Career development programs (CDPs) are a rather recent area of study in organizational and industrial psychology. The present study investigated the nature and evaluation of CDPs in Fortune 500 firms. Data were obtained by a mailed questionnaire completed by the firms' human resources directors. Of the 500 companies surveyed, only those 50 that…

To respond to teacher training needs, staff at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education developed an alternative approach to teacher/instructor preparation, called performance-based teacher education (PBTE). This training program was based on competencies required of successful vocational and technical instructors and required the…

Generic guidelines, based upon principles of effective training and institutional change reflected in current educational research were developed in Mississippi for the planning and implementing of staff development programs in local school districts, and these guidelines were followed when a new statewide early childhood education program was…

The accomplishments of the Educational Cooperative Service Unit of the Metropolitan Twin Cities Area (Minnesota) are described. The unit serves a seven-county metropolitan area, 13 associate member agencies, and 48 member public school districts and provides effective programs for school and educational personnel. During the 1985-86 school year,…

Fifth in a series of six monographs on the use of new technologies in the instruction of learning disabled students, the paper describes how schools can plan for the acquisition of computer hardware and software, and how they can provide district-level staff training in its use. Discussion focuses on the development of a technology implementation…

This Staff Development Program is the first attempt to provide thematic, in-service workshops to large numbers of early childhood bilingual teachers throughout New York City. The main themes were: curricula, reading readiness and reading instruction, second language instruction through content areas, and instructional skills and strategies for…

Issues needing improvement in teacher preparation and the teaching profession are examined, and suggestions are made for reform. The paper represents an eclectic view of teacher education based on various resources, including: teacher preparation questionnaires, coursework, recommendations from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher…

Human resource development (HRD) and productivity are allies; they are synergistic. Productivity can be defined as an increase of output with no increase in input. An increase in productivity can be accomplished in the workplace through speed-up or capital investment. When productivity improvements are introduced, the philosophy of the…

A summary is presented of the final report, "Effective Classroom Management and Instruction: An Exploration of Models." The final report presents a set of linked investigations of the effects of training teachers in effective classroom management practices in a series of school-based workshops. Four purposes were addressed by the study: (1) to…

Fifteen Teacher Education and Computer Centers (TEC) were funded by the California State Legislature to provide staff development services to teachers and administrators in all areas of the curriculum, but especially in mathematics, science, technology, and other curriculum areas in which there are significant shortages of teachers. This paper…

A project aimed to identify the staff development needs of tutors involved in the OWTLET (Other Ways To Learn--Educational Technology) open learning scheme and to pilot supportive strategies. To ascertain a broad view of inservice tutor training requirements, the first phase of the project was devoted to a literature review, student and tutor…

While studies of school climate abound, conceptual frameworks have been ambiguous, and parent perceptions of climate are seldom considered. This paper describes a school improvement model employed in four rural Maine school districts in which (1) a school climate assessment is designed collaboratively with school staff; (2) the assessment is…

Research previous to this study suggested that the efficiency of teachers increases to a zenith and from there decreases to a degree of inefficiency. This research led to a hypothesis that teaching characteristics can be associated with career development stages. In phase I of this study (conducted in 1983) 145 principals from 2 midwestern states…

This handbook consists of five staff training packages, four of which constitute a series of four one-half-day workshops for institutional staff--administrators, faculty, librarians, and student services staff--who work with adults returning to school. These training packages may be used independently, sequentially over time, or together for an…

A description is given of an intensive training program on the use of microcomputers which was implemented in a school district prior to the installation of the computers in the schools. Participants in the training program were elementary and junior high school teachers, and some administrators and secretaries. The format and sequential…