A systematic method for evaluating the presentation skills of volunteer trainers would enable the discovery of hidden problems. It would also increase individual trainer skills and satisfaction and improve the overall effectiveness of the training program. A first step is to determine the general presentation skills a successful volunteer trainer…

This practicum was designed to integrate a module on classroom management into a university student-teaching program. The primary goal was to assist student teachers in increasing the teaching and learning time in their elementary school classrooms through prevention of inappropriate behavior. Through the use of specific skills, the student…

Materials are provided from a 3-week workshop with 18 participants that was designed to prepare competent Pakistani trainers of trainers. The final report describes the Advanced Trainers Development Workshop (ATDW) design, development of participant and instructor manuals, participant selection and self-assessments, and participant presentations.…

A new teacher certification law, enacted by the Maine Legislature in 1984, included a chapter which delineated standards and procedures for creating and operating support systems for candidates seeking a higher level certificate, a transitional endorsement, and/or renewal of the master's level certificate. This chapter requires that all teachers…

This project was designed to identify effective parent/professional collaborative training strategies related to transition. Following a review of the literature on collaborative efforts, methodology is presented for a survey of 36 programs. The survey addressed four key areas: elements related to the type and level of training, demographic…

This report summarizes the efforts made to provide linker training to educational personnel at the local and regional levels in West Virginia. The workshop evaluation follows a review of: (1) the rationale for the National Institute of Education's funding of regionally located Research and Development Exchanges; (2) the workshop planning procedure…

This final report discusses activities and outcomes of "Caring for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: A Continuing Education Program for Nurses (CFIT Nurses)," a Virginia program designed to develop and implement a model of training to ensure that nurse practitioners and registered nurses have the information and skills needed to be…

This study compared the effectiveness and efficiency of trainees in the Onan small products gasoline course under two training curricula: (1) the control group curriculum was the in-place course on the Emerald generator set; and (2) the experimental group curriculum was essentially the same with the addition of one lesson based on methods used by…

A training instrument, designed for cooperating teachers and university supervisors, allows them to examine their willingness to give and receive feedback from their student teachers and each other. The "Student Teaching Triad Communication Survey" contains ten questions dealing with willingness to receive feedback and ten questions dealing with…

This resource manual is intended to assist North Dakota school districts in making decisions about the appropriate use of paraeducators in providing services to all students in the public schools, including those with disabilities. It is designed to delineate the state requirements for training to ensure that adequate support is provided to the…

Discusses problems and opportunities encountered in implementing staff exchange programs among reference departments of a multibranch academic library, based on experiences at the University of New Mexico. Highlights include communication; collaboration; uniformity of service; implementation criteria; goals; training; workloads and scheduling; and…

This paper reports on an element of a long term research project on the development of a conceptual framework for the training of mentors of beginning teachers. Three aspects are being investigated: (1) mentors' perceptions about mentoring; (2) the relation between mentors' perceptions and their actions in practice; and (3) the effect of mentoring…

This manual includes all necessary information for implementing the CHAMPS program, which trains older elementary school students or middle/high school students to operate puppets to deliver an anti-tobacco message to fourth through sixth graders. A basic premise is that the health message will have maximum impact if it comes from a student's…

This report is the result of an initial review of training needs which was carried out within training institutions, libraries, and archives to collect representative information on those needs in terms of current practices in library and archive education programs, as well as in institutions employing librarians, archivists, and conservators. Two…

A comprehensive guide on learning to become a resident hall assistant (RA) is presented; it is directed purposefully toward the trainee, and is to be used in conjunction with a training session. Chapters include: (1) "Roles and Responsibilities of a Resident Assistant"--what the scope of the RA job involves, how to use this manual, and what RAs…