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Fowler, Gerald L.; Cowden, William K. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
So what if we just turned every course in our Superintendent's Program into a form of practicum? This question was asked by two former superintendents in response to nationwide calls to reform school leadership training and who found themselves leading a university executive leadership program. It triggered a comprehensive redesign of their…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Administrator Education, College Programs, Training Methods
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Lester, Stan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
The TRAVORS projects, supported by the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme, ran between 2008 and 2012. Their object was to develop training programmes for disability employment practitioners across nine countries based on proven approaches both to vocational rehabilitation and to skills training. The second of the two projects aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Vocational Rehabilitation, Program Validation
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See, Andrew; Teetor, Travis Stephen – Journal of Access Services, 2014
In the summer of 2012, the University of Arizona Libraries implemented an online training program to effectively train Access Services staff and student employees at a large academic research library. This article discusses the program, which was built using a course management system (D2L) and various e-Learning software applications (Articulate…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Training Methods, Library Personnel, Courseware
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Haynes, Scott – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2013
Assistive technology (AT) benefits many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The appropriate application of accommodation solutions, whether they involve the use of AT or not, can be a complex process involving a team of people with various backgrounds. This article describes an in-service AT training program that…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Case Studies
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Esque, Timm J. – Performance Improvement, 1996
Discusses the value of training interventions for performance improvement based on the author's experiences with various training events. Topics include making clear expectations; accomplishment-based project planning; understanding performance problems; and participant learning and instructional benefits. (LRW)
Descriptors: Expectation, Improvement, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention
Texas Univ., Austin. Coll. of Education. – 1979
This report documents a conference on the conceptual framework underlying the management of Teacher Corps Projects. The conference, designed to provide participants with training in specific skills pertinent to their responsibilities, was attended by school administrators, program development specialists, community coordinators, community council…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Resources, Formative Evaluation, Group Activities
McCain, R. Ray – 1970
The first University of Maryland two week residential police instructor seminar on training (PIST)--a pilot project--was held during May 5-11 and May 26 through June 1, 1968; the second, incorporating changes arising from evaluation of the pilot project, was held April 27 through May 3 and May 25-29, 1969. Participants in the two programs numbered…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Curriculum, Extension Education, Objectives
Fry, John P.; Cliborn, Robert E. – 1975
The report describes the development and evaluation of an in-unit, leadership/management training program (based on experimental training methodology for providing Army leaders with behavioral skills and techniques) implemented within three battalion-sized combat units at Fort Bliss, Texas, in 1974. The program was organized around workshops…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Armed Forces, Behavioral Science Research, Leadership Training
Thompson, John A.; Chock, Mona K.O. – 1976
A training component for administrators and counselors was developed in Phase IV of a five-phase career education project for the State of Hawaii. Three goals were specified for Phase IV: (1) To develop a model for training school administrators and counselors in their role in career education, (2) to develop and test a set of materials for use by…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Counselor Training, Educational Objectives