A discussion of the need for and possible approaches to evaluating student support services emphasizes the importance of using objectives, strategies, and traditional and nontraditional outcome variables for a thorough assessment. (MSE)

Staff development instruction provided for teachers (N=33) and aides (N=12) with emotionally disturbed and behaviorally disordered students improved classroom performance of those participants who had adequate administrative support. Prior educational preparation and entry-level performance were also related to outcome, but teaching experience and…

Librarians in selected Midwestern academic libraries were surveyed to determine their involvement in continuing education activities and their level of job satisfaction. Findings indicate that participants in credit courses, workshops, and writing for publication were more satisfied than nonparticipants, although convention attendees were less…

Discusses several factors (aside from state immunity statutes) reducing the threat of education malpractice suits in recent years, including improved community attitudes and involvement in schools, more facilitative leadership roles for principals, increased importance of staff development, and expanded options for students through new…

Many teachers feel inadequately prepared to work with parents. Administrators must stress that only the home and school working together can create effective schools and that staff development to help teachers, specialists, and support staff achieve that partnership is worthwhile. (Author/LHW)

Teachers prefer that staff development be continuous, relevant, and integral to their jobs. A systems approach to staff development contains three basic components: planning, implementation, and evaluation. The proposed model emphasizes how interdependence of these components can be achieved through the use of feedback which facilitates system…

Teachers' personal concerns related to the tension between a bureaucratic and a professional conception of teacher evaluation are seen as a major roadblock to school reform. Suggests strategies for using the Stages of Concern Model to address the concerns of teachers as they implement an educational innovation. (16 references) (MLF)

In addition to its basic function, the Head Start program provides access to health care, nutrition, and social services. Its services are comprehensive, parents and community are involved, and staff development is an integral feature. New York State's allocations of federal funds for handicapped children are based on Head Start's annual reports.…

Reports on a study that was conducted to ascertain the content objectives that English/language arts teachers value and the instruction improvement needs they perceive, in the context of their current professional status. (HOD)

A survey (N=336 teachers) designed to assess teacher needs, obtain information on successful and unsuccessful inservice techniques, and determine existing differences between gifted and general inservice education indicated that most teachers wanted specific information on techniques and perferred training geared to their particular content and/or…

Describes program of four workshops developed by bibliographic instruction librarians to enhance the skills of nearly 100 academic library clerical employees. Highlights include program design; three main goals; staff development pretest (development, return, results, partial list of questions); the workshops (topics, attendance, presentation);…

Four human resource managers present their recommendations for establishing training/human resource development departments. They discuss the following elements: chief executive office support, the role of formal needs analysis, the role of operating managers, market research, and having a sense of teamwork. (CT)

Proposes educational guidelines and a teacher training model for Environmental Values Education (EVE). Suggests proficiency areas to consider for EVE program development and implementation. Parameters involving student and teacher background and type of program strategy are discussed. (ML)

Discusses advantages of a centralized school district plan for computer utilization at building, district, and state-federal level, and reviews categories of information required for computer applications--staff personnel, accounting, pupil records, classroom/instruction, and administrative support services--by outlining each category to indicate…

A survey of British secondary school headteachers was conducted to build a picture of current practice linking schools and industry and its purpose in secondary schools, of the reflections of schools on that practice, and of the problems and needs encountered in this area of work. (CT)