School-based agricultural education (SBAE), like many other subject areas, suffers from a critical teacher shortage. Many states have chosen to combat this shortage by offering temporary emergency teaching certifications with minimal qualifications and no requirements for professional development. Retention is also needed to stem the flow of…

With the passing of Act 82, the state of Pennsylvania has provided school districts with Danielson's Framework as a tool for principals to evaluate teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived professional development needs of Pennsylvania principals as they implemented the new educator effectiveness system. Three hundred…

This manuscript proposes a mathematical model to address faculty sufficiency requirements towards assuring overall high quality management education at a global university. Constraining elements include full-time faculty coverage by discipline, location, and program, across multiple campus locations subject to stated service quality standards of…

With the current emphasis on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teachers, it is important to ensure that every member of staff has the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding as outlined in the professional and occupational standards for the school workforce. As your practical guide to developing your staff,…

Surveyed independent living centers (ILCs) to collect demographic information about their programs and to analyze existing service and organizational needs. Results suggest a number of similarities and differences between ILCs funded under Title VII and other ILCs. Program demographics, current organizational needs, and current service needs are…

In order to investigate what types of training and technical assistance (TA) are needed by Early Head Start programs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin (EHS Waves I & II), particularly with regard to children with special needs, the Great Lakes Quality Improvement Center for Disabilities (GLQIC-D) and the Region V…

Staffing needs planning, as distinct from workforce planning, is the systematic estimation of the actions personnel managers must take to provide the required workforce in an organization. This handbook focuses on the pivotal aspects of staffing needs planning, including estimation of future vacancies and analysis and projection of employee…

Teachers' needs should be considered when designing in-service training programs. (MM)

For a manpower planning program to be effective, its objectives, benefits, and methodology must be clearly understood, from a utilitarian standpoint, by both line and personnel executives. This may be accomplished through a user-oriented manpower planning guide, such as the one summarized in the article for manpower planners. (Author/AJ)

Describes a systematic approach to training needs identification that is directly tied to changing organizational events and performance requirements. The discussion includes nine questions which address performance expectations. (JJD)

Discusses Employee Assistance Programs' (EAP) relationship to other personnel programs, the structure and basic components, and guidelines for choosing a consultant. (Author/MLF)

The business perspective on the personnel function was presented to the 1976 Conference of CUPA's Western Region by these two chief administrators responsible for business affairs--one from a private institution, the other from a public one. (Editor/LBH)

Discusses a three-step model for diagnosing supervisory training needs. Major steps included in the model are (1) data collection (divided into two phases), (2) diagnosis, and (3) separating the problems. (LRA)

Helps organizations determine if they are ready to begin a human resource planning program which requires the organization to analyze current and future personnel requirements, to develop an internal support system providing sound performance management programs, and to develop internal support systems for managing employee careers. (CT)

A survey was conducted of government agencies in order to examine the capacity of the U. S. Government to produce or obtain by contract the research needed to manage relations with the Soviet Union. Four foreign affairs agencies foresee increasing difficulties through the 1980s in recruiting the desired calibre of Soviet language and research…