Describes a teacher training program coordinated by "regents" who are promoted teachers responsible for teacher in-service education in secondary schools in Scotland. (RK)

This study was designed to discover the extent to which school districts provided inservice education for their secondary school teachers of English from the fall of 1969 through the 1971-72 academic year, to determine if inservice consisted of continuous, process-oriented growth experiences structured primarily to benefit the teaching of English…

This monograph reviews the literature pertaining to inservice education and summarizes its contents relating to several broad themes: planning and instructional concerns in inservice education, problems relating to administration and coordination of inservice programs, and elements common to successful programs. The literature of inservice…

In fiscal years 1978 and 1979 the Des Moines Title I math program served approximately 1100 students in 23 elementary schools. The program which used supplementary small group instruction for students in grades 2-6 who were performing below expected levels, had five components: (1) a management system guide; (2) individual student educational plan…

This descriptive and evaluative report covers a National Defense Education Act, Title XI, summer institute which was attended by 24 industrial arts teachers, supervisors, and teacher educators from 15 states. The objectives of the institute were to teach information about industrial materials and to allow participants to develop instructional and…

Describes LaGuardia Community College's two-phase developmental studies program, which consists of a basic skills program (in which students are assigned a package of courses based on their abilities) and basic skills instruction integrated into content area courses. Covers program content and administration, teacher training, and evaluation…

The federally funded Bilingual Education Multifunctional Resource Center (BEMRC) provides support services to programs and individuals serving students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee. LEP students in the mostly rural areas come from…

This State of Mississippi annual evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into 10 parts. Part 1 is an "Introduction." Part 2 specifies the "Number of School Districts and Participants.""Total Allocation and…

In spring 1986, the Glendale Community College (GCC) Board of Trustees made a substantial financial commitment to establish and maintain a professional development program designed to benefit all full- and part-time college employees. The underlying goal of the staff development activities is to maximize student access and outcomes by synthesizing…

This document describes a staff development and induction model used at Los Medanos College for the purpose of professionally preparing teachers as community college instructors. The model proposes a campus-based and managed program that involves a four-week, preservice seminar in August and regular meetings throughout the subsequent fall and…

This paper reports the result of a three-year research project that implemented the idea of university professors as volunteers to provide released time for public school inservice teachers. It reviews the conception of the idea and gives a detailed account of an actual experiment involving a group of professors and a local high school. The…

The manual describes the Ohio career education inservice program which attempts to emphasize closer contact with the world of work, replacing traditional inservice program emphasis on developing teacher efficiency within the classroom. The diagnostic-prescriptive technique is incorporated into the manual. An introductory section presents an…

This study was concerned with an investigation and analysis of curricular and administrative change within specific categorically funded language arts programs and was directed toward the discovery and examination of the current status of curriculum development as related to the improvement of instruction and equilization of educational…

An evaluation was made of the structure and adequacy of the administration of the Infant/Toddler Care Program (ITCP), a program that helps teenage parents in New York City complete their high school education. Infant and toddler care is one of the four program components. The ITCP provides both early childhood and secondary education and is…

This report of the National Conference on Elementary School Industrial Arts (ESIA) (1969-70) deals with the nature of industrial arts in the elementary school, different approaches and requirements for its implementation, and ways of meeting and solving problems. Section 1 defines ESIA. In section 2 a discussion of philosophical bases shows how…