This paper discusses some generic humanistic principles and conditions of learning which should undergird a field based educational and staff development process designed to enable teachers in a variety of situations, circumstances, and schools to improve themselves personally and professionally. (Author/JD)

The inservice package for assessment team members is designed to provide skill training regarding the vocational assessment process used with special needs students. Activities within the inservice training package sensitize individuals to the purposes of infusing vocational assessment into the educational curriculum, and provide instruction on…

Full abstracts of 232 documents on institutional and field service training for personnel in adult corrections are presented in this bibliography of items selected from the data base of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. The citations are divided into six sections: (1) Institutional Personnel Training--documents describing the…

The purpose of this Personalized Activity Kit (PAK) is to describe a leadership style in which leadership is less a matter of who holds what position or role and more a matter of each member performing the function needed by the group at any particular time. This style is called functional leadership. The PAK identifies two key functions essential…

The purpose of this Personalized Activity Kit is to help the participant develop skills in preparing validated needs from information that has already been collected. These skills include sifting out needs, solutions, and values from information statements and putting needs statements into useful formats. Instruction is also given in identifying…

The study assessed the need for continued inservice training to migrant personnel in the skill and understanding of the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), and determined directions for planning future training sessions. A 50-item questionnaire was administered to 240 persons attending the MSRTS workshops at the 1977 State Migrant…

Program Methods and Materials for Training Career Educators (Project FOCUS) established and accomplished three major objectives: (1) to identify, select, and provide inservice career awareness staff development training for elementary school teachers; (2) to design, develop, and evaluate a replicable, exportable, and practical staff development…

The book identifies critical variables that influence the success or failure of staff development programs for social studies teachers and provides suggestions for planning and implementing effective inservice activities. It is based on interviews with 24 educators of diverse backgrounds and the authors' own practical field experiences as well as…

The described inservice program was designed to bring together teachers to collectively address overall school problems. The project was based upon the belief that school improvements could be best effected by providing teachers the opportunity to actively participate in the design and implementation of changes in school functioning. Emphasis was…

This manual outlines the program used by McGill University's McLennan Library to train new staff members in reference desk services. Relying heavily on the principles of learning by example, the training program embodies on-the-spot demonstration techniques which are included in two phases: initial training and further training. One week in…

Major issues regarding the feasibility of training on-site educators to become evaluators of multicultural programs in classrooms are discussed. The issues evolved from a 10-month training/research project in California. Four sections comprise the report. Section I provides an introduction to the project. Section II discusses the two phases of the…

Materials are presented which were used for a consulting/linkage skills training program. The program is divided into three phases. In phase one, various training techniques such as presentations, case studies, role-playing, and simulations are used to lead the participants through a series of knowledge-increasing and skill-enhancing activities.…

REPORTED ARE THE PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE SUPERVISORS. THE PROJECT, PLANNED TO CULMINATE IN A TEN-DAY WORKSHOP-SEMINAR FOR SCIENCE SUPERVISORS, WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE DEVELOPMENTAL PHASES--(1) IDENTIFICATION OF THE NEEDS OF SCIENCE SUPERVISORS AND DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE WORKING…

THE COMPENDIUM CONTAINS REPORTS ON TELEVISED EDUCATION IN ALL THE STATES OF THE UNION PLUS AMERICAN SAMOA, THE CANAL ZONE, GUAM, THE MARIANA ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. INFORMATION IS TABULATED IN THE FIRST SECTION, "HIGHER EDUCATION," BY STATE, UNDER THE HEADINGS--NAME OF INSTITUTION AND TV STATION, COURSE TITLE AND…

Some of the more visible efforts, activities, and results which have taken place among the small schools of Nevada during the initial phase (1962-65) of the Western States Small Schools Project are described. These activities, dealing with the problems and concerns of small schools, include workshops, supervised correspondence and programed…