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Gall, Meredith D.; Vojtek, Roseanne O'Brien – 1994
Many educators and policymakers find that deciding on the right staff-development program has become increasingly difficult. This brief, three-part monograph organizes staff-development objectives, models, and program-design features into an understandable, comprehensive framework. Part 1 advises readers on how to weigh a program's objectives.…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Faculty Development, Inservice Education, Instructional Improvement
Waggaman, John S. – Administrator's Update, 1984
Factors reported to be important in the design, implementation, and evaluation of professional development programs for department chairs are described. Attention is also directed to results from a goal-focused evaluation of the 6-year-old program to train new department heads in the nine state universities of Florida, a program that is being…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Higher Education, Inservice Education, Management Development
McDade, Sharon A. – 1987
The responsibilities and skills of college administrators and training needs and programs are discussed. After tracing typical career paths of administrators, skills and knowledge that they need are identified, based in part on similar positions from government, service organizations, and the military. The list of administrators' responsibilities…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Career Ladders, College Administration
Koszalka, Tiffany A. – 2003
This digest briefly reviews connections among the literature on the adoption of innovations, technology integration, and the value of reflection in encouraging educators to explore the integration of new educational technologies into their current teaching practices. An approach to prompting reflection is described, which uses structured guidance…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Crouch, Toni; Walz, Garry R. – 1992
The Counseling and Human Development Foundation (CHDF) is the only national philanthropic organization whose sole purpose is the enhancement of individual human development by conducting and fostering programs of research and education in counseling and human development. A 1991 review decided future focus of resources should be on research,…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counselor Role, Counselors, Individual Development
Walz, Garry R.; Benjamin, Libby – 1980
Adult counseling is assuming increasing importance in counselor education and training. Most important is the developmental aspect of growth all through life, since adulthood is not a static period but can be as fraught with conflict and choice as childhood or adolescence. Outlines describe some important differences between young people and…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adults, Counselor Training
Fielding, Glen D.; Schalock, H. Del – 1985
This monograph highlights important findings and guidelines that have emerged from over a decade of research at the University of Oregon's Center for Educational Policy and Management (CEPM) concerning the continued professional development of school personnel. After a brief introduction, the booklet is divided into three sections. The first,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Inservice Education
Hertling, Elizabeth – 1999
This digest examines peer review, focusing on how these types of reviews can improve teacher competence. Peer review is often linked to peer assistance, which helps new and veteran teachers improve their knowledge and skills. In peer-review programs, consulting teachers conduct formal evaluations and recommend whether the participating teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Peer Evaluation, Personnel Evaluation
Harrison, Cheryl – 1989
Intended for employers, human resource staff, and adult educators, this digest addresses the purposes of career development programs in the workplace and describes the components of such programs. In the first section, the term career development is defined and labeled as just one component of organizations' human resource management. Eight…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Development, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship
McDade, Sharon A. – 1988
Since many senior academic administrators of colleges and universities first trained for academic careers in research and teaching, they have had minimal management training. Both academic and nonacademic officers with administrative experience find they must quickly develop the different knowledge and skills needed to manage an institution when…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, College Administration, Higher Education
Lashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 1998
Ways in which teachers and principals respond to changing leadership roles and some practical steps that principals can take to support leadership are discussed in this article review. It focuses on five papers that explore educators' roles, offering advice on how to respond to changing expectations. "When is New: A Plan of Action" (A. W. Hart)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Book Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1996
Although not a new concept, mentoring is being seen as an increasingly important part of an individual's career and work force development, requiring sophisticated skills of those who provide it. Mentoring has been defined as "a relationship in which a more experienced person facilitates the broad development of a less experienced person on a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Christensen, Judith; And Others – 1983
This monograph on the development of teachers' careers synthesizes researchers' prescriptions for early-, mid-, and late-career professional development; and describes successful programs that demonstrate sensitivity to the stages of teachers' growth. The first chapter, "Teachers' Career Development," reviews current adult- and career-stage…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Career Development, Developmental Psychology
Britton, Edward; Raizen, Senta; Kaser, Joyce; Porter, Andrew – 2002
This ERIC Digest presents highlights and recommendations from a working forum (Britton, Raizen, Kaser, and Porter, 2000) in which participants considered diversity and equity issues in mathematics and science education with special emphasis on research directions for the future. An overview of needed research, gender issues in mathematics, and the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Raufman, Lisa; Olson, Troy; Jones, Rita – 2002
The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) Statewide Advisory Committee for Career Development provides information and counseling to assist the Chancellor's Office in areas related to career development professionals and programs. It also issues annual policy papers concerning the role of career development in community…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Community Colleges, Information Centers
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