Describes an inservice program used by the Los Angeles School District for training school administrators, program coordinators, and instructional staff members in developing plans for implementing and evaluating instructional programs. (JG)

Describes the objectives, administration, design, activities, and costs of the comprehensive management development program at De Anza College, California. (RT)

Drawing on experience with pre-retirement programs in Ontario's Ministry of Education, the author suggests guidelines and resources for programs involving personal study, personal counseling, and classroom/group situation. (JT)

Describes a Dimensional Leadership workshop designed to help extension service professionals become more effective leaders by discovering and improving their leadership style and by discovering and recognizing different kinds of effective and ineffective behavior. (EM)

A creative leadership development program was designed to provide 10 Black and Indian college administrators with knowledge and techniques from the behavioral sciences for the purpose of augmenting their creative leadership skills. (SBH)

The Delphi technique was used to obtain a list of perceived training needs of Australian staff working in the field of residential care for people with severe developmental disabilities. The second round gave staff an opportunity to set priorities (such as developing a homelike atmosphere). (Author/DB)

Provides a twofold plan for staff development and peer evaluation linking evaluation and training of teachers. This process enables teachers to have their professional needs met while treating them as individuals and improving classroom skills. Includes a classroom observation checklist and a teacher evaluation system form. (MD)

The authors describe the concept of "pay-for-knowledge" compensation plans and report results from a survey of 20 personnel directors in pay-for-knowledge plants. Results indicate that companies using this system have generally found it workable and feel it would be a mistake to revert to traditional compensation plans. (CH)

Outlines a delivery system which improves teachers' classroom performance by (1) introducing them to content-area reading strategies and (2) drawing upon the research on effective inservice education, in an attempt to create a format which will allow and encourage participants to experience behavioral change. (RAE)

The author presents results from a survey of organizations with 100 or more employees, regarding formal training programs. Information is provided on hours of training for workers in nine types of jobs. Data on instructional methods, types of training, and use of computers in training are also included. (CH)

Faculty at the School of Nursing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia have collaborated with hospitals and community health care agencies to implement clinical update courses for inactive registered nurses. This strategy has proven successful in assisting nurse educators and managers in recruiting nurses into the work force. (JOW)

To bring ethics into the curriculum without indoctrinating students with adults' moral incapacities, distortions, and closed-mindedness, educators need to integrate eithics with critical thinking, literature, science, history, and civics instruction. Implementation requires excellent supplemental resources, good leadership, and inservice redesign.…

Discusses a study which sought to determine if food service management training and certification resulted in more sanitary operations. Findings from site inspections, pre/post tests, and attitude surveys indicated that the program did not produce statistically significant differences between control and study groups but that improvements in…

Provides excerpts from the task force report which proposes the use of individual professional development plans and calls for strengthening the bonds between elementary and secondary music educators and college faculty. (JDH)

Presents a prototype training program using role theory as a framework for understanding sexual harassment in the workplace. Describes four phases of the program for employees, supervisors, and managers. (CH)