Describes six guiding principles to help training developers use content experts more efficiently and effectively to ensure training materials contain accurate, complete, and relevant information. Topics discussed include assessing content experts and the use of productivity tools, including checklists, test validation forms, and point sheets.…

Staff development planning must consider the local environment and unique staff culture, along with intended goals. Effective staff development vision components include people philosophy, renewal by improving, differentiated supervision, a community of learners, connections and networks, self-directed involvement, a single mission, teamwork,…

During 1990-91, vandals will cost the public schools $250 million. To battle vandalism, school executives are relying on numerous security techniques that police use to foil burglaries, including locks, alarms, electronic security systems, and antivandalism programs. Tips are provided for enlisting others' aid and checking a school's security…

Presents a checklist of effective teaching practices to provide feedback on direct, explicit, active, and whole-class instruction. The set of statements is neither a prescription nor a micromanagement system but a springboard for personal reflection and collegial discussion. The instrument is divided into five sections: introducing the lesson,…

Provides a step-by-step guide for peer appraisal that has been used successfully in higher education. Although designed principally for self-development purposes, this process could also be used for institutional purposes such as promotion and grant applications if each stage is documented and justified. (LRW)

Presents a pre-installation checklist to enable Head Start programs to meet guidelines for safe playgrounds established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Includes questions relating to age-appropriateness of equipment, manufacturer's compliance with current safety guidelines, selection of metal or wood play structures, no-encroachment…

Discusses the importance of training end users in how to use CD-ROMs and offers a check list for CD-ROM trainers. Topics include what CD-ROMs have to offer users; electronic research; adult-education challenges, including visual and auditory challenges; training practices; and using CD-ROMs for training. (LRW)

Discusses the need for reliable World Wide Web review services and examines the evaluation policies of 12 Web evaluation services in four categories (librarian-inspired, subject-specific, print guides, and general consumer-oriented services). Includes a description of each evaluation service, the audience it supports, the evaluation criteria used,…

Describes consequences of an inadvertent misalignment in grading practice by analyzing an instructor's essay evaluation checklist. Finds that, in trying to promote evaluative consistency, the checklist privileges product over process, academic discourse over students' own voices, and an analytic predisposition to student writing over an…

Discusses the importance of including the community in school planning and the use of public hearings to gain community support and advice. Checklists are provided for the logistics of handling public hearing and advisory committees. (GR)

Provides a checklist for screening potential Head Start employees. Components include checks for criminal record, credit history, motor vehicle records, social security number tracing, previous address research, education verification, work and personal reference interview, and professional license verification. (KB)

Discusses benefits of peer evaluation as applied to library instruction and outlines the planning, implementation, and outcomes of a formal process for peer evaluation of instruction at Oregon State University Libraries that was used to improve library instruction and to satisfy promotion and tenure requirements. The checklist used for class…

Addresses how to integrate various types of light within the context of library design. Discusses light basics; the light spectrum; light measurement; reflectance; glare and brightness ratio; daylighting; electric lighting; and computer screens and lighting. Includes a checklist for plan review. (Author/LRW)

Provides a checklist of the opportunities, benefits, and barriers to the introduction of independent work-based learning courses in higher education, developed from workshops held at Coventry University (United Kingdom). Considers points of view of learners, the university, and the employers. (Author/LRW)

Objective: Parents' concerns typically determine the focus of a primary care visit. This study examined which information is lost if child reports are excluded from screening for anxiety. It also explores the use in primary care of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC-17).…