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von Frank, Valerie, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
"The Learning System" is a newsletter designed for superintendents and central office staff with professional learning responsibilities. This issue includes: (1) Principal-Coaches Transform Teachers and Schools (Valerie von Frank); (2) District Leadership: Delve into NSDC's [National Staff Development Council's] New Definition of…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Principals
Nunes, Jane – PEPNet-Northeast, 2007
PEPNet's "Perspectives" is the collaborative newsletter of the four PEPNet regional centers. This newsletter combines each centers individual strengths into a single resource that can be used on a national level. The articles in this issue are: (1) A letter from Louise Tripoli, Project Officer, U.S. Department of Education, Office of…
Descriptors: Newsletters, Web Sites, Electronic Mail, Partial Hearing
Ashbaker, Betty Y.; Morgan, Jill – National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), 2004
Complaints, hearings, legal opinions, and lawsuits on issues surrounding the training and supervision of paraprofessionals are increasing. Concern over the lack of preparation of paraprofessionals and the sporadic nature of the training that is available to them (Morgan, Hofmeister, & Ashbaker, 1995; Pickett, 1996) have led to the development…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Staff Development, Legal Responsibility
Public Policy Forum, 2008
A survey of 414 child care providers in southeastern Wisconsin reveals that cost as well as low wages and lack of benefits for workers can constrain providers from pursuing improvements to child-care quality. Of survey respondents, approximately half of whom are home-based and half center-based, 13% have at least three of five structural factors…
Descriptors: Wages, Low Income, Achievement Tests, Public Policy
Kirkwood, Scott, Ed. – Child Welfare League of America (NJ-L1), 2004
This issue of "Residential Group Care Quarterly" contains the following articles: (1) "Achieving Better Outcomes for Children and Families: Reducing the Use of Restraint and Seclusion" (Katherine Johnson); (2) "STAR Project Outcomes" (Nancy Campbell); (3) "The Devereux Glenholme School" (Mary Guilfoile); (4) "Lessons Learned in the Reduction of…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Coping, Mental Health Programs
Garner, Barbara, Ed. – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2003
"Focus on Basics" is the quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policymakers. "Focus on Basics" is dedicated to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Research, Adult Learning, Literacy