This article describes a consultation model. The project's goals are to create educational environments that encourage students to explore a wide range of career and life-style options, to facilitate personal growth for educators, and to facilitate institutional change that will expand options for both women and men. (Author/JEL)

Argues that only through comprehensive personnel development can school systems meet the requirements of PL 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Discusses some implications of the act for inservice education. (Author/JG)

In an institutional setting for retarded children, 14 staff members were observed during the administration of teaching programs. (Author)

Describes an inservice program used by the Los Angeles School District for training school administrators, program coordinators, and instructional staff members in developing plans for implementing and evaluating instructional programs. (JG)

Describes the objectives, administration, design, activities, and costs of the comprehensive management development program at De Anza College, California. (RT)

The variety of Canadian colleges, the national commitment to education, the diversity between provinces, and the relationships between colleges and universities present unique staff development problems. A national forum is proposed to meet identified needs. (RT)

Describes Performa, a highly individualized and flexible faculty development project based on equal participation between the University of Sherbrooke and participating Quebec community colleges. (RT)

Describes a Dimensional Leadership workshop designed to help extension service professionals become more effective leaders by discovering and improving their leadership style and by discovering and recognizing different kinds of effective and ineffective behavior. (EM)

The East Lansing Public Schools, Michigan, have improved faculty morale, improved instruction, and helped establish positive contacts with community members through a professional reading and discussion program for teachers. (Author/MT)

The director of a school for the gifted explains strategies used to promote positive attitudes toward gifted education among parents, school staff, the public (in regard to funding), and students. (Author/DB)

Describes a plan of action developed at an Illinois high school that involved staff in communicating needed improvement in curricular programs. (MD)

The Delphi technique was used to obtain a list of perceived training needs of Australian staff working in the field of residential care for people with severe developmental disabilities. The second round gave staff an opportunity to set priorities (such as developing a homelike atmosphere). (Author/DB)

Maximum gain from teacher staff development programs can be assured through careful planning that accommodates novice and experienced teachers. Establishing clear student achievement goals linked to staff development is also important. Includes tables and references. (MD)

Discusses the negative and positive aspects of teacher autonomy in relation to curriculum development and control. Outlines a process for solving the problem that includes conducting staff development through dialog, delineating mastery curriculum, mapping ideal curriculum, and developing curriculum-based tests. Includes references and a figure.…

Describes the Birmingham (Michigan) Public Schools' morale-boosting program. First the superintendent established a district communications team (composed of administrators, teachers, and noncertified staff members) to plan morale-building events. The district also hired a consultant to work with staff and students to improve specific aspects of…