Meridian Healthcare has developed policy and implemented staff training regarding the care of persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in its long-term care facilities. In addition to a universal precaution policy and a safe workplace policy, the program includes education for employees' families and facility residents to dispel their…

A study assessed the perceptions of 65 (of 72 surveyed) urban agribusiness managers/supervisors regarding the need for education or training for employees they supervise. Results showed that those who plan and conduct adult agriculture programs should work cooperatively with agribusinesses to develop programs that meet the needs of each…

Describes the methodology and research design of SEE, the study of the Education of Educators. The approach is multimethodological, exploratory, descriptive, and evaluative. The research design permits examination of working assumptions and concentration on the individual site--the college, the education departments, and specific programs within…

The authors describe Workbase, a British trade union organization that trains manual workers in communication skills, and explain the Workbase approach. This approach features flexibility and allowances for individual needs. (CH)

The authors discuss conceptual and ethical problems associated with client-centered models of inservice education. Discussion derives from the attempted application of the model in a collaborative research project based in an inner-city British school. The authors explore the rationale for collaborative research, discuss some of the problems, and…

Teacher preparation, a career-long enterprise, is conducted through reflecting on practice, receiving advice from other teachers, reading, and participating in inservice education. For designers of inservice education, appropriateness of learning activities can be assessed by examining criteria such as teacher needs, trainers' desire to help…

Assessment of the role of training and development in the careers of 14 female administrators in federal agencies determined that training had limited impact on mobility. Women's mobility was restricted by low-ceiling jobs and organizational cultural values emphasizing hands-on instead of classroom-developed competencies in promotion decisions.…

Many school districts are acknowledging staff development's dismal record. Inservice programs traditionally operate on a deficit training model, promote awareness without classroom strategies, and are offered by traveling "experts." Teachers need time and opportunity to direct their own professional development program and "mess…

Explores the advantages and difficulties of offering information literacy programs to academic staff who work outside the classroom, and the feasibility of integrating sessions into the workplace. Topics include the library's role, the institution's role, exploring user needs, and suggestions for promoting staff information literacy. (Author/LRW)

Reports a study designed to identify deterrents to participation in continuing professional education experienced by professional members of the National Therapeutic Recreation Society. The four top ranked barriers were cost, work constraints, lack of quality, and lack of benefit. There were regional differences relative to which factors were…

Professional development programs provide useful learning experiences to administrators who think strategically about the value of the programs to themselves and to their institutions of higher education. Few supervisors encourage participation, so individuals must survey the opportunities and find those that match their needs for current and…

Permanent change in schools means finding effective ways to accomplish professional and personal growth in teachers and administrators. This article rewrites some cautionary tales to provide a sampler of strategies to aid real change. Basically, schools need substantive plans, accountable staff developers, broadened staff development definitions,…

The traditional unfriendly rivalry between English universities and colleges and the local education authorities has been changed in East Yorkshire. There, two colleges and two LEAs have developed a jointly owned, financed, and administered scheme for managing degree awards to teachers. Mutual discontent with inservice training prompted the…

Presents a one-day workshop format for initiating a solid community relations program. During the workshop, teachers and administrators work together to prioritize new and existing community-relations options and select adhoc committees to develop implementation plans. Typical options include school-business partnerships, teacher home visitation,…

Inclusion is not an economy move but a way to meet children's special needs in regular, age-appropriate classroom, with provision for a full continuum of support services and no admittance prerequisites. An even more appropriate approach is infusion--across-the-board representation of all students in all schools, regardless of their individual…