This "Operations Notebook" is written especially for administrators interested in and concerned about staff development efforts. The publication attempts to answer such questions as: What is staff development? Who should have it? Where is help available? What pitfalls should be avoided? In answering these questions the actions of Federal…

Twenty-nine speeches presented at a five-state (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico) conference are contained in this report. A wide range of vocational education topics are covered including working with the disadvantaged, development and improvement of vocational-technical programs, personnel and staff development, and the role of…

Some of the activities involved in university staff development are discussed in this speech. Trends toward larger institutions, greater accountability of students, and greater cost effectiveness are cited as influences on institutional changes. Those changes include new legal issues, new management skills, new courses and new approaches to…

This curriculum guide and training manual has been developed for social services personnel working with older adults. This curriculum provides content material in the basic concepts of gerontology and service delivery and attempts to generate self-awareness of attitudes toward the aged and the aging process. The manual contains training modules in…

The purpose of this study was to discover the organizational and personal variables that have prevented some elementary schools from institutionalizing an innovation, Individually Guided Education (IGE). Sample schools were selected from respondents to a Wisconsin Research and Development Center questionnaire. The eight schools studied were among…

This bibliography was prepared for use by teachers and paraprofessionals working in early childhood programs serving Spanish-speaking children throughout the United States. Items in the bibliography are grouped into three major categories: (1) staff development (containing only materials which have been identified as instructional for the…

During the 1973-74 school year, elementary and secondary students in Minneapolis were released from their classes every Tuesday at 2:00 to allow staff members to participate in staff development activities. A variety of different types of meetings were distributed throughout the 37-week schedule: building meetings, citywide meetings, curriculum…

The observation of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Committee on Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE) on the state of the art of PBTE in 1975 are presented in this publication. The Committee states that PBTE may be defined as a process for improving the preparation and development of educational personnel. This…

This document is a compilation of articles, extracts of books or articles, and abstracts of material on performance based teacher education (PBTE). It is divided into four sections. The first section contains background material and provides definitions, rationales, and historical contexts for PBTE. The second section has material on program…

A training project on programing activities for the trainable retarded was held for seven family care home operators and three paraprofessionals from residential institutions in California. Emphasis at the weekly sessions was placed on providing an appropriate environment and developing recreational, social, physical and academic skills in…

One of five sections of materials for a program to change teacher attitudes toward career education, the procedures manual presents the theoretical base of the program, the operational plan, and program procedures for strategies to implement a comprehensive staff development effort in assimilation of a career education program. The results of the…

The Bilingual Mini-Head Start program which offers service to migrant children and their families over a 6,000 mile circuit using a totally paraprofessional teaching staff, consists of 6 components: instruction, staff training, parent and community involvement, materials development, relocating delivery system, and management. An interim…

The organic curriculum is an attempt to meet challenges to education in a systematic way instead of dealing with each as an isolated segment. It proposes to radically change the present secondary educational program in the direction of the learner-oriented curriculum. The objective of the program is to integrate academic training, occupational…

This module is a competency-based staff development training package which focuses on the assessment of desired outcomes in career guidance. It is part of a long-range project designed to present a comprehensive approach to career guidance, counseling, placement and followup. As a staff training package, this module is directed toward developing…

Reported are the results of a project which focused on staff development in five elementary schools to improve services to children with special problems. Focused on are the efforts of the five principals to develop, implement, and evaluate the staff development approach. Chapters are given to the following aspects: characteristics of the…