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 module is a competency-based staff development training package which focuses on the assessment of desired outcomes in career guidance. It is part of a long-range project designed to present a comprehensive approach to career guidance, counseling, placement and followup. As a staff training package, this module is directed toward developing…

To respond to the need for a coordinated system of training and training resources for West Virginia mental health personnel, the West Virginia Training Resources Center was established in 1979. Hospital and community mental health center administrators and staffs were surveyed to obtain program planning input, i.e., selection of trainee groups,…

Major activities of the alcohol education program at Michigan State University are described, with focus on the assessment and program formulation process, staff training needed to implement the program, the kinds of alcohol education activities that can be conducted, and the role of evaluation and research in improving alcohol education efforts.…

This publication chronicles the activities at the June 1977 conference sponsored by the Rhode Island Teacher Center to explore the teacher center model as a means of meeting staff development requirements of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The stated objectives of the conference were as follows: (1) to acquaint…

Regional training activities of campus-based women's centers, and needs assessment and evaluation studies of the National Women's Centers Training Project are discussed. The women's centers project at Everywoman's Center, University of Massachusetts, was designed to provide staff training in the following areas: power and leadership issues in…

This report presents samples of models and strategies for determining professional development needs of special education personnel. The following areas are covered: definitions of needs and the needs assessment process; personnel needs assessment regulations under the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development, the Individuals with…

The findings of a day care training needs assessment survey conducted in the State of Kansas by the Day Care Training Systems Project comprise the body of this report. Questionnaires were distributed to child care providers and agency personnel with child care responsibilities. Child care providers included both family and center providers, while…

Designed for front-line training professionals, this book addresses the most pressing issues in the training and development field (T&D). "Introduction" (Lisa A. Burke) discusses the importance of viewing training as a subsystem of human resources, training as a systematic process, and indicators of high impact training.…

This learning module, which is part of a management and supervisor training program for managers and supervisors employed at the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Division, is designed to help trainees understand basic plant and industry waste management activities and issues. The following topics are covered in the module's individual…

Agricultural extension is one component in an array including research, training, education, marketing, international trade, etc. which develop together to bring about growth, and sustained growth determines the priorities for extension. These priorities depend inevitably on the stage of development of a country or region, and on the current…

A four-step approach to implementing a training program and measuring results for government agencies was developed in response to an executive order to federal agencies to provide effective training and performance measures in their annual budgets. Step one is the analysis of established goals to identify training requirements. Suggested…

This career education project achieved four goals; to (1) identify roles and functions for persons responsible for local school programs; (2) determine personnel performance competencies; (3) develop methods to bring personnel to operational confidence levels; and (4) establish a career education personnel training center. The center, which served…

This document is the staff development manual that was developed to train worker education facilitators involved in the Chicago Teachers' Center of Northeastern Illinois University and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Worker Education Program (WEP). The document begins with an overview of the WEP, which uses workers' life and…