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Acuna, Miguel T. – Online Submission, 2011
Managing student behavior is often looked upon as a sidebar in teaching. The lack of formal classroom management training in teacher education programs reveals the low importance placed on this skill. As a result, teachers are often very well prepared to instruct, but in terms of effectively understanding the behavior of students--particularly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation
Galland, John C.; McCutcheon, Jade R.; Chronister, Lynne U. – Journal of Research Administration, 2008
The Laboratory Management Institute (LMI) at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) was an experiment designed to enhance the leadership and management skills of researchers and thereby enhance the overall quality of the academic research enterprise. The educational programs that resulted provide examples of how research administrators can…
Descriptors: Management Development, Professional Continuing Education, Research Administration, Scientists
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Valeau, Edward J.; Boggs, George R. – Community College Review, 2004
Since 1988, the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA) has sponsored a statewide mentor program intended to prepare junior-level administrators for senior positions and to create a more diverse pool from which future college leaders can be drawn. This article is an initial report of this program. As the report…
Descriptors: Mentors, State Programs, Management Development, Individual Development
Kearney, Karen – Leadership, 2005
For years, experts have said that the way to get things done is to schedule them on the calendar and to find a partner to join in the effort. Following this advice, the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) joined the Leadership Initiative at WestEd in inviting superintendents and district teams to think through improving…
Descriptors: Principals, Performance, Guidance, Management Development
Tesoro, Ferdinand; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1993
Three articles discuss instructional design considerations in education for executives: (1) "The Use of the Measurement of Continuous Improvement Model for Training Program Evaluation" (Ferdinand Tesoro); (2) "The Systems Design Approach to Developing Computer Based Instruction" (Gerry Costello); and (3) "Training as a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training, Instructional Design
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1985
This training manual consists of two major sections: a "Handbook for Conducting an Elementary Program Review" and the "Elementary Program Quality Criteria" document. The handbook is designed to assist a program review team in (1) judging the effect of curriculum, instructional methodologies, and effectiveness strategies on…
Descriptors: Criteria, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
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Marsh, David D. – Education and Urban Society, 1992
Instructional leadership is studied as practiced by 44 school site principals, all graduates of the California School Leadership Academy (CSLA), a 3-year program emphasizing leadership in the context of a state-initiated school reform strategy. The CSLA offers hope that effective training for instructional leadership can be broadly implemented.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Wiedman, Phyllis L. – 1979
The Association of California Community College Administrators' Management Development Institute was established in 1977 to provide workshop consultants and services for professional development activities. In 1979, a survey was conducted to determine whether the needs of the colleges were being met. Of the 105 California community college…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Community Colleges, Consultants
Operation PEP, Burlingame, CA. – 1967
This is a collection of 21 reports presented at the two-day symposium which ended the eighteen-month planning phase for OPERATION PEP. The symposium served as a culminating activity in a training program for 100 California educators in the application of systems analysis and management planning techniques. The reports, funded under Title III of…
Descriptors: Consultants, Deafness, Educational Needs, Educational Planning