Looks at governmental and other incentives to stimulate employer investment in training: taxes/levies, paid educational leave, collective bargaining agreements, and sector training funds. Compares advantages and disadvantages. (SK)

Camp health care staff can give basic health education to counselors, covering daily hygiene for young children, basic understanding of common chronic illnesses, observational skills to detect illnesses, elementary public health tutoring, and OSHA medical standards. Health personnel should be included in planning precamp and in-service counselor…

Inclusion-oriented schools should define their philosophy, form a committee, develop a written plan, provide early staff development, review children's individual needs, develop program modifications, and prepare parents and students. During the second year, schools should implement a pilot program, provide ongoing staff development, and evaluate…

Examines the history of peer coaching, describes changes in coaching practice, and makes recommendations for its future. Consultants have found that all teachers must agree to be members of peer coaching study teams, verbal feedback must be omitted, "coaching" must be clearly defined, and collaborative teamwork increases teacher learning in…

Discusses the characteristics of unsuccessful attempts to implement collegial supervision (teachers helping teachers through feedback and advice) in schools, and discusses the insights these characteristics provide. Discusses one successful collegial supervision program. (SR)

Proposes that college unions are places and organizations of learning characterized by an environment of dialogue and team learning. Suggests techniques for initiating dialogue and staff training based upon an expanded definition of the principle of respect that includes safety, practicing praxis, inclusion, immediacy, and engagement. (DB)

A model is presented to help residential outdoor education staff modify their work with individuals and groups to suit the circumstances. Public and personal arenas are the settings in which staff operate, and formal and informal approaches describe ways of working in a setting. A diagram depicts the relationship between the arenas and approaches,…

Graduate students who are human resource development practitioners (n=48) rated their organizations in terms of training/education, reward/recognition, vision/strategy, information flow, and individual/team development. Those who felt their organizations rewarded risk, recognized their work, and supported and encouraged training were more likely…

Over 2,500 secondary students in the Torrance (California) Unified School District who read below the 30th percentile on state tests have access to a second-chance program. Participants engage in extensive recreational reading and vocabulary development, address comprehension on multiple levels, and use writing to assist comprehension. (MLH)

The effectiveness of video-based staff training with manager-led exercises in improving the performance of six staffers in residential support for persons with disabilities was examined. The training procedures improved performance in hand-washing, glove usage, and frequency of positive interaction, but not in the frequency of valued activities.…

Responses from 35 U.S. construction contractors operating in an international environment identified the following areas as important for the cross-cultural training of project personnel: physical environment, language, economic environment, labor conditions, and political environment of the host country. (SK)

Details steps to make day care staff training well-targeted, creative, and useful. The steps are: identify training needs, select training topic and define the target audience, define training goals, select methods of presentation and activities, provide good training resources for future use, evaluate training, and infuse the training with…

A survey of 261 Irish human resource development (HRD) professionals indicates that some HRD responsibilities have devolved to line managers, but less than in other countries. Most conduct systematic needs analysis (especially larger, private sector firms) and rely on informal evaluation mechanisms. (SK)

Responds to a letter from a camp leader who experienced difficulty with an adolescent girl during a 3-day hike and disapproved of a staff member's response. Offers advice on handling such a problem, addressing the staff member's intervention without undermining his credibility, revisiting the situation with the group, and exploiting the…

Offers advice to camp professionals on teaching critical thinking skills to staff. Lists components of teaching critical thinking and the characteristics and skills of a critical thinker. Describes staff orientation activities that emphasize critical thinking: role playing in an "if, then" format; discussing developmental stages and needs;…