Describes a center for the professional growth and development of the Vancouver, B.C., school system teaching and administrative staff. The center was created out of an abandoned school annex. (Author/DN)

Author projects increases in Florida's career employees and assesses their training needs. (Editor/RK)

This is a summary of the report issued by the President's National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development which states that the most potent and creative staff available will be required to meet the demands placed on the community college by society. (RN)

Purpose of this article is to describe the planned staff development program, which is developed from the school districts' perceived needs. Curriculum development is discussed incidentally as it relates to the planned staff development program. (Author/CB)

Advocates having a Teacher Educator-Evaluator Model on the staff of every school who would assist in skill and competency development, and the counseling of teachers. (Author/AF)

How KETC in St. Louis trains staff by the each one teach one principle.". (Editor)

A paper based on the author's Ph.D. dissertation, "A Study of Some Factors Related to the Professional Development of Librarians, which was submitted to American University in 1968. Data was obtained from a questionnaire sent to a stratified random sample of 138 librarians who graduated in 1956 and 1961 from accredited American library schools.…

A staff development specialist describes personal qualities demanded by that field: (1) a "watchbird" mentality, emphasizing self-awareness; (2) a clear sense of personal goals; (3) a sense of the mutuality of teaching and learning; and (4) willingness to take risks. Staff developers benefit from frequent returns to classroom teaching.…

Stressing the need to re-examine one's initial teacher training, the article analyzes five ways a teacher can realize continuous self-directed professional development: taking charge of one's own development; learning from real-life experience; sharing in educational intervention; participating in educational research; and taking advantage of…

Effective teaching and more efficient management can be achieved with little additional cost through initiation of a teacher-leader classification. Teacher-leaders will be skilled in designing, implementing, and evaluating inservice education; will provide a collaborative approach to staff development; and could also be the catalyst for reversing…

A preliminary analysis of three effective schools projects in Wisconsin and New York shows general improvement, especially in school climate and basic skills teaching. Administrative support included district, central office, and higher education personnel for staff development. Successful implementation can result in substantial immediate…

Instructional specialists in industry are usually also managers. They are responsible for addressing the skill and knowledge requirements of their employees as well as considering the overall needs of the organization. They provide effective training and solve organizational problems. (JOW)

Assessed the impact of a death education program for nursing staff (N=130) of a long-term care institution. Analysis of nurses' chart entries (problem-oriented record format-POR) revealed a statistically significant increase from pre- to post-course in charting of patients' subjective state. (Author/JAC)