From an intergenerational training program for caregivers of children and frail elderly emerged a model for making program decisions. The model clusters potential activities in five categories: recreation/leisure, education, health promotion, public service, and personal development. It has four levels of selection criteria: match activities to…

A rationale for teaching thinking skills to gifted students is presented, and a five-step approach is offered, including create a skills taxonomy, develop a scope and sequence chart, provide staff development time, develop unit plans, and teach and evaluate the lessons. (JDD)

Nebraska Cooperative Extension coordinated early childhood education conferences including child care provider training. Expansion throughout the state indicates that it is meeting an expressed need for staff development. (Author/JOW)

Surveyed guidance program directors (n=333) in national sample of public high schools about priorities and activities of their programs. Describes salient features of high school guidance programs as reported by these directors. Organizes results by categories of staffing and staff development, program development, program goals and priorities,…

Notes that staff development programs can provide opportunity for growth and development of student affairs staff. Discusses approaches to staff development and identifies common obstacles to program development. Provides four program examples from institutions with differing approaches to illustrate current staff development practices, issues,…

An effective youth development-based staff training program includes such key elements as: building caring and trusting relationships; engaging participants; offering opportunities for contribution; setting high expectations; and providing continuity. Presents a framework for thinking about how to strengthen training, offering practical…

Check & Connect was created in a five year period from 1990 to 1995. The original manual, entitled "Keeping Kids in School: Using Check & Connect for Dropout Prevention" and written by David Evelo, Mary Sinclair, Christine Hurley, Sandra Christenson, and Martha Thurlow, was published in 1996 (ED398701). This newly revised Check…

Findings of a study that explored the role of staff developers in integrating staff development with organizational development are presented in this paper. Staff development (SD) is defined as professional development for individuals to improve student instruction; organizational development (OD) is defined as professional development for groups…

Intended for educators working with children who have suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI), this brief paper addresses parent issues, administrative issues, and programmatic issues. Noted are the five stages of adjustment typically experienced by parents: shock, elation, reality, crisis, and mourning. Professionals are encouraged to be informed…

The article describes the planning and implementation of a continuing education inservice program for out-patient clinic nursing staff. Educational needs were assessed through interviews. Brief, twice-monthly seminar sessions stressed participant involvement. Copies of evaluation instruments are included which indicate favorable participant…

The Teacher Center Program (Washington, D.C.) provides an environment where teachers may come to work on materials or projects for their classrooms, take courses for recertification credit, college credit, or enrichment, and take graduate level courses. Chapter one of this evaluation report on the Teacher Center Program describes the background of…

With the aim of providing a framework for developing successful staff development programs, 12 propositions, or statements of intent and commitment, are set forth in this paper. The first set of propositions states the guiding principles underlying the concept of staff development. The second set offers propositions for planninng staff development…

The guidelines are intended to help districts design, implement, and evaluate educational programs for gifted and talented students in Minnesota. Educational components of a gifted education program plan are listed, followed by analysis of the following topics: development of a gifted education program plan (a two-stage process involving initial…

This manual incorporates the Clinical Teacher Education Guidelines which grew out of a program of research studies conducted by the Research in Teacher Education (RITE) program from 1980 through 1985. Three major studies covering preservice, induction, and inservice contributed to a better understanding of the nature and effects of clinical…

Since 1979 collaborative activities in continuing education for human services workers in Montana have shown that combining training efforts among agencies and higher education units provides better instruction at a considerable savings in cost and particularly suits rural agencies with small training budgets and small, widely dispersed staffs.…