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Staff Development and Leadership Roles Related to Response to Intervention Levels of Implementation in Rural Schools
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Strohmyer, Karin A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The concepts of professional learning communities and organizational disciplines support staff development and leadership that lead to sustainable systems. Little research has examined the ability of rural schools to achieve sustainable systems. This quantitative design study considered the relationships between predictor variables of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Staff Development, Leadership
Residential Care: Back to First Principles.
Burns, David A. – 1984
Residential care must be redefined, free from jargon and rhetoric. Over the past 20 years, the social welfare approach, which encompasses the medical model, has dominated legislative and practical thinking about residential care. This theoretical thinking reached its culmination in the concept of the therapeutic community. The therapeutic…
Descriptors: Individual Needs, Organizational Climate, Power Structure, Program Administration
Permanent Planning in Foster Care: A Guide for Program Planners.
Dreyer, Linda – 1978
This guide focuses on the major tasks involved in organizing, planning, and implementing a permanent planning program for foster care. Phase I is concerned with how to organize administrative support for the program so that program planning and implementation can proceed. It also discusses how to overcome some possible hurdles in working to gain…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs, Foster Homes
The Competitive Edge.
Christion, Laura – Currents, 1992
Successful techniques for administering alumni associations are described, including a live mascot (University of Redlands, California, bulldog), ethical/social focus reflecting institutional mission (University of Notre Dame, Illinois), humorous gifts for board members resulting in high attendance and participation (University of Idaho), and…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Case Studies, College Environment, Governing Boards
Surveying the Field.
Moore, Robert M. – Currents, 1999
A survey of almost 150 colleges and universities found many are beginning to use integrated marketing approaches. Institutions report the most significant increases in all targeted areas (annual fund, applicant pool, enrollment yield) when their integrated marketing programs have the support of an alumni or trustee committee. Other findings…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Administration, College Applicants, College Planning
Cohort Programming and Learning: Improving Educational Experiences for Adult Learners. Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resource Development Series.
Saltiel, Iris M.; Russo, Charline S. – 2001
This book, which is intended for adult educators and human resource developers, presents guidelines for using the principles of cohort programming and learning to improve adult learners' educational experiences. The following are among the topics covered in the book's eight chapters: (1) cohort programming and learning (cohort programs defined;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students