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Christine Rogerson; Elsje Scott – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of Action Design Research (ADR), a combination of Action Research and Design Science Research, as a methodology to examine how the implementation of e-learning will affect the learning outcomes for staff training in an organisational context. The research involves an intervention in the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Design, Web Based Instruction, Training
Hoffman, James V.; O'Neal, Sharon F. – 1985
A study explored the socialization process of beginning teachers participating in formal teacher induction programs. The focus was on perceived sources of influence on classroom practices. The findings suggest that a wide array of features compete for the attention of the first year teachers as they make instructional decisions. Over the course of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Socialization, Staff Development
Marsiske, Michael; And Others – 1989
This study examined the effectiveness of a new skills training program designed to increase nurse aides' knowledge of behavior management. The training program, designed as five 90-minute group learning modules, was implemented in two Western Pennsylvania nursing homes over a 5-month period. Topics covered within the training program included…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Nurses Aides, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
Egan, Carol B. – 1988
A description is given of a staff development program designed to bridge the gap between regular teachers and teachers of gifted children. The program is based on the following concepts: (1) teachers must be provided with practical ideas that can be put into place immediately in the classroom; (2) teachers must feel ownership of their own…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Schambier, Robert F. – 1985
A survey of 800 public school educators in New Hampshire revealed inconsistencies between staff development goals and practices. While teachers and administrators agreed on program goals, they disagreed on how effectively staff development projects meet individual needs. Differences between inservice activities and staff development activities…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Mehrotra, Chandra M. – 2003
This study evaluated a program that was designed to empower staff members form nonprofit organizations to design evaluations that help further their organizational mission, addressing the needs of their clients more effectively and efficiently. In 2001-200, the program was offered in five bimonthly, 2-day sessions. Twenty participants from 10…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Professional Personnel
Nafukho, Fredrick M.; Graham, Carroll M.; Brooks, Kit – Online Submission, 2008
This study was designed to determine the degree of use, level of client satisfaction of professional development and educational services, and to identify suggestions for improving services. Results from a mixed methodology approach indicated moderate to high levels of satisfaction in two program areas and moderate to high levels of…
Descriptors: Participant Satisfaction, Professional Development, Human Resources, Technical Support
Jennings, Gerald L.; Meis, Ruby L. – 1987
The Staff Development for School Improvement (SDSI) Program uses an innovative and clearly-defined six-step process which focuses on teachers' ability to solve critical professional problems in their buildings. Through this process, teachers are given the responsibility for planning, implementing, and evaluating their own staff development. The…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Packard, Richard D. – 1987
The Arizona Career Ladder Teacher Incentive Program, a pilot teacher incentive program, features: (1) successful collaboration among government, business, universities, school districts, and the teaching profession; (2) "stakeholder" initiated and monitored teacher development and performance evaluation systems with totally restructured…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Cooperation, Incentives, Program Effectiveness
Horm-Wingerd, Diane M.; And Others – 1996
The Head Start Teaching Center is a federally funded national demonstration project designed to test the efficacy of participatory training for staff in all components of Head Start services. The New England Teaching Center is designed to provide intensive training during a 3- to 5-day period of residence. Each Teaching Center conducts a regular…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Inservice Education, Preschool Education
Deegan, William L. – 1984
Alternatives for revitalizing the programs and management of student services in community colleges are reviewed in this paper. First, alternatives related to student services programs are considered, including: (1) the increased use of computer-assisted counseling to integrate student services more fully with mainstream academic activities; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Administration, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Meadows, Emily C. – 1988
This paper describes a successful, low-budget 2-day training session designed to prepare trainers for the presentation of a quality inservice program. A presentation on "training of trainers" was videotaped for use on the first of the two training days. The second training day was devoted to working with principals and administrative…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
Cochrane, Lorna J.; Saroyan, Alenoush – 1996
This study investigated the effectiveness of an educational intervention designed to assist university staff in dealing with aggressive incidents. Participants in the study included 18 Admissions Office staff of a large Canadian research oriented university who had noted an increase in the number of aggressive incidents by rejected applicants. An…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Admission, Colleges, Foreign Countries
Clarke, Carolyn; Richardson, Joe A. – 1986
This study analyzed the potential of peer clinical supervision as an effective approach to the supervision of teachers and examined the many variables that affect the model's effectiveness. Eleven volunteer elementary school teachers participated in three training sessions designed to explore the conceptual nature of clinical supervision and to…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Peer Evaluation
2000
This packet contains three papers from a symposium on assessing the learning organization. The first paper, "Relationship between Learning Organization Strategies and Performance Driver Outcomes" (Elwood F. Holton III, Sandra M. Kaiser), reports on a study of a new learning organization assessment instrument that was administered to 440…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Educational Needs, Human Resources