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Peer reviewedHarbstreit, Steven R.; And Others – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1989
A study assessed the perceptions of 65 (of 72 surveyed) urban agribusiness managers/supervisors regarding the need for education or training for employees they supervise. Results showed that those who plan and conduct adult agriculture programs should work cooperatively with agribusinesses to develop programs that meet the needs of each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Educational Needs
Download full textCline, Beverly V.; And Others – 1993
This chapter on designing and implementing effective staff development programs is taken from a guide to instruction and services for students with disabilities. The chapter focuses on assessment of staff development needs and identification of priorities for training. Staff development options are discussed in terms of formats (such as workshops,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Check Lists, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Banion, Terry – 1978
Guidelines in organizing a staff development program in a community college are outlined. Initially, some kind of assessment must be made to determine program needs. Four areas to assess include: (1) administrative views and support; (2) present level of staff development activities; (3) institutional and personal/professional needs; and (4)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Financial Needs, Financial Support
WESTBY-GIBSON, DOROTHY – 1967
THIS REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE ON INSERVICE EDUCATION COVERS 184 ITEMS RANGING FROM NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THROUGH JOURNALS TO BOOKS AND FUGITIVE MATERIALS DURING THE 1950 - 1967 PERIOD. RESEARCH IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL SETTING IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS PLACED AND THE SETTING THE SCHOOL PRODUCES. THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TEACHER AND SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Course Objectives, Educational Innovation
Buxton, Amity P. – 1979
Teachers' centers are places and programs for staff development that are designed and used by inservice teachers of their own volition to fill their self-identified training and curriculum needs. Centers operate on two basic premises. First is the assumption that teachers, rather than educational researchers, can most accurately assess their own…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Problems, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Haskew, Laurence D. – 1974
The central issue discussed in this paper is the pressing need for specialized inservice and preservice graduate training for community college instructors. It is proposed that the large majority of successful inservice and preservice staff development programs now in existence in comprehensive universities are not due to the foresight or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate School Faculty, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Direct linkWilson, Kathryn; Nevins, Mary Ellen; Houston, K. Todd – Volta Review, 2010
Because children who are deaf or hard of hearing are being identified at birth, fitted with advanced hearing technology, and enrolled in early intervention programs, families increasingly seek professionals who can provide services that support their choice of listening and spoken language. The increased demand for these services and shortages of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Oral Language, Partial Hearing, Deafness
Waggaman, John S. – Administrator's Update, 1984
Factors reported to be important in the design, implementation, and evaluation of professional development programs for department chairs are described. Attention is also directed to results from a goal-focused evaluation of the 6-year-old program to train new department heads in the nine state universities of Florida, a program that is being…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Higher Education, Inservice Education, Management Development
Peer reviewedDorgan, Marsha P. – Child Welfare, 1974
Special skills are required for foster parenting adequate to the needs of today's foster children. This paper describes how one agency planned and implemented the first components of a comprehensive, long-range program of foster parent education. (SDH)
Descriptors: Foster Family, Inservice Education, Objectives, Parent Education
Robb, Gary M.; And Others – 1981
The training manual for use with personnel concerned with outdoor education for the handicapped provides a guide to program development in the areas of background knowledge, skills and methods of outdoor education, individualized planning, and program evaluation. The five units are titled: "Defining,""Introducing,""Individualizing,""Implementing,"…
Descriptors: Camping, Case Studies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Brookfield, Jeffri – 1981
The manual is intended to aid programs funded by the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) in designing and implementing staff development programs. Section I presents a working definition of staff development and outlines the preliminary steps necessary before a program is designed and administered. The section delineates the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Education
Bowen, Ella M.; Bell, Sherry M. – 1981
The authors describe the Special Needs In-Service Project to develop workshops to enhance the vocational and career options of special needs learners. Seven training areas are listed: program development and management skills; prevocational and vocational education materials for special needs training personnel, counselors, and paraprofessionals;…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Inservice Education, Professional Education
Mamarchev, Helen L.; Pritchett, Beverly – 1980
The role of helping professionals is emerging as an integral part of a comprehensive program. "Resource resourcefulness," a developmental phase of any such program, requires special knowledge and skills on the part of all helping professionals, from counselors to career education specialists. A resource can be defined as any source of information,…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Helping Relationship, Information Sources, Inservice Education
Egelston-Dodd, Judy, Ed. – 1980
The document provides guidelines for conducting a workshop for administrators, teachers, and counselors on career education for the hearing impaired student in grades K through 12. Initial chapters address the history and purpose of the workshop; concept outline; instructions for using the manual; selection, registration, and preworkshop…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments
Hall, Harry O.; And Others – 1979
Described is a vocational education model designed to increase cooperative effort for the improvement of vocational personnel. The introductory section discusses the need for a systematic approach to vocational personnel development in Florida, presents the goals of the system, and briefly summarizes the salient features of each component of the…
Descriptors: Coordination, Inservice Education, Models, Professional Development
