This article tells the story of how a university can develop an on-site inservice program for teachers that deals with day-to-day, real-life issues of teaching. Such a program benefits both the university and school participants. (Editor)

On October 27, 1977 Georgia Gibson represented NJEA on a special panel discussion at the N. J. School Board's Convention. The topic was "Gifted and Talented Education in New Jersey." Here are excerpts and suggestions from that presentation. (Editor/RK)

An outline of an effective inservice program that is employed by the librarians at Eisenhower High School for both students and faculty is presented. Formal and informal activities are discussed in detail. (Author)

The authors suggest that much of the in-service training given health care workers in developing countries is not effective. They discuss reasons for this failure and recommend how health institutions can remedy it. (Author/CH)

A study looked at inservice practices in clinical laboratories and at managers' perceptions of the impact and cost effectiveness of those activities. Findings indicate that most do not have an inservice budget and that new employee orientation, policy and procedure discussion, and instrumentation instruction are most effective. (JOW)

Reviews a typical opening day for teachers, replete with insufficient socializing, boring speeches, and motivational badgering. Presents alternative models based on (1) outright socializing; or (2) a planned program with staff participation. Empty rituals are a waste of valuable staff time and taxpayers' money. (MLH)

Outlines how to develop productive staff meetings that foster professional staff development. Three steps to follow include developing a staff development committee, designing a long-range staff development plan, and planning staff meetings that become a lesson in themselves. (MD)

Describes design and implementation of a course for managers of the Weyerhaeuser Forest Products Company that emphasized leadership training to help managers face the company's changing focus. This four-week class focused on building unity of purpose and encouraging on-the-job application. (CH)

The Capital Area School Development Association (CASDA) of New York state offers a variety of programs including programs for inservice training of noninstructional school personnel. (MD)

A survey asked respondents to identify the U.S. companies or organizations that do the best job of training and developing their employees, and which industries do the best and worst jobs of employee development. Respondents also identified the 10 most admired training consultants. (JB)

A new Kentucky law requires school board members to undergo 15 hours of training annually, of which 10 are provided by the Kentucky School Boards Association without state funding. A new Georgia law provides funding for required orientation training and encourages further training. Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas also mandate training. (PGD)

An overview is given of the involvement of IBM in secondary and college education. Several grant programs, inservice training programs, and faculty loan programs are noted. (MNS)

Faculty training sessions from one hour to two weeks occur regularly at the Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Information sharing occurs via newsletters, interest groups, seminars, and demonstrations. The objectives, content, faculty experience, and evaluations from the one- and two-week faculty computer…

Reports the results of a study examining the goal-setting process within the School Improvement Model, which evaluates relations between school goals and personal goals and between school goals and inservice interests. (MD)

This paper presents a case-study of a mathematics teacher who has substantively developed her mediational strategies and her conceptions of mathematical knowledge as a result of her participation in an in- service program. Her new teaching practices raise serious dilemmas for her in relation to her teaching context, in particular, the limited…