The need for a multidimensional approach to teacher education is discussed in light of the educational trends of the last decade, and the rationale behind Murray State University's (Kentucky) inservice teacher education program is explained. A short history of the university's involvement with inservice teacher education is given, and an outline…

A brief program description, recommendations to the sponsor, and an evaluation report are presented for a 6-day summer workshop to train public school teachers and administrators (K-12) to use community resource people in career awareness and exploration programs. Activities reported include large- and small-group training sessions, community site…

This book offers the premise that staff development plans are often based on politically naive assumptions about authority prerogatives. Three sources of authority: the public trust, the bureaucracy, and colleagues, are traced from colonial times through the progressive era. An analysis is given of the forces that have had an impact on educational…

Separate evaluations of three Title VII bilingual education programs carried out in elementary and junior high schools in Brooklyn, New York, are presented in this report. The programs are S.U.B.E. (Success Under Spanish Bilingual Education); AVANTI (an approach to Italian bilingual education); and HABILE (Haitian Bilingual Education), which…

This guide was developed by the New York State Education department to assist schools in the formation, review, or redesign of school smoking policies. Basic considerations and policy rationale are discussed. A description of policy establishment involves: (1) formation of a task force, drawing members from school and community; (2) selection of…

This paper describes an instructional improvement approach which aims to assist educational systems to enhance their capabilities to plan and implement effective improvements in their basic skills programs, and illustrates how research on implementation and dissemination is used in the design and development of the approach. Four elements of the…

This publication, part of the Professional Development series, presents an analysis of present and future needs for developing innovative approaches to professional staff development. Forces that have compelled fresh approaches for inservice program designs include: (1) equal education for women and minorities; (2) social and economic forces; (3)…

The School-Community Collaboration Project was conducted to train personnel to infuse career education elements into the ongoing educational process and to increase the involvement of parents and the employment community in the process. Five Massachusetts school systems participated in the project, including fifty-four educational personnel and…

Eleven papers focus on issues in inservice education for helping experienced teachers accommodate handicapped children in the regular school setting. Two introductory chapters ("Overview" and "The School Based Teacher Educator: Developing a Conceptual Framework" both by K. Howey and D. Corrigan) make a case for developing a…

This guide provides an overview of practical program evaluation activities that can assist mental health centers in improving their administrative and program capabilities. Definitions of terms and assumptions are followed by an outline of the stages of the program evaluation cycle. Program evaluation activities, the roles of the administrator and…

The Regional Interstate Planning Project (RIPP) is composed of representatives from ten state departments of education who meet periodically to discuss topical educational issues of general concern. RIPP member states include Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. This particular booklet reports…

The annotated bibliography is presented in nine sections: (1) college faculty; (2) college libraries; (3) educational improvement; (4) in-service teacher education; (5) professional continuing education; (6) program development; (7) staff development; (8) models; and (9) author index. Each section is prefaced with a brief description of its scope.…

A program designed to adapt educational research findings to practical classroom use is described. A variety of options for adapting research through inservice education are described. They include formal university courses after school, released time programs, one to one and small group consultations, independent study, graduate research theses,…

The perceived staff development needs and preferences of teachers in selected middle and junior high schools involved in individualized schooling were the topics of this research. Inservice education strategies preferred by teachers and principals were identified and functional and dysfunctional aspects of programs analyzed. A field study…

The manual for the development of general practice residency programs in dentistry is designed to be used in three regional workshops to train individuals representing institutions who wish to develop such programs. The first of three major sections in the manual reviews the historical background of general practice residency programs. In the…