Describes a program for formulating and implementing a staff development plan for technology based on experiences in the Lake Forest School District (Delaware). A comparison of pre- and posttest responses of teachers indicated improvement in skill levels and more positive attitudes toward the use of technology in education. The annual technology…

Six programs are described in which camps served children who lost parents in the September 11 attacks. Programs ranged from providing free camp or making the annual camp more supportive and safe, to special camps just for those children. All included outreach to families, special staff orientation, bereavement counseling, and balancing support…

Presents an annotated bibliography of resources on faculty and staff development at community colleges. Includes information on needs assessment, programs and initiatives at national and state levels, and offers national data for examining common issues. Discusses the future of faculty development programs. Contains 12 resources. (AUTH/NB)

Research shows that well-managed conflicts can enrich a group, if good (cognitive) conflict is encouraged and bad (affective) conflict is discouraged. A model developed to understand how disabled people are treated at work suggests that there is a need to change beliefs about, as well as behavior towards, disabled people. Implications for camp are…

The Ralls Independent School District (Texas) implemented a technology staff development program ("Training-on-Demand") designed to provide ample and effective training in technology. Describes the staff development model's three component approach: whole-group instruction, written procedures, and one-on-one or small-group sessions;…

Presents suggestions to introduce computer technology and make the change process easier for teachers: identify a purpose for computers in the school; involve teachers in the decision-making process; provide ongoing staff development; recognize the pitfalls of the change process; do not mandate the use of computers; and be involved with the change…

Describes a model for social work educators and social work school officials who are building academic-field linkages. Survey of social workers on the knowledge and skills they need to respond to new directions in these linkages identified a number of themes for staff development and research. (RJM)

Explores history of Head Start and, to create another way of conceiving of the organization, shifting definitions and conflicting interpretations of parental involvement and staff development. Also draws on interviews with women involved with Head Start and concludes that the certainty and stability characterizing public policy since Enlightenment…

Discusses the staff development strategies included in the technology plans of 27 school districts. Highlights include teachers' concerns about technology implementation; measures of teacher and student performance; and recommendations for strengthening technology staff development initiatives to increase the likelihood that they will result in…

Offers a few suggestions on how to implement a school or district content-area reading and writing program. (PKP)

Effective camps share seven habits that are essential elements of success: internal leadership development, explicit expectations for staff, ample camper preparation, personal relationships, supervisors-in-residence, two-way communication flow, and commitment to self-improvement. Three key outcomes for directors, staff, and campers resulting from…

Using dual conceptual lenses of open-systems and micropolitics, investigates how four middle-school teams engage with their colleagues to construct an identity, assume leadership roles, and situate themselves in their schools. Findings suggest that teams and educational leaders need to recognize the influence of existing organizational structures…

A survey of all 50 states and the District of Columbia found that more than half the states utilized a Higher Education Consortium to facilitate personnel development and capacity building in the early intervention disciplines. Information about the membership, mission, and meeting structure is provided as well as possible explanations for why…

This study evaluated the effect of a training course for staff working in British learning disability residential services on their attributions and practice. Decreased usage of the attributional category "communication deficit" was found 8 weeks later. Also, practice appeared significantly changed from baseline to follow-ups 4 and 5…

Describes a project to determine how teachers can best implement new ideas and strategies learned at staff development programs by using peer coaching as a follow-up to training. The project, based on an understanding of the usefulness of mathematics manipulatives, increased teachers' use of a new teaching strategy. (SM)