Author recommends activities designed to help teachers in some way become more creative, more sensitive in their responses to other people and their work, more flexible in developing environments for learning, and more confident of the value of their work in teaching and in other areas. (Author/CB)

Reports on a workshop that provided teachers with an opportunity to develop a career education learning activity package. (JS)

The author describes a program for the evaluation of preschool children. Information is gathered for the teacher before school begins, and suggestions for remediation are provided. (BY)

A report by the Educational Resources Information Center at the National Council of Teachers of English; ERIC Abstracts are included for documents cited. (Author)

Describes a cooperative venture between a counselor educator and a university counseling center in providing a program for reentry adults. Counseling graduate students participated in organizing and conducting workshops for reentry students and providing a noontime information series organized around psychological life adjustment themes.…

Describes a series of seminars and observations designed to assist middle school teachers in developing effective classroom management strategies and skills for communicating with parents. Describes the format and consultation techniques used in the program. (RC)

In Australian workshops 20 parents of gifted children, under age 12, sought information in three areas: understanding of their children's development (e.g., intellectual ability, social-emotional factors, and motivation); school and related needs (e.g., children to proceed at own pace, for parents to understand school system); and sources of…

Reviews an inservice training workshop for employment counselors on the skill of job development. Evaluations showed a need for additional inservice training on job development skills, including follow-up, marketing, using outside resources, matching employer needs with client capabilities, speaking before groups, effective verbal communication…

Describes a short-term workshop designed to assist young dual career couples in developing effective personal and couple-based lifestyle coping strategies. Discusses coping elements and strategies, characteristics of dual career couples, workshop goals and format, workshop implementation, and workshop experiences (areas of concentration). (WAS)

Environmental educators are worried about the ultimate ecological threat--nuclear war, which could burn thousands of square miles, sterilize the soil, destroy 70 percent of the ozone layer letting in lethal ultraviolet rays, and cause severe radiation sickness. Educators must inform themselves, teach others, contact government representatives, and…

Described is a two-week summer institute with 57 Ohio teachers in grades K-12. The teachers were given experiences in problem solving to help them broaden perceptions of real problem solving. Sixteen problem-solving strategies and four illustrative problems are included, and teachers' evaluative comments are discussed. (MNS)