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Ortquist-Ahrens, Leslie – To Improve the Academy, 2016
Scholarship about the growth of educational development has charted major shifts in developers' focuses and roles through time and, especially in recent years, has explored the professionalization of the field around the globe. This essay uses a lifecycle analogy to consider the development of one organization, the POD Network (The Professional…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Organizational Development, Higher Education, Networks
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2018
The most important components of an academic institution are the educational programs it offers. California Education Code and accreditation standards emphasize the essential nature of a college's educational programs to that college's existence, and often a college's programs reflect the individual personality of the college and the uniqueness of…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Program Development, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development
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Holmes, Kerry – Childhood Education, 2007
One serious purpose of the Program Development Committee is to share ideas about education with Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) Branches around the world. Benefits of sharing ideas include: (1) Making connections with others who share interests, and thereby enrich and strengthen your ideas for helping children; and (2)…
Descriptors: Program Development, Interests, Committees, Organizations (Groups)
New Hampshire Association for the Education of Young Children, Concord. – 1987
Organized as both a reference document and a how-to-do-it manual, this handbook was prepared to answer frequently asked questions about the value of kindergarten and to assist those interested in securing support to address local needs and to implement kindergarten programs in New Hampshire. Chapter 1 provides a discussion of the rationale for…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Committees, Educational Development, Educational Legislation
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Peterson, Jack – 1990
This guide is designed to help administrators, search committee members, pastors, and school board members select a school development director. Chapter 1 describes why the hiring process is important. Chapter 2 answers questions such as who is responsible for development. Two styles of development management are described. Prerequisites for…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Development
Messick, Samuel – 1971
The preliminary plan for the proposed National Institute of Education (NIE) is outlined. The author discusses a conflict of interests and pressure between Congress and the educational community which seriously hampered confidence in the Office of Education's R&D program, and suggests that the NIE, to avoid this problem, must establish…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Advisory Committees, Educational Development