Integrated adventure programs are those in which persons with and without disabilities participate together in planned adventure activities. A study sought to identify the leadership competencies necessary for leaders of integrated outdoor adventure programs and to measure the effectiveness of a staff training addressing one of these competencies.…

Reauthorization of ESEA through the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 included provisions for qualified paraeducators. Section 1119(g) states that all paraprofessionals who are performing instructional duties and are funded with Title I funds, including all paraprofessionals performing instructional duties in a schoolwide building, must meet…

The corporate model for executive staff development is presented here to improve the middle range executive capacity needed to make a success of the new decentralized comprehensive school design. (Author/WM)

Article describes the planning and design of a part-time continuing education program for intermediate-level rural development staff, and presents reasons why a combination of more localized and individual teaching-learning media was chosen in preference to the national mass media. (Author)

Using behavior modification as an example of educational innovation, author shows that school systems are inherently unable to sustain innovation, in curriculum or methods, over a long period of time. (SP)

Collective bargaining can be used to provide more relevant and effective professional development of staff by emphasizing faculty competencies over activities. (RN)

The data suggest that T Groups may be valuable as a staff training method in correctional institutions--where the aim increasingly is positive rehabilitation. (Author)

The author, Director of School Libraries, Delaware State Department of Public Instruction, surveyed practices in continuing education for school library personnel throughout the U.S. through April 1968. This report analyzes a number of apparently successful programs. (Editor/JB)

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of workshops for nursing home nurses that promote cognitive gains and increased positive attitudes toward the elderly and the dying. (Available from University of Texas Press, Box 7819, Austin, TX 78712.) (JOW)

Describes a problem-focused audit used to measure the impact of a staff development offering on pain relief. Concludes that the audit provided concrete evidence that the class on pain did influence nursing practice and affected patients directly. (NRJ)