The Southeast Florida Library and Information Network (SEFLIN) has presented the Sun Seeker Leadership Institute biennially since 1997. SEFLIN, a multitype library consortium headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, was one of the first groups to sponsor a library leadership institute held as a monthly series of events over the period of a year. One…

Reports on the third annual Haystack Teacher/Crafts Institute, an intensive week-long session cosponsored by the Maine Art Education Association and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. The intent of the workshop is to promote renewal among the participants in their dual roles as teachers and artists. (SJL)

DURING THE SUMMER OF 1966, THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION ENGAGED THE CONSORTIUM OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT (NDEA) INDUSTRIAL ARTS INSTITUTES THEN IN PROGRESS. TO COLLECT INFORMATION FOR PLANNING FUTURE INSTITUTES, A COMMITTEE MEMBER VISITED EACH INSTITUTE FOR 2 DAYS, AND UTILIZED A LIST OF…

This paper describes a training program for graduate teaching assistants (TA's) at two universities. At the University of Illinois, Urbana, TA's from several departments met for seminars during the year, while at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, the seminars were conducted before the semester beqan and each department's TA's met separately. Both…

This report describes the activities of an institute for the advanced professional preparation of educational media specialists. It begins with a description of the procedure by which the eight student-participants were selected for this first part of what was designed to be a two year-program leading to the Ed. D or Ph.D degree in instructional…

A total of 21 persons, including area vocational-technical school directors, coordinators of post-secondary instruction, and supervisors of area high school programs, participated in the program aimed at preparing directors and coordinators of secondary and post-secondary vocational education programs. The 20-month training period was divided into…

The paper describes how and why the human relations technologies of training institutes (sponsored by the Indiana University's School of Nursing, Division of Continuing Education) are presented from the vantage point of adult education principles, processes, and procedures. (Author/MW)

The Leadership Training Institute (LTI) at the College without Walls, in Houston, Texas, was created to provide information and training for individuals interested in growing professionally and to establish a structured program for preparing college employees to assume leadership roles in the Houston Community College System. Participants in the…

Twenty-three instructors participated in an 8-week summer institute to develop their technical competency to teach the second year of a 2-year Technical Education Computer Science Program. Instructional material covered the following areas: (1) compiler languages and systems design, (2) cost studies, (3) business organization, (4) advanced…

Five dentists, 17 dental assistants, and three dental hygienists participated in the dental assistant teacher training institute held at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 25 to July 21, 1967. Curriculum objectives were based upon analysis of the job of the dental assisting instructor; the following units were chosen to meet the…

The institute was designed to provide industrial arts teachers with updating experiences in fluid power education. It had four educational phases: technical instruction, directed field experiences, teaching strategies, and professional development. The latter involved meeting with participants in two other institutes. Twenty-one participants were…

This report presents a summary and evaluation of the 8-day "Springboards to Learning" Institute, designed for involvement of both educator and community participants in a mutual effort to increase familiarity with and achieve competencies in the effective implementation of career education within the local schools and community. (Over…

The document traces the activities of the five-week summer institute which provided training for 96 teachers, primarily of migrant and disadvantaged adults in Adult Basic Education. The program activities emphasized: (1) Reading instruction for disadvantaged adults; (2) English as a second language; (3) Motivation and retention of adult learners;…

Three 2-week Adult Basic Education (ABE) Institutes were conducted in Tennessee during the summer of 1972. The three were an ABE Guidance and Counseling Institute, an ABE Materials and Teaching Institute, and an ABE Reading Institute. Each institute consisted of approximately 30 participants from the various regions of the state, and graduate…