The proceedings of the first Region VI Conference of the National University Extension Association held at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, include panel discussions and major talks given. The objective for the conference was to provide a special training opportunity for all staff needs in higher adult education in the West. Topics covered…

The staff-development process in a small community college that has no full-time Educational Development Officer is described. The process is discussed in relation to faculty improvement meetings, professional improvement meetings, staff and program development fund, federally funded projects, vocational/technical grants, departmental and…

To develop guidelines for institutional assessment that consider the specific characteristics of junior colleges, student bodies, faculties, and administrative staffs, faculty members of three community colleges were studied in terms of demographic characteristics, values, and emphases of college programs. The three schools from which the subjects…

The key objectives of this report and bibliography are: (1) to describe the major emphases of literature related to research in the areas of inservice training in 2-year institutions, noting substantive studies, and (2) to delineate significant gaps in the present literature. Three fundamental inservice training questions are discussed: What is…

This paper describes a Behavior Modification Training Program, emphasizing self-control, for staff working with drug addicts. The program, which is primarily geared toward training paraprofessionals, takes place in 10 one-and-a-half hour sessions and includes an overview of behavior modification as well as instruction in behavior control,…

Efforts of Sacramento City College in performing evaluations of instructors, counselors, and administrative staff or management team are discussed. The district and college philosophy, goals and objectives, standards, and procedural calendar as related to staff evaluation are outlined. Details involved in the treatment of the evaluation data are…

This study summarizes student responses to an evaluation questionnaire and some performance statistics for a special "conference telephone" class in organization and management theory offered by Los Angeles City College to employees of the Pacific Telephone Company. The conference telephone setup permitted the students to take the class at their…

All School Administrators and Nominees for administrative positions enrolled in an Administrative Staff Improvement Program at Green Bay, Wisconsin, completed a battery of psychological tests (Miller Analogies Test, Concept Mastery Test, and Strong Vocational Interest Blank). The enrollees scored above average on the MAT compared with graduate…

The study is a validation of the hypothesis supported by a previous study that leadership training and experience may be viewed as altering the favorableness of the leadership situation. This means that training and experience will improve the performance of some leaders, while decreasing that of others. In the field artillery study, it was found…

The National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development reviews and evaluates federal programs relating to the training and development of educational personnel, and this summary of their report identifies personnel needs of community-junior colleges. Several major topics are discussed: (1) the uniqueness of these colleges, reflected by…

This paper describes the objectives, policies, and procedures of the College of DuPage's Administrative Internship Program, whereby faculty members can gain broad administrative experience in key administrative areas of the college. The program seeks not only to broaden the experience of the individual intern, but to promote empathy among faculty…

The 13 documents discussed in this annotated bibliography are primarily concerned with inservice programs for administrators but some coverage of inservice programs for teachers is included. (IRT)

Organized following the format of the International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education at Denver, Colorado (June 1976), this annotated bibliography presents over l60 resumes selected from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). Intended as a resource for technical and vocational education planners and practitioners from…

To provide an adequate base of knowledge to use in developing a state-mandated master plan for New Hampshire Supervisory Union No. 30, subjective and objective data were obtained from the citizens, teachers, and students of the union. The following opinion surveys and needs assessments were conducted: community, teacher, and student opinion…

Having found an objective merit system to be very unwieldy and a subjective merit system threatening to individuals, the faculty and administration at Morgan Community College, through joint effort, developed an Opportunity/Incentive Grant (OIG) program. While this policy is very much like other innovative grant systems, it also includes elements…