This book dares educators to rethink their beliefs about how they design writing workshops, use writer's notebooks, choose appropriate genres, teach spelling, help students connect their reading to their writing, and even edit and publish students' writing. Filled with stories and work samples of real children in a diverse urban setting, the book…

This paper presents and examines the latest research on technology-mediated professional development (TMPD) programs for PK-12 teachers and school leaders. TMPD is defined as professional development that incorporates technology (e.g., computers, Web-based resources, or digital video) as a primary design, delivery, or support component. There are…

The New York Theological Seminary combines workshops and courses to develop practical experience in the ministry. The seminary offers a one-year internship program for urban ministry, a Urban Year Master's Program, and a training workshop for store front preachers in community leadership. (PG)

The pilot project in career education developed at the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham for grades K-6 is described. It is centered around the concept of the USOE's School-Based Model. (MS)

No correlation was found in a rehabilitation workshop between a client's adjustment had his perception of a positive relationship with his staff supervisor. Correlations were found between social self esteem and work adjustment and between good work adjustment in the workshop and successful placement in competitive employment. (Author/EAK)

Defines teachers centers as physical facilities within a school where teachers can meet on a voluntary basis to share ideas related to their professional and their personal lives. Provides a how-to-do-it guide for teachers interested in organizing the community of learning and sharing that teachers centers make possible. (Author)

Critically reviewed are studies on employment of mentally retarded persons as paraprofessionals. (Author/MC)

The interview workshop is presented as a possible mechanism by which admission committees might select students who would be likely to become future family practitioners. (Author/PG)

In one of several 2-week workshops, 35 blind and visually handicapped persons increased their braille reading speed from an average of 138 words per minute (wpm) to 710 wpm. (Author)

The results of an experiment in increasing teacher-counselor cooperation through participation in a workshop for skill building in action counseling and empathy training are reported in this article. (JC)

A description of a training workshop on self-instructional materials for medical education held at the University of North Carolina. (HB)

Seven steps in the development, implementation, and refinement of an individualized unit of instruction. (Author/MU)

The study was designed to assess the impact of a structured communications skills workshop of self-referred clients who expressed problems in feeling uncomfortable, awkward, or isolated in their relationships with others. (Author)