This monograph examines the content and quality of counselor education programs and activities in both preservice and inservice training. It describes selected preservice programs and discussed the components that make them effective. It then presents various theoretical training models, with recommendations for innovative techniques that…

The purpose of this paper was to examine school administrators' perceptions of Project ROME (Results-Oriented Management in Education) and more traditional learning experiences, like educational administration course work at the college level. Also examined was the perceived relationship of instructional alternatives (Project ROME) to role and…

To assess current problems and achievements in education and to project directions for school administration beyond 1970, the AASA appointed a Commission to study the preparation of professional school administrators. This report is designed to provide background for the work of this Commission. The 1960's have seen teacher walkouts, use of armed…

This study attempts to determine the effectiveness of a self-appraisal guide in an inservice education program for elementary teachers as measured by pupil achievement on a standardized achievement test. In one public school system in Pennsylvania an inservice education program was designed using "A Guide to the Self-Appraisal and Development of…

This paper includes a functional model for upgrading the effectiveness of inservice training for school administrators. It is based on the writer's contention that most inservice programs for administrators do not relate to the leadership concerns of each participant, skills developed in those programs often are not applied to the participant's…

Organizational development (OD) can be of value as a professional development tool in the school, especially where it can broaden the perspective of the teacher so that he can conceptualize the school as an organization with various related units working to achieve the same goal, see more clearly his place in the total educational program of the…

This collection of four reports deals with the topics of teacher education, teacher tasks, general aspects of training policies, and changes in teacher tasks and working conditions. The first report, "Experiments in Continuing Teacher Training," by Edouard Breuse, examines the program established in the French-speaking part of Belgium.…

Continuing education is discussed for three physics careers: teaching, science, and industry. Opinions and recommendations from a variety of sources are summarized. An annotated bibliography is included. (MH)

This book is designed to aid instructors or potential instructors in presenting information in an inservice training session so that it will be meaningful to all concerned. The book contains general information on the learning process, motivation of the student, methods of instruction, and physical facilities, and training aids, as well as control…

This publication offers a brief description of the content and instructional methods used during the three years of the Educational Management Project's inservice programs for educational administrators in the Tucson Public Schools. The discussion is organized into three sections that focus in turn on the activities and results of each of the…

One area wherein administrative commitment to innovation can be developed is in the field of career education. Career education is a useful concept that can unite the private, public, and work lives of individuals in a meaningful manner. In order to develop the concept of career education and its meaning, new ideas and procedures as well as…

This report reflects the proceedings of a series of seminars conducted for system-wide and school directors of guidance and pupil personnel services during the 1970-71 academic year. It is issued to serve as a guide for school administrators and educational specialists in developing effective courses of action for community leadership. The need…

This interim evaluation reports on the progress of an extensive drug education program in a St. Louis, Missouri school district. Designed to meet seven overall objectives, the project calls for comparisons between experimental and control groups at the elementary and secondary level. Far-reaching activities including staff orientation and…

The major objective of this program was to maximize probability of success of beginning teachers in Alabama and, thereby, to improve the teaching-learning process for students. In this program, cooperating teachers worked with beginning teachers on a one-to-one basis in the schools. Evaluation of the program's effectiveness was a continuous…

This publication provides counselors of the Manpower Development Training Program with a practical guide to the content of a workshop for those actively engaged in programs of inservice training. It describes educational, psychological and sociological characteristics of the disadvantaged , both young and old. Suggested are innumerable activities…