This manual is designed for organizers and teachers concerned with training personnel working at the primary and intermediate levels in government statistical offices. The major content consists of outlines for nine training courses: (1) Principles and methods of statistics; (2) Designing a statistical investigation; (3) Data collection by field…

In the sparsely populated 100,000 square miles of South Dakota and adjacent areas in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, a program (Project TAPE: Tactics for Applying Programs in Education) for disseminating information about elementary science curricula was funded by the National Science Foundation. Six part-time regional consultants were selected to…

Described is a workshop program for inservice education for North Carolina teachers implementing "Beginnings," the kindergarten component on the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). Teachers generally liked the workshop, liked the curriculum materials, and felt the program fit their pupils. A substantial number of teachers felt…

Described are the development and evaluation of a 5-day inservice program to train school psychologists to work with hearing impaired students. (CL)

Project ASPIRE was designed to increase educators' awareness of sexual prejudice. Training activities focused on self-awareness, effects of sex-role stereotyping on students, procedures to assess biases in instructional and counseling practices and materials, and methods to reduce sex-role stereotyping within the school setting. (Author)

The process of goal setting outlined emphasizes education and personal development, acknowledges departmental interdependency and consistency, brings purpose and direction to staff training programs and year-long activities, guarantees that measurement of success is possible, and acknowledges the student helper as an integral part of the residence…

Describes methods of providing presupervisory training to new or potential supervisors, including inhouse training and public supervisory seminars. (TA)

This school board put itself through an inservice program to learn new skills in goal-setting. (IRT)

Describes a detention program designed to help girls coming before the court. Individual proctors provide, in their own homes, day to day care for the youngsters pending court appearance. The advantages of this system are discussed. (GO)

Argues that the emphasis of staff development programs should be on inservice education rather than inservice training and that an effective staff development program must include leadership training for administrative personnel. (JG)

To benefit fully from the consultants and guest lecturers hired to conduct inservice training for teachers, the McDowell County schools (North Carolina) cultivate a "red carpet" treatment policy for such visitors. Success depends on good two-way communication, efficient hospitality arrangements, administrative presence at workshops, and an…

Suggests that the term "training" does not cover all the functions of the professionals working in human resources development. Advocates use of the term "performance management," illustrated as a department with five divisions: (1) training, (2) feedback, (3) contingency management, (4) job engineering, and (5) organization development. (CH)

The authors discuss the recent growth, popularity, and use of distance learning in management education. Issues involved in distance teaching are analyzed. They conclude by developing a simple model to use in determining potential outcomes from the customization of distance learning material. (Author/CH)

Describes a course on the Vietnam War presented by the author to 19 secondary school teachers. The course sought to increase competency in teaching about the war by using readings, lectures, and guest speakers. Concludes that the course was a success because participants encouraged others in their departments to include the topic in their…