Tells high school journalism advisers how to take advantage of opportunities offered to them and their students by regional higher education institutions that conduct high school journalism press days, regular conventions of state press associations, and summer journalism workshops. (GW)

Rockland Community College's Family College offers a program that serves the community at three levels: It offers courses designed for specific age groups, trips and other learning experiences for the whole family, and psychological workshops dealing with family problems. Tuition averages $20 per course, and many are free. (LBH)

Traces the development of a marine education summer workshop for pre-college teachers. (CP)

Describes a preservice practicum and summer inservice practicum workshops offered by Florida State University to aid industrial arts instructors in working with handicapped students. Related research on prevocational industrial arts at elementary and middle school levels is noted. (JT)

Committees of representatives from business, government, education, and voluntary service agencies were formed to coordinate employment opportunities and employer needs with the growing need to integrate the handicapped and hard-to-employ into the labor force. Alternatives of suitable job training, sheltered or direct employment, or other needed…

Training techniques used by five trainers conducting a workshop on changing teaching behaviors were studied to discover methods for examining trainer behaviors. Four observation methods were used. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

Four Head Start teachers, taught to use the "incidental teaching" technique (transmitting information or practicing skills with children during unstructured situations) were observed in free play situations with language-delayed children. Results indicated that an inservice training workshop and written and verbal feedback resulted in…

Describes a workshop offered by elementary library media specialists for teachers and administrators which illustrated ways in which media specialists can support and enhance curriculum. Included are detailed examples of activities and projects in social science, language arts, and science which have been implemented in Maryland schools. (CLB)

Describes the Boston Public Schools Recycle Center which receives materials donations from more than 100 local industries. These donations are used as educational materials for disadvantaged pupils. Materials are free and teacher training workshops are provided. Ecological implications for urban students and teachers are discussed. (PS)

Shoreham-Wading (New York) River School Distict's long-term goal is to build awareness of human rights into teachers' and students' daily activities. Staff workshops and planned human rights activities help school community members explore preconceived beliefs and attitudes and develop personal power, group support, and critical awareness. An…

Describes workshops given at Ferris State University for faculty and staff who want to acquire computer skills. Considered are a computer literacy and a software toolkit distributed to participants made from public domain/shareware resources. Stresses the benefits of shareware as an educational resource. (CW)

Development of generalized job initiative skills was examined with three severely retarded adult males through discrimination training, role play, and self-monitoring interventions. Although intensive training was required to establish an initial set of generalized job initiative responses, subsequent sets of responses were rapidly learned using…

Diminishing resources have sent colleges and universities searching for innovative ways to increase external funding. Proposal development workshops to increase the number of individuals competent to submit competitive proposals were offered at the University of Oklahoma. Experiences in developing a model program are described. (Author/MLW)

The article describes a workshop that can help public school teachers examine their career options and can help them feel less trapped in their jobs and more able to use their skills in different work environments. Useful resources are discussed. (CH)

The Society for Research into Higher Education has begun a series of publications promoting instructional development for higher education faculty. The series' development is based on surveys concerning the need, potential, and possible organization of materials for faculty training workshops, and the resulting publications will contain…