"Coordinating Information for Texas Educators" (CITE) is a project of the Texas Education Agency designed to develop and coordinate a comprehensive communication program for elementary and secondary schools and to include an adequate resource base and linkage system. Project CITE was designed by Region XIX Education Service Center to…

The purpose of the Students and Teachers Develop English Curriculum project (an Elementary-Secondary Education Act Title III program) was to encourage the adoption of innovative curriculum units and instructional strategies in District of Columbia public schools. This booklet describes program background and objectives, methods and procedures of…

This document compiles the addresses presented at the 1st Annual Staff Development Workshop sponsored by the Western North Carolina Consortium. Presentations include: (l) "Staff Development--Why?" by Louis W. Bender; (2) "Staff Development--The State of the Art" by W. Robert Sullins; (3) "State Resources" by Hazel…

Intended to provide a basis for workshops involving teachers of exceptional children in regular classroom settings, the inservice training packet focuses on three basic areas of classroom/behavior management--assessment for individualized instruction, motivation, and reward. A brief outline describes the workshop in terms of target population,…

Provides suggestions for planning a school in-service meeting to acquaint teachers with aerospace education resources and ways to introduce aerospace themes into a variety of disciplines. (MLH)

The author describes Wisconsin's successful strategies for providing relevant inservice education to vocational agriculture teachers, including intensive workshops offered during annual State conferences, workshops throughout the State meeting needs identified in a Statewide survey, and a graduate-level University course for beginning instructors.…

The rapid growth of vocational ornamental horticulture programs in and around New York City and the wide variations in teachers' occupational and educational backgrounds necessitated inservice assistance in program implementation. The Board of Education offered a series of hands-on skills shops based on occupational competencies teachers wanted to…

Describes a graduate seminar for in-service elementary school teachers which provided opportunities for meeting and observing peer teachers and deliberating on their teaching. (CM)

Attempts to give some idea of how reinforcement and other learning principles work in practice with students in ordinary schools by using as reference three workshops for teachers run by educational psychologists in Birmingham in 1975. (Author/RK)

The authors describe a summer workshop in rangeland management for vocational agriculture teachers in Utah, with extension agents from six western states as instructors to provide specialized knowledge and successful teaching methods. Success of this cooperation led to a joint extension agricultural and education research effort. (MF)

As departments of family medicine succeed in recruiting faculty members among practicing physicians and clinicians, there is a problem in adjustment to their new roles as teachers, administrators, and academicians. The literature on faculty development through workshops is reviewed, and guidelines for developing effective workshops are presented.…

Describes a university summer workshop, for low-income black high school students, designed to acquaint them with the media and develop their skills in mass communication; shows how the workshop improved students' self-confidence and the likelihood that they would attend college. (GW)

Describes one of Montana State University's Agricultural and Industrial Education Department teacher workshops for vocational agriculture teachers. The planning, organization, and evaluation of the workshop (which covered farm tractor maintenance) are briefly described. (SH)

Describes the Occupational Laboratory Achievement Program in Warren, Ohio, city schools designed to help vocational students, particularly disadvantaged youth, to acquire skills and maturity before being placed in the Ohio Occupational Work Experience program operated specifically for academically disadvantaged students. (MF)

Reports results of a study conducted to determine what impact vocational/career education demonstration centers had on educators' awareness and use of the programs, practices, and materials demonstrated. (TA)