In working toward a goal of encouraging all nurses to participate in continuing education programs, the Florida Nurses Association has defined its standards for continuing education certification. A certification board was established, and the purpose for certification outlined. Four concepts are explained in the standards: certification, the…

To meet the need on the part of superintendents and school boards for data on nonsalary benefits provided the administrative heads of local school systems throughout the country, questionnaires were sent to superintendents of the 555 school systems enrolling 12,000 or more pupils and to 318 superintendents in smaller systems. The findings,…

This volume contains ten concurrent session papers from the 59th annual meeting of the American Home Economics Association. They deal with a number of topics including: the family life education center in Toledo, Ohio; the advantages and potentials of new media as educational supplements; the contributions of the home economist as a member of a…

The activities of and papers presented at the annual Summer Workshop for New Community Junior College Presidents and their wives, held at UCLA, July 9-14, 1972, are provided in this report. The papers and their authors are as follows: "Toward Efficiency in Community College Instruction" by B. Lamar Johnson, "The Human Relations…

The purpose of the symposium, cosponsored by the American Association of State Psychology Boards and Division 12 of the American Psychological Association, was to focus attention on interesting and innovative approaches to Continuing Education in psychology as a profession in various parts of the country. The participants were asked to focus on…

Courses, seminars, workshops, and practica offered by Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers during academic year 1972-73 are described in this directory. Programs are grouped by medical Research and Training Center and contain a brief description of the course's objectives, instructors, trainees for whom the course is intended, and…

Objectives, priorities, and program quality guidelines which have been developed as a result of knowledge gained from grant experience since 1966, changed societal conditions, and altered expectations of funding resources, and which are designed to guide the Continuing Education Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health in its allocation…

The Small Business Administration (SBA) program of conducting workshops for prospective business owners was established to assist individuals in making a more careful analysis of what is involved in starting and managing a small business. This workshop guide discusses the following: Planning Workshops; Promotion; Workshop Procedures; Workshop…

This publication is a collection of supportive material to aid educational personnel in planning programs for staff development and improvement. It is the result of an effort in 1973 by the Georgia Teacher Education Council's committee on staff development to devise a plan that would allow local agencies to: (1) identify student needs and the…

After refining the Illinois Model for Occupational Teacher Internship, 20 practicing occupational teachers in public schools field tested the model to determine the nature and value of the concept of business/industry internships. Some major findings from data on intern evaluations revealed that (1) the internship provided an educationally…

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…

Approximately 180 references are presented dealing with: continuing education, curriculum, educational measurement, faculty, foreign graduates, forensic medicine, graduate education and students, history, minority groups, schools, philosophy specialism, teaching methods, teaching hospitals, and undergraduate education. (LBH)

Cash budgeting concepts employed in businesses are discussed, the results of a survey of pharmacy school continuing education directors regarding their budgeting procedures are described, and suggestions on how a pharmacy school's continuing education program could be budgeted are offered. A control form for program revenues is appended. (JMD)

In Israel difficulties training social workers in family therapy arise from inherent resistance to change in social and other professional agencies and from insufficient experience in training methodology. The family in Israel is undergoing social and cultural changes. Paper presented at the First International Congress of Family Therapy, February…

The effects of a continuing education course for female physicians who have left medicine to care for their children are evaluated. The course was able to enhance the confidence and professional competence of the women by bringing them up-to-date with current medical knowledge and enlarge their career prospects. (LBH)