This brief describes how the Internet serves as a professional development tool, enabling individuals to access information on employment opportunities, workplace trends, prospective employers, and job search strategies. Websites may offer only one service or include a variety of features. Some services are available at no cost, others are fee…

The purpose of this evaluation is to describe the current level of implementation in the high schools and to document the progress of the 3-year implementation plan of the allocated resources in the Houston Independent School District (Texas). How curriculum changes affected educational programming in the high schools, the characteristics of the…

This document contains three papers from a symposium on human resource development (HRD) and performance outcomes. "Going to the Next Level of Growth: Employing Systems Thinking to Make Effective Interventions" (Carol Ann Zulauf, Joseph A. Ilacqua) shows how a systems view enables organizations to find the most effective point for…

High quality training is necessary to ensure that early childhood and child care practitioners are equipped to meet the diverse needs of the children and families they serve. This book presents the professional development partnership model of The Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education, a strategy to build a comprehensive career…

In response to the restructuring of a school's literacy program, a study was designed to address three research question: (1) What levels of concerns are raised by teachers in the areas of "self,""task," and "impact"? (2) What responses do these concerns elicit from university researchers and other participants? and…

After a decision was made at a Texas elementary school to adopt a whole language philosophy toward literacy instruction, a study was designed to address three research questions: (1) What levels of concerns are raised by teachers in the areas of "self,""task," and "impact"? (2) What responses do these concerns elicit…

A project carried out at the Brashear High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, field tested the National Career Development Guidelines. These guidelines were developed to provide professionally endorsed clusters of career development competencies and indicators for career program development and evaluation. Surveys conducted to provide information…

The Mathematics-Science Integration Project is a continuation of an ongoing series of inservice workshops oriented towards the professional development of elementary school teachers and early secondary school mathematics and science teachers. The teachers served by this project included 75 elementary school teachers, 35 middle/junior high school…

This report presents papers and summaries of workshops from a forum on adult literacy training hosted by the Coordinating Agency for Training Adult Literacy Personnel in Australia (CATALPA). An explanation of the nature and aims of the CATALPA project, a brief foreword, and a copy of the forum program are provided, followed by papers presented by…

This document provides organizational material collected for the purposes of aiding trade and industrial (T&I) education personnel in understanding the policies, organization, and relationships of vocational associations at various participant levels. It is intended to make T&I personnel more knowledgeable about procedures required for…

This report provides advice to those setting up or developing resource centers for teachers in widely differing social, economic and educational conditions, and is offered to teachers, administrators, and organizers of teachers' centers to assist them in their efforts to improve the quality of teaching in schools throughout the British…

Indiana vocational home economics teachers completed questionnaires examining the extent of their participation in professional development activities. The study also explored the level of satisfaction with their jobs and the relationship of these two variables. Approximately two-thirds (n=350) of Indiana's teachers were asked to participate; 263…

The purposes of a survey administered to all 60 faculty members at Phillips County Community College in Helena, Arkansas were: (1) to determine the types of incentives and rewards faculty perceive as most likely to encourage their participation in professional development activities; (2) to determine their degree of interest in specific…

This paper attempts to provide: (1) a clear mental image of the concept of a professional development school (PDS); (2) a clear understanding of a number of standards to be considered as guides during the decision-making process which goes on as a PDS is designed and implemented; and (3) insights gained from dialogues with faculty members of a…

This document contains the following 30 papers (most with short abstracts): "The Teacher Transition Response" (Carley); "There Must Be Some Meaning to This: Storytelling as a Research Method" (Group for Collaborative Inquiry); "The Impact of Patient, Social and Political, Practice Environment, and Physician Factors on the Integration of Health…