A flexible approach to curriculum development begins with staff development, uses curriculum mapping, and results in a loose-leaf notebook useful to teachers. (Author)

Through a cooperative arrangement, Advanced Systems Incorporated employees can earn a master's degree in instructional technology from Northern Illinois University. The program is mutually beneficial to the university and the corporation. (Author/WD)

Reports the findings of a study that surveyed over 500 human resource developers to determine the extent to which they have heard the word and are seizing the opportunity to involve themselves in planning, development, and administration of nonsales and marketing recognition award and incentive programs for their organizations. (LRA)

Examines ways in which a teacher appointed as professional tutor can support school staff development activities. Identifies tutor task areas and discusses experiences gained in a pilot project concerned with the role of tutors. Suggests situations in which professional tutors can successfully take on staff development activities. (Author/MK)

Inservice training must be improved and expanded in the years ahead to meet the needs of those who work with young handicapped children. Recognizing and avoiding the problems of general inservice and viewing inservice as adult education with a content focus on the child provides a background for improving training. Journal availability: see EC 133…

Provides guidelines for helping a high school newspaper staff produce a special spring issue that is more attractive and impressive than the regular newspaper as a means of providing a challenge to staff members and renewing their enthusiasm for their work. (GT)

Research conducted with a sample of 86 classroom teachers concerning the teaching of reading suggests that the needs they report must be analyzed by objective means to determine the underlying conditions that result in expression of the symptoms. (Author/MLF)

Industry and education should expand their work together to actively include lifelong education. This would benefit the student, industry and society. Examples of industry-education collaboration illustrate responses to cyclic life patterns. (JOW)

Describes an insurance company's development of an assertiveness training course for managers, supervisors, and clerical staff. (CSS)

Defines the concept of the teacher center, traces its development in three countries (Great Britain, Japan, and the United States), and draws implications for the school media supervisor. (Author)

The 1979 American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) President, Jan Margolis, discusses the organization's challenges and role. Identifies 1979-80 ASTD goals which cluster in four areas: representation and leadership in the human resource field, professionalism, member and leadership development, and maintaining a healthy organization.…

Discusses the problems related to evaluating in-service minicourses at Macquarie University, Sydney, and the results of two preliminary studies. The first examined participants' perceptions of the degree to which specified objectives were achieved for each course. The second was a questionnaire surveying the opinions of past participants.…

Describes 10 principles considered useful in planning short-term vocational education professional development activities. Thorough planning, active involvement of participants, and a lively mix of presentation styles is emphasized. (HD)

Describes the planning cycle being used in the Lincoln, Nebraska, schools and explains the role of staff development in the total program improvement model. (Author/IRT)

Surveyed 659 family support workers regarding their training and services for families with 10- to 15-year olds. Found that 30 to 50% rated training as inadequate or poor, had inaccurate knowledge about young adolescent development, and felt they were doing an inadequate job promoting developmental assets for youth. Higher quality training was…