Mary Devin's report on the collaborative efforts required to create the "Kansas Educational Leadership Institute" in 2010. The Kansas Educational Leadership Institute (KELI) moved from planning to implementation on March 30, 2011, as a statewide systematic support system for the recruitment, development,…

The following profiles address how the state departments of education are helping educators prepare for and implement the Common Core and aligned assessments through professional learning. The major professional development efforts around the Common Core were examined in order to understand the overall efforts of each state. An exhaustive list of…

The Southeast Florida Library and Information Network (SEFLIN) has presented the Sun Seeker Leadership Institute biennially since 1997. SEFLIN, a multitype library consortium headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, was one of the first groups to sponsor a library leadership institute held as a monthly series of events over the period of a year. One…

The percentage of Latinos in top university administration lags far behind that in the nation overall. How can we increase their numbers? One answer is leadership institutes. This article examines these institutes in general and those addressing minorities in particular, with an eye to presenting models that may aid future Latino leadership…

This paper describes the signature role played by accomplished, experienced teachers in professional learning communities, and the importance that these practitioners make their teaching public and shared. In so doing, the authors describe how accomplished practices can be shared between classrooms and between practitioners with varying levels of…

Discussed are the principles of training utilized with teachers, administrators, parents, and university personnel by the National/State Leadership Training Institute for Gifted and Talented. (SBH)

During the 1972-1973 year the Leadership Training Institute (LTI) implemented a variety of program activities to improve training skills, to assess needs, and to package certain products for dissemination to the profession in general. Specific activities included training sessions, on-site visits, development of instructional materials, and…

A comprehensive list of programs regularly offering training, and experience to those interested in playing leadership roles in colleges and universities is provided. ACE Fellows Program, ACE National Identification Program, Continuing Higher Education Leadership Project, Educational Leadership Program, Education Policy Fellowship Program, etc.,…

Summarized in the report is information obtained at the Illinois Leadership Training Institute which was held for persons concerned with education of gifted and talented children in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The first chapter contains information on the participants and their backgrounds and interests. Chapter II…

A total of 21 persons, including area vocational-technical school directors, coordinators of post-secondary instruction, and supervisors of area high school programs, participated in the program aimed at preparing directors and coordinators of secondary and post-secondary vocational education programs. The 20-month training period was divided into…

ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER FOR THE QUARTER INCLUDED CONTINUED WORK ON 14 CENTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND ON TWO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AND A RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM FUNDED BY SPECIAL CONTRACTS. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A 2-DAY MEETING FOR STATE PERSONNEL ON INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY, FOUR RESEARCH TRAINING…

This pamphlet on training in human relations is the sixteenth of 16 in a series to provide leaders in adult activities with sound introductory material to give practical help in using a method of adult education or working in a particular area. Its objective is to provide a case history of a human relations institute, outline the procedures for…