The five modules presented in this document correspond to the five major phases of a productivity management system. A system overview provides an outline of module contents. The modules cover these phases: awareness, planning and analysis, assessment and preparation, training and implementation, and evaluation and maintenance. Each module is…

The concept of staff development and continuous improvement for teachers and administrators is discussed in the context of a state-developed plan that allows teacher certification renewal only after participation in an approved local staff development program. The plan stipulates that local educational agencies identify student needs and…

A project at Bucknell University is described that was designed to: evaluate faculty teaching, conduct faculty seminars and workshops, disseminate sources of information to faculty, provide funds for the support of instructional improvement projects, develop a means of relating the quality of teaching and scholarship to a system of financial and…

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AREA OF THE PROGRAM WAS READING. THE BOOK LEVELS INCREASED FOR THE CHILDREN. THE LONGER A CHILD WAS INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT, THE GREATER WAS HIS RATE OF PROGRESS. IN EVALUATING THE ROLE OF THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT A MEDIAN INCREASE OF SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THREE READING LEVELS WAS ACHIEVED. THROUGH THE…

CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT COMMUNITY INCLUDED A DIVERSITY OF ETHNIC GROUPS. NEGROES REPRESENTED THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUP, BUT INCREASING NUMBERS OF PUERTO RICAN FAMILIES WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF PHILADELPHIA. THE CHILDREN OF THIS AREA WERE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR FAILURE TO MEET PROJECTED GROWTH EXPECTANCIES IN CURRICULUM…

A training project for regional accreditation evaluation teams of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) was evaluated. The project was designed to train WASC team members to understand and use effectively newly-developed standards and to function effectively in team visits. Training procedures were as follows: a workshop for…

This book presents the development of adult education in East Germany in four phases (after World War II, the early 1950's, the late 1950's, and 1962 to the present) and describes training programs of adult educators. The Law on the Unified Socialist Educational System, passed in 1965, introduced a comprehensive reorganization and standardization…

This guide is designed to assist school personnel in the implementation of a self-improvement program for in-service teachers. The guide details the organization of the program around seven units: a) orientation, b) the study of teacher/student behavior, c) Flanders Interaction Analysis system, d) analysis of classroom verbal interaction, e)…

This report focuses on the goals of American education and suggested programs for NIE. The goals discussed are those that the American educational systems seems to be aimed at. They are classified into two main categories: output goals, essentially the ends which the system is geared to achieve, and process goals, attributes of the processes…

Six ways for a professional educator to keep up with his field are to subscribe to professional journals, read professional books, attend professional meetings, travel, go back to a university, and engage in experimentation and research. (Author/KR)

Because Australian universities are very dependent on the Government for research funds, OECD advised that analyses of inputs and outputs of research be conducted. Three areas are examined which may presumably result from research: additions to knowledge, improvements in university teaching, and improvements in the life of the community generally.…

A field test of the materials unit from the LAMP Project for low motivated secondary students is discussed. Facilities, students, teaching methodology, and the evaluation of the situation are described.

Focuses on issues regarding the training of administrators in evaluation processes and the use of teacher evaluations for growth potential as well as termination. (JC)

Discusses the addition of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration database to the National Science Foundation's NSFnet data communication network. Outlines the history of databases in the United States and enumerates proposed upgrades from a new Office of Science and Technology policy report. (TW)

After more than two decades of federal transition legislation, students with disabilities continue to have significantly poorer postschool outcomes as compared to their peers without disabilities. One reason for these outcomes is that educators are inadequately prepared to provide the services required under the Individuals with Disabilities…