According to a Pennsylvania assessment center director, the assessment center process provides continuous opportunities for professional development and allows for the sharing of concerns and understandings with others across the nation. (TE)

Based on her own experience, a trainer of assessors for the NASSP Assessment Center Project describes the essential skills and practices needed for successful assessor training. She emphasizes the importance of collegiality and mutual respect between trainers and trainees. (TE)

The profession of teaching has become increasingly important in nonschool settings such as business and industry. Colleges of education are appropriate for preparing business and industry trainers. Such a program would include the study of: (1) human relations skills; (2) effective communication; (3) business administration; and (4) psychology.…

Presents a training professional activities inventory to evaluate ability and job skill importance in nine activity areas: analyzing needs/evaluating results, developing training programs/materials, delivering programs/services, advising/counseling, managing training activities, maintaining organization relationships, researching to advance…

Discusses the need for instructional designers, trainers, and educators to have cultural sensitivity, or a cross-cultural perspective/awareness. Considers learning environment, classroom rituals, intelligence assessment instruments, cultural background, teacher-student relationship, nonverbal behavior, discipline, locus of control, rewards, and…

The problems faced by the author as an external evaluator responsible for evaluating a grass roots initiative for school managers in Great Britain are examined. The focus is on evaluating a management development program in the field and training an evaluator, rather than on outcomes of the program itself. (SLD)

This guide offers advice and guidance to key skills managers, coordinators and other practitioners who are responsible for ensuring that the standards of portfolio assessment in their center are consistent across the center and with national standards. It describes and offers advice and guidance on the stages of assessment and internal moderation…

This guide assists trainers of school age program staff who are using the self-instructional book "Caring for Children in School-Age Programs," during which time trainers must play an active role. Chapter 1 describes the content, format, and training approach of "Caring for Children in School-Age Programs"; discusses how to offer training based on…

This evaluator training course describes the purpose, evaluator qualifications, and workshop objectives. An outline of course content is provided. A technical bulletin, "Suggestions for Evaluating Student Clinical Performance," by Douglas R. Whitney, Marcia A. Whitney, and Johanna J. Jones, addresses the following: concepts of…

This guide introduces trainers, managers, and educators to a variety of new multimedia technologies now being used for presentation and training in business, military, and academic settings. The text describes advances in and implementation of technologies that range from wireless local area networks (LANs) and high definition television (HDTV) to…

In Italy, all responsibility for vocational training has been delegated to the regions. At the regional level, three types of training are available: training for work, on-the-job training, and training under special state legislation. No obligation is placed on employers to train the work force. Most worker training is informal and conducted…

In the Federal Republic of Germany the most important form of training leading to a vocational qualification and the focus of all initial vocational training is the "dual system" of in-firm and in-school learning. Other forms of initial vocational training include apprenticeships, training in a firm, and vocational schools. Trainers…

Steps to alleviate the problems in achieving successful technical and cross-cultural training for United States Peace Corps volunteers are discussed. Historically, training was conducted at American universities or centers in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, or the Virgin Islands, but by the mid-1970s, in response to criticism that this provided inadequate…

The Occupational Analysis of the Training in Industry project was designed to provide valid and reliable information on the work of trainers. To structure the research, the Task Inventory/Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Programs (CODAP) method of analysis was used. A central feature of this methodology was the development and use of a…

This manual is designed for trainers of social service aides in New Careers training programs. In these programs, (1) persons from disadvantaged backgrounds are prepared through on-the-job training and other methods for entry-level positions in human service agencies; (2) employing agencies are motivated to make corresponding changes in their…