This report on professional growth requirements for classroom teachers in the United States presents data showing the amount of professional growth required for salary increments in the 307 reporting school systems. The survey includes data on (1) semester-hour requirements and time limits specified, (2) activities required in each system, (3)…

On-site evaluation visitations were made to seven institutions participating in fiscal year 1974 Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) 553 and 554 cooperative arrangement programs under the auspices of the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education. A three-part evaluation instrument was designed and administered to project…

The project reported here was done to design and implement a model curriculum for a nurse refresher course to update the unemployed nurse's knowledge and skills in preparation for a return to employment. This report begins with an abstract of the project, a course evaluation based on the second of two field tests, and a brief course syllabus. The…

This report, the third in a series on productivity and job security, presents three case studies which detail various forms of continuing education and training. Four important factors in the cases are identified: employment stability, management support for training, adaptation to changing job requirements, and training evaluation. The first case…

The statistical report on continuing education programs and registrations in the United States in 1974-75 is based on 244 institutions, representing a 69% response from the 355 possible institutional responses. It covers, however, all the public and private U.S. universities. The colleges are underrepresented; relatively few of these have…

The book describes the Hospital Continuing Education Project, a nine-year endeavor concluded in 1972 which set up a communications network among universities, hospital associations, hospitals, and individual educators and trainees. The project's goal was the expansion of continuing education opportunities for personnel in health care institutions.…

A study was conducted at eight two-year colleges in Western and Central New York to investigate methods by which the State University College at Buffalo might be of assistance to the two-year colleges, by designing inservice courses, or if needed, preservice programs for faculty members of those institutions. Six hundred fifty-six faculty members,…

The study explored how extension personnel in Pakistan and the United States are selected and trained. Criteria for selection training curricula, areas of specialization, entry into professional practice, conducting of extension work, and extent of inservice training given to overcome problems and difficulties, were studied. Suggestions for…

Abstracts are presented of 34 papers on adult education research. They cover adult dropouts, age differences in learning, older adults, motivation and orientations of adults, interpersonal relationships; adult educators, change agents, and leaders in Cooperative Extension; teacher training and multimedia instruction; diffusion of innovation,…

The focus of this conference on the classroom teacher and the dynamics of his professional growth is introduced in the principal address delivered by F. Andre Paquette and is expanded in the four other papers comprising the bulk of this document. The latter include--(1) "The Role of the Teacher in the Dynamics of Continuing Professional…

Primary considerations for a positive school personnel policy are outlined in eight sections, as follows: (1) Faculty and staff recruitment and selection; (2) job analysis and classification; (3) personnel assignment and evaluation; (4) policy development; (5) welfare benefits, including leaves, fringe benefits, continuing contracts, working…

This study collected and interpreted facts on the need for, use of, and appraisal of, professional continuing education (PCE) by research and development scientists and engineers in the Federal government and industry. There were three broad approaches: interaction modes (including professional meetings, seminars, lectures, and sabbatical leaves);…

Protestant ministers (a 15% sample) serving urban congregations in Santa Clara County, California, were surveyed on work and leisure time, participation in leisure activities, and participation in formal and informal continuing education. Emphasis was on differences in life styles between pastors with large, and those with small congregations.…

The third in a series of subject presentation in the field of administrative management for use by educators and businessmen who teach management courses is offered. The point is made that the concept of an educational program in small-business administrative management involves the investigation of a series of topics stemming from basic…

The fourth booklet in a second series of subject presentations intended to advance the effectiveness of small business management is presented. The lecture is designed as the basis for a presentation to the businessman in nontechnical language. The Lesson Plan is an outline of the material covered which may be used as a teaching guide or as a…