A multidisciplinary team model used at a child and adolescent mental health service in Norfolk (England) was evaluated. Team members represented three different professional backgrounds: practitioners, managers, and planners. Formative evaluation results suggest that it is possible to establish interprofessional teams able to integrate with…

Discusses advantages of adjunct teaching responsibilities for librarians based on experiences of the Illinois chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). Describes the class design, the focus on content, and teamwork skills; and considers the theory practice relationship, library education, and future challenges. (LRW)

To optimize professional preparation and ensure the transition of positive attitudes about teamwork from education to practice, educators must offer students opportunities to participate in well-designed, positive group activities grounded in theory. This paper presents an activity that provides class project groups a chance to work through the…

This article presents a four-step strategy for developing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for severely disabled learners based on principles of age-appropriate participation in regular classes and special education and related services provided in the regular school environment. Stressed are integration, individualization, teamwork,…

Shares methods of making the portrait section of a school yearbook more interesting by combining design, feature writing, and photography ideas. Stresses the need for photojournalists and reporters to work together on the product. (MG)

Cooperative lesson plans are presented for the following: current events for middle and high school; lessons on group process for elementary school; cooperative collage making to summarize a unit; group thank-you letters after an excursion; a team-building/language development lesson; and a values lesson on "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." (JD)

The search for valid measures of giftedness has resulted in confused and complicated procedures which leave classroom teachers feeling divorced from the process. A need exists for an operational relationship between ability identification and programing and for classroom teachers to be aware of and involved in the process of identification. (JDD)

To provide effective leadership and assure project success, policy makers should understand two major pitfalls in pursuing purchased administrative systems solutions. First is the failure to organize for successful project implementation and monitoring, including organizing for contract negotiation; second is the failure to develop an effective…

A promising model for professional education is the workshop, studio, or clinic, wherein a team takes on the complexity of actual situations and must figure out what to do. In these situations, individual abstracted problem solving is secondary. In general education, instructors and students are less protected by disciplinary fences. (MLW)

Describes the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator and examines its use as a management tool for library administrators to build effective work teams. Successful applications of the method are described, its limitations are discussed, and suggestions for the effective use of this tool are offered. (Five references) (CLB)

The process of implementing cooperative learning techniques in an elementary school in Montgomery County, Maryland, is described. Discussed are: learning techniques used, such as Student Teams Achievement Divisions, Round Table, Think-Pair-Share, and the Trading Game; student and teacher reactions to cooperative learning; teacher recommendations;…

The collaborative five-phase process of an action research team's two-year project in a New Hampshire junior high school is described. This qualitative study sheds light on team experiences, developmental phases, interpersonal tasks/issues, group processes, outcomes, and staff-development experiences. Team meetings/projects create an outlet for…

Drawing on NAEP assessment data and economic and educational arguments for restructuring, this article discusses the Holweide Comprehensive School experiment in Cologne, West Germany, and presents an Incentive Schools plan stressing team management, cooperative learning, and revamped assessment methods. Includes 16 references. (MLH)

This article discusses the rationale for enhancing teacher involvement and presents a conceptual framework for analyzing teacher participation in school management. Also discussed are traditional and recent forms teacher participation has taken, examples of teacher organizations' activities to foster participation, and a prognosis of prospects for…

A more effective partnership for the advocacy of integrated educational options can be formed when parents and professionals work in concert. Eleven strategies for securing integrated options are offered, including working with the media, working within other advocacy organizations, influencing others in the school system, and consulting with…