Stating that there is a difference in acceptable behavior for female and male trainers, the author offers guidelines for constructive classroom leadership styles for women. She describes the most frequent problem areas (establishing authority, the feminist issue, use of humor, and profanity) and how to deal with them. (MF)

A description of Fresno Unified School District's three-year preservice training program for potential administrators. (SJL)

Describes the programs and courses of the sales training department at British Airways from induction to management level. The staff uses one of the largest commercial computer facilities in the world to provide seat reservations, fare quotations and tickets, hotel reservations, and tours. (MF)

The rural community of Libby, Montana and the Lincoln County Public Library established affordable Internet access that included upgrading telecommunications and installing an Internet node. Users are enthusiastic and the Internet has been used for home page creation, as a library collection supplement, and for global communication. Describes…

In Bill Gathergood's British literature class, seniors tell Beowulf-like tales and share stories with Russian students. Gathergood, as head of the Technology in Education Professional Development School at Ohio University's College of Education, is a link in a reform movement called the Holmes Partnership Group. School districts receive…

Describes the development of a multicultural awareness program for Montreal bus drivers that was designed to improve their attitudes toward and services to multicultural customers. Highlights include participant contributions; criteria for selecting instructors; the importance of a trustworthy instructor-facilitator; management participation;…

The design and implementation of successful international teaching assistant (ITA) training curricula require careful simultaneous attention to intertwining theoretical and practical questions encompassing abilities of successful ITAs, correlates of successful teaching, acquisition of discourse skills, and program marketing and operational issues.…

Discussion of research that evaluates the effectiveness of interactive video used for training in the United States and in the United Kingdom highlights a program developed for the Ford Motor Company. Topics discussed include content-treatment interaction; learning strategies; intermode differences; research criteria; pretest and posttest results;…

A 10-year old with severe intellectual disability, no spoken language, and poor language comprehension learned to use 9 object symbols when these were taught directly in a functional choice-making context. Difficulties with research methodology for this type of intervention are addressed. (Author/DB)

A statewide staff mentoring program was developed in Illinois as an option for providing a personalized, intensive approach to training early intervention personnel on a large scale. Evaluation results for the initial period of developing the process and for the first eight trainer-trainee dyads suggest this approach is individualized,…

Describes several corporations' in-house produced interactive multimedia training methods that use video and CD-ROMs to simulate work activities. Reviews each training method's design, computer equipment, costs, benefits, and lessons learned. Lists 10 checkpoints for charting a successful interactive course and a sidebar presents a cost benefit…

Small rural schools incur greater expense and hardship to take advantage of staff development activities, usually held in cities or universities. The Iowa Intervention Initiative (III) overcame practical and logistic problems to hold teacher workshops for 79 small rural Iowa schools. Discusses III goals, recruitment of participants, selection and…

Discussion of incorporating audio into videodiscs for multimedia educational applications highlights a project developed for the Navy that used digital audio in an interactive video delivery system (IVDS) for training sonar operators. Storage constraints with videodiscs are explained, design requirements for the IVDS are described, and production…

Outlines the development of a strategy that applies quality management techniques to a training development program based on experiences at Lloyds Bank (United Kingdom). Topics discussed include computer-based training and software development; environmental influences affecting standards development; quality control; assessment against the…

Describes a project conducted in Houston-area public schools and schools of education to integrate technology into preservice teacher education. The project includes equipping participating schools with computer technology, telecommunications, network-based resources, staff, and training. Training preservice teachers in public school classrooms…