Reports the results of a study in which 294 two-year college presidents in the 13 Northeastern states were surveyed to ascertain their assessment of staff development needs and their thoughts on where, when, and how staff development is best achieved. (DC)

This article describes the use of drama as a technique for facilitating group discussion and understanding. The play "It's a Man's World" reverses the typical male and female roles in the business world to dramatize the sometimes discriminatory employment practices that women face in the business world today. (Author)

The Newcastle Project in Great Britain, a school-based action research project examining ways to prevent and treat behavior disorders in elementary and secondary age students, is described. (IM)

The school counselor as a team member has a leading role to play in inservice education of the teaching faculty. The counselor has considerable contact with students and has valuable information on developing a quality inservice education program. Inservice education has the goal of improving the curriculum for students. This paper presents a…

This report examines the transition of youth development in the United States from a social movement to an emerging profession, charting achievements the field has made in developing core competencies and skill standards, training and education programs, career ladders, evaluations, and public awareness. Section 1 describes youth development as…

In the Netherlands, there is growing interest in the day care and education of young children, stemming from the increase in culturally different, multilingual pupils in recent years and the understanding that the first 2 years of primary education form the basis for a successful school career. This position paper of the Ministry of Education,…

This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a federally supported four-year project to enhance and implement an innovative model for interprofessional preservice training of early childhood intervention personnel. The New Scripts model is specifically committed to three areas of personnel development: supporting opportunities for…

This study investigated what motivated principals to seek professional development and criteria they used when reflecting on their professional development experiences. It explored how they conceptualized the implementation process of their inservice experiences and noted why they chose specific professional development programs and how they used…

This video discussion guide is intended for use in groups working toward large-scale systems changes in schools. It is designed to be appropriate for use in a three-hour workshop, an undergraduate or graduate course, or a training seminar. The guide and proposed workshop are both structured into eight sections. Recommended time allotment,…

Article gives three reports on how paraprofessionals can and do help to make classroom instruction better. (Author)

The second of a two-part series on how the University of Florida developed a plan for an integrated and coordinated system of career education, counseling, and academic advising. (Author)

After explaining reasons necessitating changes in counselor role, the authors describe their implementation of a counselor training program in humanistic education in District 8 of the Bronx of New York. A short description of the ways in which the counselors then used the techniques they'd learned in interacting with teachers and students is also…

Presents evaluation of the effectiveness of the Cooperative College-School Science Program by determining if it produced statistically significant changes in attitudes and classroom behaviors of teachers. Results indicated that the project was beneficial in changing attitudes of elementary science teachers, especially in cases of teachers with…

A Department of Educational Management and Administration was set up in May, 1968, which has been arranging inservice study groups on various aspects of school administration. One of its particular concerns is timetabling, including the most efficient use of teaching time and space. An Advisory Service is maintained for those individual…