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Download full textWalker, Virginia L.; Douglas, Karen H.; Chung, Yun-Ching – International Journal of Special Education, 2017
Careful consideration is essential for developing and conducting effective paraprofessional development. This study described a process of paraprofessional development and outcomes from assessments, workshops, and social validation focus group interviews from one rural public school in the USA. Fourteen paraprofessionals and their supervisors…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Focus Groups, Workshops, Staff Development
Peer reviewedMcNeil, Joyce H. – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1991
The article offers teachers of the deaf guidelines for developing an in-service workshop for other teachers. Five steps in workshop development are proposed as are guidelines for needs assessment, identifying local experts, motivating attendees, selecting delivery methods, and workshop evaluation. (DB)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedGeller, William W. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1982
Discusses professional growth contracting as a means of encouraging staff to define their own professional development needs. Describes how professional growth contracting is being used by the student affairs staff at a Maine university. (Author)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Contracts, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Harris, Jamie L.; Meeker, Robert B. – 1984
This set of materials reports the needs assessment and implementation of a library staff development project funded by a Chicago State University grant. Because of the limited opportunity provided for all library personnel to improve their job skills, a proposal for a staff development program was submitted to the university granting office. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Continuing Education, Grants, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRyan, Thomas F.; Crowell, Ronald A. – Journal of Staff Development, 1982
A workshop designed to assist local staff developers with the evaluation of their staff development programs is described. The intent of the workshop is to provide specific technical assistance for implementing a planned and consistent evaluation process. The workshop's goal is to allow a nonspecialist in evaluation to gather data necessary for…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Lay People
Magnesen, Vernon A.; Parker, Lynn Sullivan – 1988
This booklet is designed to assist community colleges in the design and implementation of staff and organizational development programs and reviews relevant issues and provides practical ideas for successful development efforts. After chapter I briefly introduces the audience for and intent of the booklet, chapter II describes 12 development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development, Needs Assessment
Welsh-Hill, Janet – 1980
A dual workshop/questionnaire approach was used in a needs assessment of adult basic education (ABE) students conducted in Prince George's County, Maryland, in spring 1980. The workshop advanced and clarified the concept of career development to teaching and administrative staff. Participants completed a needs assessment questionnaire according to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Career Development, Career Education
Arbuckle, Margaret A.; Murray, Lynn B. – 1989
This guide provides staff development leaders in schools and school districts with practical information about professional development systems. It is organized in eight chapters, each dealing with a phase of an effective professional development program. The essential components of the program constitute a framework for staff development. The…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities
Coward, Tamara B., Ed.; And Others – 1978
The need for and importance of professional development at the community college level are explored. The initial chapter presents an overview of the topic and discusses the relationship between professional development; a planning, management, and evaluation system; and Advanced Institutional Development Program grants. The essential elements of a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Needs Assessment, Performance Contracts
Zeitz, Leigh E. – Computing Teacher, 1995
Based on a needs assessment questionnaire, 13 technology workshops were designed for school personnel. Topics included an introduction; troubleshooting; e-mail and the Internet; ERIC and CD-ROM databases; Microsoft Works; desktop publishing; presentation software; resources on CD-ROM; the X-Press news service; and interactive laser video discs. A…
Descriptors: Desktop Publishing, Electronic Mail, Information Technology, Instructional Design
Lake Tahoe Community Coll. District, South Lake Tahoe, CA. – 1989
Lake Tahoe Community College's (LTCC's) Human Resources Development Program is designed to foster professional development through in-service activities for instructional, administrative, classified employees, and the governing board. The comprehensive program is intended to support the instructional process, improve student success, enhance…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Colleges, Conferences, Faculty Development
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1981
This set of materials on staff development in research libraries, assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), focuses on programs and activities designed to provide general skills training related to the work performed in a research library. Contents of the set include: (1)…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education
Banta, Trudy W.; Boser, Judith A. – 1981
This report presents an evaluation of the career education leadership activities conducted in Tennessee in 1979-80, the first year of operation for Tennessee's five-year State Plan for Career Education. Section 1 addresses the relationship between the activities in the State Plan and a state-wide needs assessment. Sections 2-7 focus on assessment…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Education, Inservice Education, Needs Assessment
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1975
This set of materials on staff development in research libraries was assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Selected portions of management studies, reviews, and evaluations are included from the University of Washington Libraries, the University of Rochester Library, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, Higher Education, Librarians
Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Center for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1979
A one-week VTAE (Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education) Researcher Workshop was designed to increase the research competencies of Wisconsin VTAE staff members working with research and evaluation projects through a hands-on approach. Based on a needs assessment conducted with the participants, the agenda included sessions on various aspects…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational Research
