This planning guide, written for those developing new education programs and those attempting to improve existing educational services, uses a family planning education program to illustrate the planning process in a practical, step-by-step approach. Each of the five chapters - How to Plan and Evaluate Your Program, Client Education, Community…

Evaluates model infant intervention programs, including those that focus on infant tutoring, infant group care, and parent involvement. Presents an overview of theoretical and research bases of infant programs, offers recommendations for evaluation of projects, and discusses the motivations and emotional needs of staff members. (KH)

Describes a method for evaluating academic advisement which includes the staff in the evaluation process. The college Advisement Center Self-Study Guide creates an opportunity for program changes and improvements to be developed internally, with its major strength as preventative research. Advisement accreditation standards are outlined. (JAC)

Describes a unique experience in training the staff in the Borders Health District in Scotland in techniques designed to improve the quality of life of elderly people. The curriculum, philosophic approach, methodology, and techniques are described. (Author)

The U.S. Office of Education is involved in 21 programs involving educational personnel development. Funding levels for 19 of these programs are listed along with an outline of the recipients of this funding, the personnel served by federal programs, and federal mandates for in-service. (JMF)

Presents a workshop model to heighten awareness of child abuse among staff members. The minimum amount of time required is three hours. Small group workshops consist of a brief presentation by workshop leaders followed by question and answer periods. These presentations should not exceed 15 people. Follow-up is recommended. (Author/BEF)

In an attempt to increase interdistrict interaction, support the efforts of voluntary metropolitan-wide desegregation, and address similar interests in St. Louis (Missouri) City and County schools, a series of multicultural education seminars was conducted in 1982-83. The seminars (co-sponsored by the Midwest Race Desegregation Assistance Center…

This report presents the results of a survey of Seattle, Washington teachers and administrators on desegregation planning and implementation. In the first section an assessment of district sponsored human relations courses and other staff development activities by participating teachers and administrators is provided. The second and third sections…

Outlines the design and implementation of an elementary school curriculum development project in Lesotho, Africa, which stressed the central role of the teacher. Curriculum design took into account extreme educational conditions including inadequately trained teachers, high student-teacher ratios and attrition rates, and insufficient supplies. (AM)

Presents a model for generating knowledge that will allow the student personnel workers to understand and to intervene in environments they consider important. Examples of created knowledge are presented. (Author)

While the nation's six largest for-profit child care organizations followed the same path of rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s, slower growth in the 1990s has led the chains in different directions. Two organizations plagued by heavy financial losses have greatly reduced their expansion, while others have focused on moderate growth or…

The National Writing Project and the National Geographic Society's Geography Education Program are two highly acclaimed staff development networks that are models for other organizations. Both programs feature intensive summer workshops and numerous followups during the subsequent school year. This paper describes the networks and presents six…

This volume describes the evolution and implementation of the Junior High School Network Project (JHSN), one of nine programs selected by the Documentation and Technical Assistance (DTA) Project as demonstration sites for enhancing the problem solving capacities of urban schools. As described, the original proposal for the JHSN was directed toward…

The Innovation Configurations approach is a way of measuring what aspects of a staff development training program are actually being put into practice. Unlike other methods of measuring implementation (and particularly those used in the evaluation of bilingual program implementation), it does not focus on outcomes but instead answers the…

This manual provides a set of guidelines for organizing and conducting workshops or other in-service training programs to develop the planning skills of corrections personnel. The guidelines are intended to be flexible rather than fixed, to permit agencies as much latitude as possible in adapting the needs. The materials presented address the…