College development administrators are wise to make special efforts to keep their best contact staff, those who have significant contact with major gift prospects. However, those officers are likely to be recruited away. When they do leave, a structured transition is best for all parties. (MSE)

Presents guidelines and a self-assessment questionnaire that were developed by the New York Library Association for libraries serving users with hearing impairments. Areas covered by the documents include policy statements, materials, services, programing, cooperation with other agencies, facilities, and staff development. (LRW)

Initiated at Albemarle Public Schools (Virginia), an onsite inservice trains teachers how to intervene early in the school year. The Student Advocate Program in the Rincon Valley Union School District (California) releases teachers from classrooms to meet with students on a one-to-one basis. (MLF)

A workshop held at the University of California at San Diego's research library focused on improving the quality of goal-based self-reviews as a training approach for performance management. Participants benefited from the mixed groupings of librarians and paraprofessionals and from the detailed look at individual goals and objectives. (three…

This summary of a 1988 seminar meeting on service delivery to people with blindness or visual impairments focuses on rehabilitation, addressing access to information, consumers' impressions of services, purpose of evaluations, dealing with cultural differences, sites for delivering services, issues in rehabilitation, and training of rehabilitation…

Reports a study that examined the discourse of a constructivist staff development process which helped teachers examine their beliefs and introduced them to research-based ideas. Research-based alternatives were offered to teachers based on a review of videotapes of teachers' classroom instruction. The process created a constructivist, sharing…

Two studies compared the effectiveness of different strategies for promoting generalization of staff skills in teaching self-care routines to clients with developmental disabilities. Results indicated that general case training was more effective at promoting generalized training effects than provision of written instructions, single case…

Describes use of the STAR (System Training for Accurate Reference) program at the Baltimore County Public Library to improve the interview skills of reference staff. The effectiveness of the program, staff training, performance evaluation, and effects of budget cuts are discussed. A sidebar summarizes STAR behaviors: open questions, verifying, and…

Approaches to the economics of training and personnel development are reviewed, and results from an empirical survey of 450 Swedish training managers are summarized with regard to competence as a production factor. Preconditions for an economics of competence include a long-range perspective and combining qualitative and quantitative variables.…

Staff members (n=152) assigned to 76 clients with moderate to severe mental retardation in Norway received training in behaviorally oriented treatment and assessment. Results did not support the hypothesis that training in treatment and assessment would produce greater improvement in client behavior than would training in treatment alone.…

Improving the leadership skills of the school business manager will promote organizational structure, norms, and policies. A district staff-development program in consensus skills can simultaneously address problems and develop skills. (MLF)

Discusses four challenges in providing staff development in rural schools. Distance education links using audiographics, sharing responsibilities between the university and local schools to promote ownership of training, and using school-based teams or grade-level units for increasing collaboration among staff are described. (Contains seven…

Presents a structured, integrated continuing education program for university science and engineering reference librarians. Program components, including departmental tours, reference collection tutoring sessions, extensive subject-specific projects, and subject-related, hands-on exercises, are described. Program evaluation results are presented,…

Indiana University has been working with several rural school corporations to provide staff development to special and general education personnel using distance education and computer-based audiographics. Successful components of the training programs are on-site coordinators, immediate application to the classroom setting, and collaboration…

A regional survey of 142 supported employment program managers and 519 direct service personnel found most of the personnel are female, young, highly educated, minimally paid, and with basic knowledge of supported employment philosophy, management, and implementation strategies. A need for technical assistance to refine skills was identified.…