The contents of this volume are directed to designers and managers of staff development programs. It is designed to provide a systemic consideration of all factors involved, including the long-range goals of staff development, the behaviors of the people involved, the interface of existing organizational structures, and the mechanisms for program…

A search of the literature was made on the effectiveness of recruitment and selection procedures for identifying and retaining administrators and school staff who are effective in managing student conflict and alienation. A classification scheme devised to fit approaches to school discipline within a theoretical framework includes (1) the…

Provided is data resulting from a project to develop profiles of state special education programs. An introductory section reviews the project's background, purposes and objectives, value or significance, and procedures. The bulk of the document consists of profiles for each state and U.S. territory which include information pertaining to the…

This implementation handbook is second in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. This handbook is divided into the following eight units: (1) clarification of program objectives; (2) management planning; (3) budgeting; (4) staff development; (5)…

A study designed to examine several student and instructor characteristics to see what relationship each had with student ratings of their instructors concentrated on such variables as (1) student sex, age, major, level of education, grade point average, or course grades previously received from the instructor in relation to student ratings of…

Ways in which correctional institutions could make the most effective use of the available manpower supply were studied in response to the awareness of widespread unemployment during a period of economic prosperity, a shortage of service workers, and, particularly, an acute shortage of professional personnel in corrections work. The study's…

One of a set of seven instructional materials designed for competency-based vocational education administrator education, this module is intended to assist the learner in developing or reacquiring the necessary skills to administer a quality staff development program. Emphasis is placed on four skills related to meeting teachers' inservice needs:…

Training state vocational education staff to generate and utilize labor market data was the purpose of this project. The objectives were to develop the capability to generate and integrate into a management information system labor market supply and demand data compatible with vocational education taxonomies; to train selected staff to perform the…

This book is a guide to organizing and managing an infant day care center. Part I includes two chapters: About Infant Day Care; and Arranging Space for Babies. Part II discusses being a caregiver and includes chapters on play; feeding; diapering; sleep; receiving/departing; and handling emergencies and illnesses. Part III focuses on the role of…

The Mt. Diablo Unified School District is in the second year of a pilot program in individual school management in eleven elementary schools, three intermediate schools, and one high school to bring a measurable improvement of learning with existent resources. This is an individual school management system that places educational decision-making…

This report is a compilation of information on the educational, parent involvement, health services, social services, and staff development components of Prekindergarten Head Start, a School District of Philadelphia child development preschool program for children of low income families. Instructional models used in the program were Bank Street,…

The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of an inservice staff development program in promoting change in patterns of teacher-child interaction. The program used (1) the combined techniques of systematic analysis of teaching behavior with the Behavior Ratings and Analysis of Communication in Education (BRACE) observation system, (2)…

The report contains a description of a Spanish language training project for cadets and officers in the Albuquerque Police Department and recommendations for similar projects. The purpose of the project was to improve communication between policemen and non-English speaking residents. Cadets were required to take an introductory class while…

Initiated in 1971, this early education program for children of migrant farm workers uses the adult members of the child's extended family as paraprofessional teachers who have full responsibility for teaching the child. Professional teachers, employed to "back up" the parent teacher, help with training, curriculum planning, securing…

The first phase of the Minneapolis Public Schools' Desegregation/integration Plan involved a human relations oriented staff development program which focused on improving communication skills. The goal of the Human Relations Program for 1972-73 was to change the climate in the schools in preparation for desegregation and integration. The object of…