This publication discusses the process of staff development for educational organizations and presents detailed information and guidelines intended to aid school systems in developing staff development programs. Although the booklet is intended primarily for use by local education agencies (LEAs) in the state of Georgia, some of the content will…

Presented in the annual (1973-74) evaluation of Project Talented and Gifted are results of an appraisal of over 50 student participants (10- to 12-years-old) and the project staff and resource personnel. The project is described as a 3-month institute to provide experiences in areas such as learning to use creative thinking and problem-solving…

Presented in the annual (1974-75) evaluation of Project Talented and Gifted are results of an appraisal of over 50 student participants (10- to 12-years-old) and the project staff and resource personnel. The project is described as a 3-month institute to provide experiences in areas such as learning to use creative thinking and problem-solving…

This book represents an effort to demonstrate, in a limited 60-minute experience, the type of staff development modules or packages which are being developed by the Mesa, Arizona Public Schools. It also represents a larger ongoing effort to develop a comprehensive career guidance model based on a systematic planning approach. The purpose of the…

This module was developed as one of eight dissemination packages prepared under an E.S.E.A. Title III project. The package is designed so that the learner may work at his own pace, within a maximum time limit. The goals of the module are to describe briefly the ways counseling and other personnel can use group leadership skills in three basic…

In this document the National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services presents its Sixth Annual Report on the status of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESEA). Five recommendations for carrying forward and strengthening ESEA Title III are presented: a) that it be extended for a minimum of four years; b) that…

This orientation package provides an overview of all of the components of a comprehensive approach to guidance, counseling, and placement. The competencies related to each of the components are included in the package. The goal for the orientation module is for the participant to understand what the comprehensive approach to guidance, counseling,…

This material represents an effort to demonstrate, in a limited 60-minute experience, the type of staff development modules or packages developed with an E.S.E.A. Title III grant in Arizona by the Mesa Public schools. this staff development effort is an important part of a larger ongoing effort to develop, field test, and implement a comprehensive…

Designing and Implementing Programs for the Little School Component is a program funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III and designed to develop, implement, and disseminate a program of individualized instruction at the Howard D. Woodson Senior High School. This program is a third year continuation of the program initiated in…

This module of a competency-based staff development training package is concerned with alternative strategies of guidance program development. The module has two main purposes. The first is to briefly describe the various methods, approaches, and techniques that counseling personnel can utilize in implementing a comprehensive career guidance…

The report interprets and summarizes the findings of thirteen public schools in Columbus, Ohio, each of which evaluated its social studies curriculum using the Project PRIMES model. The model, supported by a field service unit of four evaluation specialists, included instrumentation consisting of four components: staff development, curriculum and…

This document compiles the addresses presented at the 1st Annual Staff Development Workshop sponsored by the Western North Carolina Consortium. Presentations include: (l) "Staff Development--Why?" by Louis W. Bender; (2) "Staff Development--The State of the Art" by W. Robert Sullins; (3) "State Resources" by Hazel…

This module is a competency-based staff development training package which focuses on the assessment of desired outcomes in career guidance. It is part of a long-range project designed to present a comprehensive approach to career guidance, counseling, placement and followup. As a staff training package, this module is directed toward developing…

This document describes the 3-year Parent-Child Early Education Program which was designed to train teachers to work with young children. Basically, the staff development project attempted to devise a plan by which the teachers changed their perception of themselves and their role as teachers mainly through inservice training. A four-step process…

Presented in the third and final evaluation report (1975-76) of Project Talented and Gifted are results of an appraisal of over 50 student participants (8-15 years old) and the project staff and resource personnel. The project is described as a 3-month institute to provide experiences in areas such as learning to use creative thinking and problem…