The goal of the Ways to Improve Education in Desegregated Schools (WIEDS) project is to establish a regional information base for the southwestern United States (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) concerning successful desegregation strategies and remaining areas of need in desegregated schools. Such information…

A PATTERN FOR INSERVICE EDUCATION TO SUPPORT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR GIFTED CHILDREN IS DESCRIBED. THE PATTERN INCLUDES THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PLAN OF WHICH IT IS A PART, THE APPROACH EMPLOYED, AND THE OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR A 1965 SUMMER INSTITUTE. IN 1963-65 ILLINOIS APPROPRIATED $6,750,000 TO IMPLEMENT ITS PLAN FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR GIFTED…

A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DESIGNED TO RETRAIN TEACHERS, DEVELOP ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE CURRICULUM MATERIALS, AND STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE PROGRAMS IN THE MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES, INCLUDED TRAINING, SERVICE, AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES. THIRTY TEACHERS SELECTED FROM 75 APPLICANTS ATTENDED A SUMMER…

The best way to help improve reading teacher instruction during the 1980s is through inservice emphasis upon efficient instructional practices and management techniques. However, many inservice programs are ineffective due to lack of coordination. An effective inservice program can be organized by using the following sequence: (1) a steering…

Effective needs assessment is not an end in itself but a continuing means of meeting the needs of students and teachers. It is an integral part of other activities such as planning, operating, and evaluating school programs and teacher center activities. The key to comprehensive needs assessment is the support and cooperation of the teachers,…

The guide is intended for those planning inservice training for teachers of academically gifted students. Initial chapters focus on the characteristics and needs of academically talented students and review of research on general inservice education. The succeeding chapters detail the following steps in inservice program planning: conducting and…

The importance, the characteristics, the organization, and the evaluation of effective secondary inservice reading programs are discussed. The importance of reading instruction in all subject areas and the importance of total faculty participation in the development of an inservice program are stressed. Three characteristic stages of an inservice…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop, field test, evaluate, and disseminate two teacher training packages--elementary and secondary--which would integrate behavioristic and humanistic approaches to classroom management. The practicum was divided into three phases. Phase 1 involved program development. Activities included small group…

Current trends in exceptional child education are discussed in relationship to the need for better inservice training (IT) to upgrade the readiness of regular teachers to include exceptional children in their classes. Noted are trends such as increasing numbers of exceptional children in regular classrooms, and fewer children institutionalized or…

Reviewed are activities carried out over a 1-year period by the Center for Studies in Vocational and Technical Education project to modify regular programs and develop curriculum materials for vocational education of the handicapped. Provided in Section I is a summary of project activities which include workshops in VTAE (Wisconsin Board of…

The report is a third party audit/evaluation of a research and development project to provide curriculum and staff development for the implementation of a high school career development program in two career clusters at the Washington, D.C., Lemuel A. Penn Career Development Center. A project overview is presented; major responsibilities of the…

This paper presents a model by which research data may be used to develop inservice programs in reading, based on teachers' needs and receptivity. An instrument was produced in which skills thought to be essential to reading instruction were described by 34 competencies. Teachers were asked to rate themselves in the teaching of reading according…

Described is an inservice institute designed to develop successful working relationships between school principals and special education teacher consultants. Discussed in small group sessions were topics such as adult interaction techniques, scheduling, role definition, and working with regular teachers. It was recommended that common concerns be…

This report of the Temple City, California, differentiated staffing project contains several articles describing progress made in the first three years of operation. The major article traces the history and development of the project, outlines the financial plan and schedule through 1972, and describes several characteristics of the model: (1)…

A program was proposed and initiated involving identification of potential learning disabilities (LD) in a school population of 600 4-, 5-, and 6-year-old children; and application of intervention measures for children identified. The school's diagnostic team reviewed research on existing practices, explored programs in operation throughout the…