Recent efforts to enhance humanities instruction in vocational curricula are important in light of: (1) the need to match technical competencies with an appreciation for human history and thoughts; (2) the fact that the majority of community college students are enrolled in vocational programs; and (3) the likelihood that the percentage of…

Three approaches to teacher development are: (1) attempts to construct a developmental theory; (2) efforts to apply existing developmental theories; and (3) inservice practices justified in developmental terms. Goals and strategies are connected with different uses of the term "development" in teacher education. Associated with efforts…

The purpose of this paper is to describe an institute on basic skills that was organized for faculty members at a historically black, public, four-year, urban-oriented, "open admissions" college. Specifically, the described institute was designed to develop positive faculty attitudes toward incorporating the teaching of basic skills into the…

By the very nature of a comprehensive community college, a faculty member must be able to handle diverse instructional settings, i.e., teaching the math major, the vocational student for whom math is a requirement, and the developmental/remedial student. To do this effectively requires adequate pre-service and in-service educational opportunities.…

The Professional Development Plan of Lansing Community College for 1977-78 begins with a statement of goals and objectives for college development activities, followed by general program proposals. Specific plans are then presented for the professional development laboratory and office, and the divisions of applied arts and sciences, arts and…

This resource guide suggests ideas for implementing needs assessment, evaluation, monitoring, and planning for staff development programs. It grew out of experiences of 148 Georgia school systems that in 1974 initiated staff development programs. It maintains that leaders of staff development programs ought to be able to conduct a learner needs…

Academic advising with adults in individualized college programs requires the development of new faculty skills. The paper provides a bibliography, a brief section on advising in traditional programs, a major focus on specific requirements of emerging faculty roles, and a concluding section on implications for faculty development and evaluation.…

The document presents a point-based faculty professional development plan initiated by Alvin Community College (Texas). A list of activities and their respective point values are utilized by faculty members to document professional growth and development, with a thirty point minimum for the academic year necessary for advancement to the next…

To involve university faculty in some useful community service there must be clear definitions and a system of reward. Three levels of community service are outlined, from long-term extensive activities to short-term involvements. Criteria are suggested for evaluating these services. These guidelines are useful for faculty groups who are seeking…

Discusses the need for effective programs--preservice and inservice--to prepare community college instructors to meet demands for teaching in two or more subjects and to meet the needs of underprepared students. (MB)

Teaching improvement and institutional renewal efforts often face pessimism about change, if not suspicion and resistance, but faculty teams can overcome these problems through an action-oriented but low-profile "organic" approach. The need for personal invitations by colleagues is shown. (Author/LBH)

Professional development programs for faculty have been tested and have been proven to work. They are shown to represent an important new human technology for achieving educational improvement, personal growth, and institutional renewal. (Author/LBH)

Discusses the need to provide part-time instructors with orientation, evaluation, and formalized instructional resources to insure quality teaching, suggesting an instructional materials resource center, with regular faculty support, and books on learning theory, educational periodicals, tapes, and workbooks on instruction design. (MB)

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 successful summer institute utilizing videotaped microteaching and Flanders Interaction Analysis to help 14 community college professors improve their methods of interacting with students. (DC)