Project MORE (Motivational Opportunities to Reach Excellence), a joint university-school district effort, trained elementary school teachers in student motivation through an institute program, debriefings, and a summer campus program for students. Part of the data-based staff development effort's success was due to its focus on individual needs…

This report describes the rationale and training procedure employed in two summer inservice workshops sponsored by Auburn University's Title IV Center, and conducted by staff in their Counselor Education Department. The general goals were: (1) improved skill in communication, and (2) ability to engender helpful interpersonal relations. The…

Materials produced following a seminar held on the orientation to educational evaluation, conducted for ABE Summer Institute directors and allied staff, are provided. This material relates to common perspectives for effective evaluation that can become part of the evaluation methodology used by the summer institute directors. The planning for the…

The response of the University of Hawaii to a legislative mandate to improve inservice teacher education is described. Cooperation between the university and that state's department of education has evolved into inservice programs involving teacher institutes, workshops, and summer programs. (JD)

This paper describes the Rural Teaching Effectiveness Network, created to overcome difficulties associated with offering staff development experiences in rural Maryland. The long distances often required to attend staff development activities can discourage rural teachers' commitment. Similar problems exist in creating standards of professional…

This document provides a description and evaluation of a project designed to develop leadership among K-8 mathematics teachers in San Francisco (California). The project attempted to: (1) provide teams of urban teachers with a year-long program to improve mathematical problem solving skills, build confidence, and increase classroom effectiveness;…

The Regional Inservice Training Model (RIST-M) was used to develop a weeklong inservice summer training program at Idaho State University for professionals working with deaf and hearing-impaired students in rural Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. There were several reasons for offering inservice training on a regional basis: a mission of…

A final report is presented on a summer institute designed to introduce teachers to concepts and techniques for understanding and addressing problems of school climate and teacher stress at four levels: (1) the individual professional; (2) the school arena; (3) the classroom; and (4) the individual student. Sections of this report present…

The University of Arizona College of Education and the Tucson (Arizona) Unified School District have cooperatively developed a staff development program that addresses the needs of teachers who are implementing bilingual and multicultural curricula. The Tucson Model for Effective Staff Development is based on the belief that successful integration…

The overall effectiveness of the educational experiences provided at two West Tennessee ABE Workshops conducted in November 1971, excluding an objective measure of gain in knowledge, was studied. A questionnaire and an evaluation scale for use by workshop participants were administered to adult basic education personnel from all counties in West…

An evaluation was conducted to determine the effects of the General Electric Foundation Summer Institutes on Career Education and Guidance over a one to two year period in participating school districts and communities. The study evaluated the team-oriented institutes held in 1976 and 1977 at the University of South Carolina and Indiana…

The objective of this project was to review and analyze staff development programs in adult basic education in order to identify the most promising ideas, curricula materials, methods and approaches for the purpose of designing new training models. To accomplish this, the following activities were carried out: a review of the professional…