Analyzes the needs and concerns of junior high school and middle school teachers for the purpose of giving direction to in-service activities. Offers three recommendations for improving inservice activities for junior high school and middle school teachers. (Author/RK)

Describes programs that have arisen since the Pennsylvania state board authorized local school districts and intermediate units to organize inservice programs that can provide the coursework necessary for permanent certification and for Master's Equivalency Certificates. (Author/IRT)

Describes a center for the professional growth and development of the Vancouver, B.C., school system teaching and administrative staff. The center was created out of an abandoned school annex. (Author/DN)

Discusses the nutrition education program in Massachusetts schools, and the inservice teacher workshops for the training of elementary school teachers in nutrition education. (JR)

Discusses how to plan inservice programs for teachers. (RB)

This is a summary of the report issued by the President's National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development which states that the most potent and creative staff available will be required to meet the demands placed on the community college by society. (RN)

Describes an Ed.D. thesis at Cornell University which is In-Service Education for New York Teachers of Agriculture in Specialized Instructional Area of Agricultural Mechanization." (GB)

This article examines federal policy in the context of professional development and in-service education for school personnel. (MM)

A two-week summer institute for teachers and administrators of kindergarten and grade 1 gifted children is described. The purpose of the Institute was to plan strategies for meeting the needs of the young gifted and talented children in their classrooms, schools, or districts. (Author)

This article describes a research project carried out in a secondary school that switched from a traditional to full-credit semester system. (PB)

A physician and an educator organized and conducted an in-service course to prepare school physicians for involvement in sex education programs. One year later, a follow-up study revealed a wide gap between the school physicians' expressed intentions to participate and action. (Author)