This study describes the development of three case studies that included a combination of multimedia production and instructional design skills within a particular setting. These case studies incorporated real-life incidents from 47 professional instructional designers. These instructional designers described a total of 146 activities involving…

The authors advocate a holistic approach to program development that transcends the boundaries of the sponsoring agency and provides a link between needs assessment, instructional design and development, learning activities, and societal impact. This frame of reference views the efforts of adult educators and their organizations as means to…

The purpose of these guidelines is to assist local school districts in Texas to adequately assume the legal responsibility for planning, implementing, and evaluating inservice teacher education programs. (JD)

These simulation materials, designed to identify factors, priorities, and information needs in planning vocational education, consist of (1) a background information section outlining the setting and format of the exercises, (2) eight exercises, each of which focuses on a selected vocational education planning problem, and (3) a set of information…

This manual is written for those responsible for staff development in American-sponsored overseas schools (ASOS). Program management for staff development planning is divided into seven categories: (1) mission statement preparation; (2) needs assessment survey; (3) goal statements preparation; (4) staff objectives preparation; (5) activities…

This handbook serves as a guide to "Talk Time," a technique for volunteer facilitators to use to help newcomers to the United States practice English in a comfortable, non-threatening setting. Talk Time provides language practice activity often not found in traditional English-as-a-Second-Language classroom settings. In Talk Time, no one…

Procedures for internationalizing a college academic unit are examined. The approach centers around eight key steps in organizational development: developing organizational support groups; assessing the international/intercultural needs of the organization; making maximum use of existing strengths and international resources; developing programs…

This consumer education module is designed to provide consumers of mental health services with the skills necessary to participate in the development and delivery of services. The module is intended for use by both the mental health practitioner or consumer advocate and the mentally disabled individual. One preliminary unit and seven activities,…

One of 33 self-paced industry services leadership development (ISLD) modules, this module contains three sequential learning activities on securing training equipment, tools, and supplies. (The industry services program for which these materials were developed would involve provision of job training by public agencies for new or expanding private…

The guidelines are intended to assist the inservice program coordinator with a staff development program for comprehensive career education. The contents of the document cover the following career education topics: (1) overview; (2) the need for staff development; (3) roles and functions of the career education inservice coordinator; (4) initial…

Part of a 4-volume set constituting a model to assist all school districts in Region 17 (Texas) in infusing comprehensive career oriented education into their existing instructional programs by 1980, this teacher guide contains materials for the first part of a 3-phase program designed to move the participant through a series of informational…

One of 33 self-paced industry services leadership development (ISLD) modules, this module contains three sequential learning activities on collecting basic production and training information relative to the industry for which training services will be provided. (The industry services program for which these materials were developed would involve…

Educators from throughout the State of Missouri contributed to the training workshop handbook which presents guidelines for implementing career education programs. Six sections include: (1) Missouri Career Education Today and Tomorrow, discussing current and future trends, and presenting a conceptual framework; (2) Getting Started, refers the user…

This module, one in a series of competency-based guidance program training packages, focuses on specific professional and paraprofessional competencies of guidance personnel. Modules in Category C suggest how to conduct, accomplish, or carry out selected career guidance program activities. The purpose of this module is to help career guidance…

The workbook is a training tool designed to make the concept of program planning and budgeting available to small social agencies in a simplified and practical form. It begins with a glossary and an explanation of the Annual Program Budgeting Cycle, the basis for the process described. The first four chapters contain summarized material,…