The liason model focuses on cooperative inservice planning and implementation among three agencies: local education agencies (LEAs), instructional resource centers, and institutions of higher education. Inservices are planned on three levels--(1) building-based, (2) LEA-based, and (3) broad-based. (CL)

This research review considers the literature on monitoring in education, suggests considerations for successful monitoring programs, and includes a selected bibliography of additional readings on mentorship. (CB)

The British government's proposals for planning and funding inservice teacher training are reviewed and their implications for local and national efforts are described. (CL)

The increasing number of states requiring periodic renewal of teacher certification has intensified the need for setting standards and systematic review. Because recertification is not accomplished within the context of a program, the criteria used are solely those of the state education agency. Quality assurance mechanisms are needed. (MT)

An inservice consultant describes procedures for assessing teacher needs through conferences, journals, self-rating scales, and observation. Consultation begins once the problem is identified and may include information sharing, team teaching, and child study groups. (CL)

The Minority Issues Inservice Program, a three-year cooperative inservice program regarding special education of minority handicapped children, was evaluated with 34 participants (building trainers, teacher trainees, contrast Ss). Results indicated that trainees increased their weekly mastery, made substantial and continuing applications, and had…

The article describes one instructor's delivery of a graduate level course on exceptional learners in regular classrooms as well as the positive effects enjoyed by participating school personnel, many of whom entered this inservice training with negative attitudes. (Author/CL)

A framework for evaluating short-term inservice teacher education workshops regarding handicapped children specifies targets (outcomes, processes), conditions (pre-postsession, within-session, and followup), and instruments (paper and pencil surveys, direct observation, interviews), and standards. Recommendations are offered for using the…

Analysis of questionnaires completed by 330 regular classroom elementary teachers revealed that number of special education courses taken and grade level taught were significantly correlated with interest in two-week workshops. The lower the grade level the more interest was shown in assessing individual needs and evaluating individual progress.…

Analysis of progress reports on school inservice regarding mainstreaming revealed most frequently selected priority objectives (including knowledge of classroom strategies, understanding of handicapping conditions, skills for adapting methods); a variety of types of inservice activities; and more frequent use of learning activities which directly…

Inservice approaches to curriculum development for teachers of gifted students should emphasize the approach. Teachers should understand thinking skills so that they can help pupils think efficiently and then express those thoughts. (CL)

Project SPECTRE, a program to assess the relative cost effectiveness of four types of special education inservice approaches, indicated that direct instruction produced more knowledge gain and greater cost effectiveness than independent study. Using university personnel in remote sites was the most effective direct intruction method. (Author/CL)

Describes the Los Alamitos approach to inservice teacher training. (IRT)

Cites need for cooperation between schools and universities. Describes program of the Center for Professional Development at the University of Kentucky.

The author reports on an evaluation of a Black Experience Seminar regarding its cognitive/intellectual and attitudinal impact on participants. (RWP)