Effective, long-term dropout prevention will not occur without broad-based, indepth, and ongoing staff development that changes educators' behavior toward at-risk students. Staff development planners should recognize that students respond not to programs but to individualized, personally delivered solutions and assistance promoting youngsters'…

When the paraprofessional in bilingual education is used effectively, individual needs and individual differences of the students are met. An approach to the training of the paraprofessional has been developed at the Merrimack Education Center (MEC). The training program involves active participation of all paraprofessionals. Understanding and…

This handbook (in English and French editions) presents training in its broadest sense, highlighting its function of providing trainees both with theoretical foundations and with instrumental competencies to carry out the roles and duties of middle and grassroots level adult educators. It constitutes an attempt to present various experiences and…

A FIVE-MEMBER CONSULTANT TEAM, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1966, DEVELOPED A PROGRAM FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH WHICH WOULD RELATE WORK AND STUDY AND PROVIDE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING WITH THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF PLACING PARTICIPANTS IN SUITABLE VOCATIONS AND ASSISTING THEIR RETURN TO FORMAL EDUCATION LEADING TO A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES PROGRAM…

This document is the staff development manual that was developed to train worker education facilitators involved in the Chicago Teachers' Center of Northeastern Illinois University and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Worker Education Program (WEP). The document begins with an overview of the WEP, which uses workers' life and…