This report evaluates the last year of the Comprehensive Bilingual Education Program, supported by Title VII funding and carried out at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in the Bronx, New York. The program served approximately 300 Spanish dominant students and focused on the development of Spanish and English language and reading skills, math,…

This is an evaluation of the Trilingual Education Learning Environment Program (TELE) which provided training to teacher interns in New York City. The program sought to improve the linguistic performance of limited English proficient students by training Spanish/English and Italian/English teachers in Title I designated schools, and to serve as a…

The purposes of this conference were threefold: (1) to bring together a group of experts and representatives of selected Federal agencies to review the adequacy of training for teachers, professors, and administrators in the use of educational technology; (2) to seek recommendations from these experts as to the appropriate Federal and non-Federal…

An analysis of staff development practices in Texas during the year 1975-76 is provided, and four principles of effective inservice education (planning, situational design, content, and support) are outlined. The summary of findings is based on data from three unpublished dissertations, which had compiled data gathered via questionnaire from…

Based on a state-of-the-art analysis of Army training, this report was the initial step in an effort to systematically improve the training in the combat arms and ultimately the entire Army. This study found that a comprehensive set of procedures was needed to provide for the development of effective training and for assessment of the training's…

The purpose of this manual is to provide teachers in an economically depressed rural school system with methods and techniques for implementing five mandated programs--career, character, consumer, alcohol and drug, and environmental education into the ongoing curriculum of the schools. Unit outlines are provided for each grade level from…

The Professional Development Center Network (PDC), a consortium of twenty public school districts, parochial schools, and Western Kentucky University, seeks to identify and secure resources to assist in the design and delivery of activities appropriate to the educational development of individual staff members through the online Information…

As a collection of articles this book is intended for use as a guide for planning and building teacher centers. The beginning articles tell how a combination of convictions, experience, high energy, and happenstance formed the first American teacher centers. The next several articles focus on practical matters such as staffing, needs assessment,…

This booklet was designed to help supervisors with employee training problems. The problems may relate to upgrading job knowledge and skills or other training areas. The supervisor can share the training workload with fellow supervisors, the larger organization, and the personnel officer. Knowledge of an enthusiasm for the training subject will…

The author states that the coming of age of adult and continuing education has brought the role of research into focus. Two aspects of the research role are explored: What research has been done on the continuing education of adult educators, and what should be the roles of research? The major portion of this report is devoted to a review of the…

The Urban Education Studies focuses its efforts on the study of promising educational programs in urban school districts. Experience has confirmed the basic assumption that many programs and strategies of demonstrated or potential excellence are to be found in the urban setting. The generalizations gleaned from the data and on-site visits…

An instrument was developed to obtain data relevant to why minorities with developmental disabilities drop out of the service delivery system in Wisconsin. The questionnaire, after being pre-tested and revised, was sent to agencies, organizations, and schools, and to individuals with developmental disabilities who agreed to participate in the…

Two papers concerning staff development for small/rural community colleges are presented. In the first, practices at small/rural colleges are contrasted with those at larger and more urban colleges. It is noted that (1) small colleges try to keep pace with institutional growth and development needs mostly in the area of curriculum, disregarding…

Ideas and recommendations emerging from three regional workshops on staff development are presented. The workshops, conducted in early 1978, focused on three aspects of faculty development for inservice: the identification and and analysis of current and likely future staff development in colleges and universities whose mission in elementary and…

In order to effectively bring about permanent changes in a school setting, the educators involved must accept the changes privately as well as complying with them publicly. The staff development specialist must convince the educators that positive change is both necessary and possible and provide support during the implementation period. As used…