The article outlines the process used in Oregon to initiate a Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) in special education. Factors contributing to the CSPD success include extensive involvement of a wide array of people in the process, clear responsibility outlines, and workable size of the cooperative personnel planning council. (CL)

Project Accommodate, a program designed to improve inservice to regular Nebraska secondary teachers serving handicapped students, is described. The state's needs for inservice training to implement the goal of providing services in the least restrictive environment are discussed as background to Project Accommodate's development. Goals of the…

The manual presents a process model for planning and implementing the Local Level Comprehensive System of Personnel Development as outlined in the Texas Education Agency Policies and Administrative Procedures for the Education of Handicapped Students. Part I provides a table of procedures and activities for the personnel training advisory group,…

The report describes Maryland's plan for a Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD), as mandated by P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Procedures are outlined by which local education agency personnel can request assistance in inservice training. A discussion of needs assessment procedures includes tables on…

Evaluated a critical-thinking skills-training program for inservice training of classroom teachers in Georgia using responses from 700 questionnaires. Modeling of the strategy being taught, knowledge and enthusiasm of the trainers, and material relevance contributed to the high quality of training. More follow-up to the training would be extremely…

This handbook is designed to assist staff development committees in planning and conducting effective staff development programs. Administrative rules governing the establishment of staff development programs are set forth and clarified. A model for staff development describes the following steps for developing a program: (1) establish a board…

In this presentation a faculty member at Salem College, shares problems and advantages in the teacher induction program in North Carolina. Revised standards and guidelines for the preparation of educational personnel were adopted by the state in 1983 to establish quality assurance for teachers and administrators in North Carolina. New policies…

The authors, members of the System Wide Itinerant Resource Teacher (SWIRT) team, describe and analyze inservice training for general education teachers in compliance with P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) under the Tennessee State Plan. The unique qualities of the Memphis City Schools' inservice training program are…

In Florida, a legislatively mandated funding program supports statewide staff development efforts, which are primarily school-based. (Author)

This paper describes the Oklahoma Statewide Training and Regional Support (STARS) program, a system of early intervention inservice training developed to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part H. Major challenges included identification of technical assistance needs, facilitation of training attendance, identification…

This report presents a comprehensive overview of the intents, activities, and results of the New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship (MT-I) Program. Part 1 provides an introduction and overview of the evaluation study; it includes information regarding the purpose of the study, the study design and analysis, and the issue of confidentiality. Part…

The Idaho State Department of Education has mandated a professional growth requirement for all certified educators and requires school districts to develop and implement a professional development plan. This handbook is designed to assist in the implementation of these requirements. The following topics are addressed: (1) professional development,…

The booklet is designed to provide professional and lay personnel with guidelines for designing and developing programs and services for gifted and talented students in Connecticut. Author contributed chapters address programing, identification, and evaluation. Entries include the following titles and authors "What Makes Giftedness?…

An Early Childhood Education Institute was developed by the University of South Carolina and the South Carolina State Department of Education to provide meaningful development opportunities for teachers of young children. Strategies of the planning process and instruction design are discussed. (DF)

The following papers are included in this monograph that provides a synthesis on beginning teacher induction: (1) "Teacher Induction" (Leslie Huling-Austin); (2) "Local Induction Programs" (Ralph Kester and Mary Marockie); (3) "Statewide Teacher Induction Programs" (Parmalee Hawk and Shirley Robards); (4) "The…