This article reports and interprets the findings of a study of headteachers' views and perceptions of continuing professional development (CPD) provision and their ongoing CPD needs and priorities, carried out in 2007 in Scotland, involving headteachers from the primary and secondary sectors. Topic areas in which headteachers generally were most…

A disorienting dilemma is a catalyst for change in perspective that may culminate in transformative learning. The authors analyze three activities in higher education that created disorienting dilemmas--a field trip, a service-learning experience, and study abroad. Results indicate that a disorienting dilemma can prompt students and faculty to…

Professional Development Leave (PDL) gives academic librarians with 12-month contracts the opportunity to experience what is perhaps the most important aspect of faculty status--scholarship. This innovative experiment can bridge the gulf between teaching and library faculty. (Author/AWP)

Suggests that a teacher should carefully plan both the activities and the financing of a sabbatical year, so that it can be both a productive and a relaxing period. (SJL)

This article suggests a sabbatical to teach for professors, supervisors, and researchers who lecture, theorize and evaluate teaching procedures. (MJM)

Investigates the purposes, benefits, and outcomes of sabbaticals for counselor educators. Results of a survey overwhelmingly reported sabbatical to be positive and productive experiences that yielded personal and professional benefits. (Contains 20 references.) (GCP)

In 2007, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopted the paper "Sabbaticals: Benefiting Faculty, The Institution, and Students." Based in part on survey results, it reiterated the fundamental value of the sabbatical leave concept, but uncovered wide disparities in implementation among California's community colleges.…

QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 71 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS (A 97 PERCENT RETURN) AND DISTRICT POLICY STATEMENTS WERE ANALYZED TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR MAKING POLICY CONCERNING SABBATICAL LEAVES AT EL CAMINO COLLEGE. SABBATICAL LEAVE POLICIES WERE IN EFFECT AT 58 COLLEGES, AND THOSE WITHOUT SUCH POLICIES WERE GENERALLY NEW INSTITUTIONS.…

After 25 years as a superintendent, the author decided to teach a high school ethics course on a 6-month sabbatical leave. Teaching three classes invigorated his thinking and reminded him how demanding teaching is. The district did not suffer, as a bond issue passed by a large majority and the administrative cabinet assumed more responsibility and…

Provides guidelines for planning for a sabbatical. Includes the planning phase, the disengagement phase, the actual leave, and the reentry process. Offers advice and information to increase the likelihood of personal and professional success during a sabbatical. (JOW)

Examines the sabbatical year as portrayed in the Hebrew scriptures. Outlines definitions and practices of the sabbatical year in academia. Analyzes connections between two forms of sabbaticals and draws conclusions about the role the Leviticus sabbatical can play in understanding and execution of academic leave. (SG)

A special education professor left his university post to return to the classroom as a substitute teacher. Although it was a difficult experience, he acknowledges its benefits in giving him a "real world" perspective. (CL)

This table shows the sabbatical leave policy of each of 21 junior colleges in Washington State (1967-68). The factors considered in establishing a policy are: (1) the years of service before qualification, (2) the purpose of the leave (study, travel, or research), (3) amount of advance notice required before taking leave, (4) the limit on the…