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Silander, Megan; Chavez-Reilly, Michael; Weinstein, Meryle – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2015
Teaching entrepreneurship--how to create, grow and run a business or organization--is one potential means to increase college and career readiness skills. Learning how to start a business can improve critical thinking, communication and collaboration (Gallagher, Stepien, & Rosenthal, 1992; Hmelo, 1998), which are key qualities for academic as…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Business Skills
Porter-Johnson, Latricia Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The study was designed to collect and document both quantitative and qualitative data based on instructional services provided to students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The study examined the types of professional development and training provided to teachers of students with ASD and gathered the perspectives of local education agency…
Descriptors: Autism, School Districts, Professional Development, Case Studies
Anderson, Sarah L.; Gramann, Jacqueline A. – 1997
Recent changes such as declining economic status of families and large-scale employment of women have resulted in increased utilization of child care services and the need for qualified child care providers. This study evaluated the Preservice Training for Child Care Workers programs' ability to meet the training needs of rural Texas child care…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Day Care
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
Hutchison, J. E.
This training program handbook provides a basis for planning a sequence of learning situations during the Extension Service agents' first year of employment. Through this experience, it is hoped that new agents will acquire the knowledge, competencies, and skills thought to be necessary to successfully orient them to the Texas Agricultural…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Guides, Instructional Materials, Job Training
Parker, Dawn – 1996
This study describes the existing "state of the state" with regard to preservice elementary science preparation at colleges and universities in Texas. Data consisted of responses from 61 educational institutions involved in elementary teacher preparation on a 50-item survey mailed to 98 institutions in Texas. Data analysis focused on…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science