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Patterson, Robert D.; Gurian, Bennett S. – Gerontologist, 1976
A survey was conducted by a mental health center to evaluate the effects of a nursing home education project which attempted 1) to teach mental health professionals and nursing home staff how to set up in-service education programs in nursing homes, and 2) to teach nursing home staff mental health principles. (Author/EJT)
Descriptors: Human Services, Humanistic Education, Inservice Education, Nurses
Peterson, Bob – Canadian Training Methods, 1975
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Personnel Needs
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1986
The Teacher Center Program (Washington, D.C.) provides an environment where teachers may come to work on materials or projects for their classrooms, take courses for recertification credit, college credit, or enrichment, and take graduate level courses. Chapter one of this evaluation report on the Teacher Center Program describes the background of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Gleave, Doug – 1983
With the aim of providing a framework for developing successful staff development programs, 12 propositions, or statements of intent and commitment, are set forth in this paper. The first set of propositions states the guiding principles underlying the concept of staff development. The second set offers propositions for planninng staff development…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, Program Development
Minnesota Curriculum Services Center, White Bear Lake. – 1986
The guidelines are intended to help districts design, implement, and evaluate educational programs for gifted and talented students in Minnesota. Educational components of a gifted education program plan are listed, followed by analysis of the following topics: development of a gifted education program plan (a two-stage process involving initial…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Research and Evaluation Branch. – 1980
This is a manual designed to accompany staff development sessions in which research and evaluation personnel will discuss key areas with administrators, evaluators in schools, and area office personnel. Forms and methods for assessment and reporting of pupils' progress in a local school's instructional program are illustrated. The state…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
Figgures, Cleo – 1980
This report discusses the views of early childhood supervisory and instructional staff regarding staff development activities across seven early childhood education programs in Philadelphia. A comprehensive staff development questionnaire was completed by supervisory personnel, teachers, assistant teachers, and aides in the spring of 1979. Total…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Research, Planning and Evaluation. – 1980
The general objective of the Competency - Based Curriculum (CBC) is to facilitate success in and enjoyment of learning by all students in the District of Columbia public schools. Individual rates of growth and differences in learning styles are provided for by this approach, which assures that skills requisite to successful adult functioning are…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation
Froberg, Signe E. – 1971
This document suggests several things: a process for developing an inservice education program; suggested definition, philosophy, and objectives of inservice education; guidelines to assist in developing and maintaining an effective inservice education program; and a four-step job instructor training method which involves consecutively preparing…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Guidelines, Inservice Education
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Benjamin, Paula W. – Educational Leadership, 1978
Describes an inservice program used by the Los Angeles School District for training school administrators, program coordinators, and instructional staff members in developing plans for implementing and evaluating instructional programs. (JG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Education, Program Descriptions
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Fenstermacher, Gary D.; Berliner, David C. – Elementary School Journal, 1985
Describes a staff development framework having four main components: a definition, a mapping sentence, a description of participant roles, and an evaluation perspective. Conditions are discussed for judging the worth of staff development activities, and examples of such activities are analyzed to show how the evaluation perspective is used in…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Heuristics
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Anderson, Lorin W. – Educational Leadership, 1987
Critiques the Napa/Vacaville project for being exceptionally well designed yet being ineffective. The key to effective staff development is to find ways of increasing teachers' ability to accept innovations and incorporate them into their teaching repertoires. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Studies, Program Evaluation
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Lanier, Judith E. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1984
A critical review of the Preservice Teacher Education Improvement Project observes both the project as a whole and the efforts of the various institutions involved. An alternative view for improving teacher education programs is suggested. (DF)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Evaluation
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Merenbloom, Elliot Y. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Staff development is the key to middle school effectiveness, and this article lists characteristics of an effective staff development program, examples of activities and topics, and questions for program evaluation. (DCS)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Program Content, Program Effectiveness
Gorth, William Phillip; Nassif, Paula M. – Educational Technology, 1984
Discusses design and evaluation issues relating to computer managed instruction (CMI). Major functions described include establishing identification database, processing performance data, report formulation, and utility functions. Evaluation issues discussed include customized versus generic CMI, user-friendliness, documentation, data entry…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Documentation, Evaluation Criteria, Microcomputers
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