Describes a mandatory assessment process for school counselors that was part of Mississippi's Education Reform Act of 1982. To investigate the influence of the assessment process on counselors' professional identity, counselors (N=65) throughout Mississippi were surveyed. Results are reported. (TE)

Investigated how teachers coached one another accepted advice and feedback from colleagues and changes that occurred in classroom practices. Describes and presents data for a peer coaching program. (YP)

Describes the Leadership Development Network (LDN) in Canada, a field-based program for principals. Through a school improvement project, leadership development journal, meetings, and communication with other program participants, LDN engages principals in their own development as leaders and in the development of teachers who implement school…

Responses from six engineering professors to a previous article about teaching engineering ethics are presented. Programs at several schools are described. The need to teach ethics to engineering students is reinforced. (CW)

Lists five axioms for continuing education for engineers. Describes changing trends in industry, types of courses and providers, new courses and market research, and television courses at the National Technological University. (YP)

Reviews the literature on effective in-service teacher education. Discusses attributes of effective staff development, the need for comprehensive collaborative planning, reasons why staff development activities fail to affect classroom practices, and effective evaluation of staff development programs. Contains 21 references. (SV)

This paper discusses the need, principles, types, and evaluation of professional development programs as a stimulus document for the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Council meeting. (YP)

Findings are reported from a central Texas study of 69 teachers and 40 principals which generated a list of issues that concern teachers and principals, along with preferred professional development activities that address these concerns. Discussed is the use of this list to develop collaborative endeavors between universities and schools. (IAH)

Discussed is the graduate Reentry Program for Women at the University of Central Florida. Six components of the program are described: (1) mathematics review courses; (2) the program coordinator; (3) orientation meetings; (4) professional development day; (5) co-op jobs; and (6) social events that emphasize information. (YP)

Reports the use of a newly developed measures of communication support behavior. Investigates mentoring and other relational support behaviors among academic professionals to determine the effects of communication support on various indicators of success. Finds that patterns of communication and success differed by gender/mentee status. (MS)

Describes a case study exploring the personal change process of one science teacher, examining the tools used for describing and changing practices and investigating how the change experience fit into the context of his life at school. Indicates that both cognitive and cultural dissonance make even individually desired change a difficult process…

Increasingly, college athletic coaches are attending programs to help them relate to athletes more effectively on and off the field and deal with issues such as ethics, academic responsibility, careers. Coaches are learning new ways to communicate with students, identify need for help, and participate in the institution's educational mission. (MSE)

Describes a group for counselors, often reluctant to seek personal counseling, as one format for practicing counselors to enhance their own emotional health. Issues specific to a counselors' group, such as confidentiality, trust and dual relationships, roles, resistance and fears, ethical dilemmas, and some negative events, are examined. (JBJ)

Discusses techniques for improving training program design and administration through effective evaluation. Describes three sample case studies that compare trainers, facility/location, and course content; trainee reactions are plotted on a graph. Presents trainee feedback forms that identify aspects of a session, rate effectiveness, and record…

Noting that staff guidance is an integral part of successful program administration, child- and youth-care administrators should understand the developmental level of the workers within the setting, note that workers' behavior may be attributed to individual traits or developmental characteristics, and understand that their reactions to workers'…