This paper argues that, for both practical and philosophical reasons, high school activities ought to be managed by participatory principles. It further argues that the responsibility for bringing this about belongs to principals and activities directors through appropriate modeling and in-service education. In addition, obstacles to the…

The changes taking place in education require of teachers an unprecedented professional re-orientation and growth. Much of this can be done effectively only by a collective effort within the school. Staff development, including the induction of probationary teachers, is the organizing of a systematic response to these many changes. (Author/IRT)

Article 3.3 states that every school district that has one or more schools with 25 percent or more minority enrollment must provide its professional staff with 60 to 90 hours of inservice preparation in the history, culture, and current problems of diverse ethnic groups. (Author/IRT)

A five-day program in systems concepts and skills development for school district staffs is described. (PF)

Prepared for outreach projects of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program, the manual presents information on developing an efficient yet thorough training workshop to teach others to replicate a program. Twelve steps are described: (1) identifying model components (grouping according to chronology, personnel involved, etc.); (2)…

Some of the results of a recent systematic investigation of the rationale underlying the current interest in such essentially problem-oriented instructional modes as the case method and simulation teaching in librarianship are summarized. (Author/PF)

A participant evaluation of an inservice training program (August, 1974) conducted by Memphis State University for the professional staff of the Tennessee Division of Vocational Rehabilitation indicated summarization and interpretation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to be the most beneficial topic to most of the participants. (EA)

Paper based on Masters Thesis, Iowa State Univ.

The facilitator's manual outlines a workshop schedule for training consultants in special education. The workshop is divided into two phases (change and leadership) with units which cover the following topics: resistance to change or to the change agent, levels of change, the change cycles, change processes, competition and confrontation, two…

TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF A 1968 WORKSHOP FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS WITH LITTLE PREVIOUS JUNIOR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, 68 SUCH PRESIDENTS WERE SURVEYED BY LETTER AND FOUR OTHERS WERE INTERVIEWED. OF THE FOUR INTERVIEWEES AND THE 36 RESPONDENTS, ALL WERE IN FAVOR OF SUCH A WORKSHOP, PREFERABLY FOR ONE WEEK IN JULY. RELATIONSHIP WITH FACULTY…

MANY LARGE CITIES ACROSS THE NATION HAVE CONCENTRATED AREAS OF FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE SEVERELY HAMPERED IN THEIR SCHOOLING BY A COMBINATION OF COMMUNITY, HOME, AND SCHOOL CONDITIONS. IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, THE DETROIT PROJECT HAS DEVELOPED AND TESTED A FIVE-PART PROGRAM. PART ONE IS CONCERNED WITH TEACHER ORIENTATION AND…