This document presents the rationale for and the curriculum for a workshop for part-time faculty, particularly faculty in occupational areas who are skilled professionals in their occupational fields but have had no formal instruction in current teaching techniques. While this curriculum is tailored to the specific needs of Seminole Community…

Presented in the third and final evaluation report (1975-76) of Project Talented and Gifted are results of an appraisal of over 50 student participants (8-15 years old) and the project staff and resource personnel. The project is described as a 3-month institute to provide experiences in areas such as learning to use creative thinking and problem…

This compilation presents drafts and plans of staff development programs designed by participants of the Institute for Training in Staff Development for 21 western libraries. To provide a context for examination of the models, an overview outlines the necessary components for a successful staff development program. Section I considers staff…

This report includes the presentations of the speakers appearing before the National Clinic on Technical Education. Topics cover human resource development; the impact of technical education on economic development (in Mississippi); economics of allied health education; manpower implications of environmental protection; manpower needs for…

Economic concepts and methods useful to a firm considering the allocation of resources to training workers are presented, with applicability where appropriate for industrial education teachers. The discussion includes goals of investment in training, determining human capital requirements, the training decision, and efficiency in training. (MF)

Corporations have become a significant part of the nation's educational system, the author states, and regard their education and training activities as necessary business functions. Employer-sponsored education, both in-house and at outside institutions, trains new employees, but most programs are for upgrading present personnel. (MF)

The Special Education/Early Childhood Consultation Model provides on-site consultation to help day care providers acquire skills to adapt and modify activities to facilitate the social integration of handicapped children in all activities of the day care program. (Author/CB)

Explores teachers' perceptions of pupils' behavior problems at a comprehensive school in England. Identifies three main factors in problem behavior: aggressive and antagonistic personality traits, problems relating to difficulties in application to school work, and problems relating to difficulties with authority. Discusses the implications that…

Discusses evaluation problems of child care staff. Reviews the use of performance statements as an objective and concrete evaluation system. (RJC)

Firms in the private sector utilize the resources of educational institutions to keep abreast of new technologies and to update employee training in those technologies, allowing them to remain competitive. Projects in Tennessee, New York and Ohio are examined, and methods of transferring appropriate technology to different communities are…

Examination of the extent to which three different modes of staff development (an intensive summer institute, an open program, and a one-day orientation workshop) helped elementary and secondary school teachers to implement a writing project indicated that the extent of implementation was clearly linked to the intensity of the staff development…

Discusses several factors that may improve staff training on integrated library systems, including the application of andragogic learning theory, using effective on-the-job training techniques, the selection of trainers based on competencies, and visible administrative support during all phases of the staff training project. (37 references)…

Argues that effective principals are expected to be effective instructional leaders, that is, they must know something about curriculum development, teacher and instructional effectiveness, clinical supervision, staff development, and teacher evaluation. (NKA)

The Developmental Writing Program process curriculum model was developed to teach writing to elementary students. It combines prewriting, drafting, editing/revising, and publishing/sharing. A staff development model has also been developed and includes three components: administrator and staff orientation, teacher training, and on-site program…

Data from 43 states on policies and procedures for training direct-care staff in public and private residential programs for the mentally retarded or developmentally disabled were analyzed to evaluate state training standards, examine curriculum content and training priorities, identify program implementation problems, and identify outstanding…