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Spigelmyer, Frances Erickson – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative study via an action research design explored adjunct faculty pedagogical perceptions at Butler County Community College (BC3) in Butler, Pennsylvania. Based on a preliminary study by the researcher, adjunct survey data was analyzed to determine if there was a need for pedagogy training and, if so, what adjuncts believed that…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Community Colleges, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Needs
Cooper, Richard – 1998
A project was conducted to continue to provide adult educators in Pennsylvania with information about adults with learning differences and techniques for their instruction. Five new training sessions were developed as part of the project: (1) accommodating adults with learning disabilities; (2) if they think differently, shouldn't they study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Learning Disabilities, Program Development
Lyons, Charles W.; And Others – 1985
A project was implemented to help program staff from the aging and child care networks to plan and implement intergenerational programs. Specific objectives were to: (1) train approximately 15 staff members from the aging network and 15 staff members from the child care network in each of five different geographic regions of Pennsylvania to plan…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Older Adults
Washington-Greene County Community Action Corp., Waynesburg, PA. – 1993
An existing 353 project that used professional staff as distance education contact persons for students in General Educational Development (GED) programs in rural areas was modified so that volunteer instructional aides (IAs) could serve as contact persons for GED students choosing the program's home study option. A home study packet to be used in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Distance Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Leahy, Meredyth A. – 1986
The purpose of this report was to develop a plan for adult education staff development directed towards enhancing and expanding the delivery of training to Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED), and English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) staff in Pennsylvania. It is intended to provide guidance and direction to adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Change Strategies, English (Second Language), High School Equivalency Programs
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens, Harrisburg. – 1974
Presented is the PARC (Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens) Plan which resulted from a 3-month survey of Pennsylvania's institutional system and which was designed to improve living conditions and programs of state schools and hospitals serving the mentally retarded. Detailed are specific recommendations for the achievement of annual…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Clothing, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Education
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Lancaster, PA. – 1996
Project Accessible eXpress Intercommunication for Staff development (AXIS) was undertaken to coordinate, unify, and systematize communications related to the staff development programs administered by Pennsylvania's Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) by developing a unified system of print materials, online connectivity, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
Moore, Susan C.; Hole, F. Marvin – 1978
A review of the literature on continuing education was done to identify the literature related to practical nursing instructors, analyze the literature to see how it affects the practical nursing instructor, and make recommendations for a long-term plan of staff development for practical nursing instructors in Pennsylvania. The literature revealed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Faculty Development, Health Occupations
Cica, John T.; Bellew, Carol A. – 1982
An annual administrative survey was conducted to obtain a statistical and descriptive profile of Pennsylvania Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs, staff, and students for fiscal year 1981-82. Questionnaires concerning program operation and staff were sent to and returned by administrators from all 25 ABE programs in the state. Data from the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Annual Reports
Murphy, William – 1992
A study of data on 6,846 adult literacy education students in Pennsylvania gathered information on student characteristics, instructional settings, teaching methods, and program and policy needs. Results indicate that about 34% of the students were Hispanic, 31% were Indochinese, and 21% were from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Neubauer, Antonia – 1984
This study examines local, ongoing inservice practices and programs for school board members in Pennsylvania in order to devise a program that local districts can adapt or adopt in response to their own needs. Following a brief introduction, a summary describes how data for the study were gathered by means of a series of interviews and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Graham, Janet Roth – 1980
The Adult Basic Education Linkage Project (originally titled Project Reach) was designed to expand and promote linkage of adult basic education (ABE), English as a second language (ESL), and general equivalency degree (GED) programs in Western Pennsylvania with community groups and businesses and to conduct an extensive, ongoing outreach campaign…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Involvement
Wircenski, Jerry; Just, David – 1983
A project was undertaken to develop an inservice staff development program for vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students in local school districts in Pennsylvania. The focus of the inservice activity was on the improvement of instructional approaches such as individualized instruction, teaching and reteaching, small group…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Educational Strategies
Kline, Judy – 1999
Many volunteer literacy tutors in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, have not completed their 1-year tutoring commitment. Consequently, an action research project was undertaken to determine the causes of the high tutor turnover and to identify ways of improving the tutor retention rate. All tutors involved in the program from 1998 onward were asked…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. Graduate School of Education. – 1996
The Pennsylvania Adult Literacy Practitioner Inquiry Network (PALPIN) project was conducted to establish statewide and regional inquiry groups to help adult literacy practitioners improve their performance by raising and investigating issues meaningful to their day-to-day practice. The conceptual framework underlying Philadelphia's Adult Literacy…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
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