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Krause, Kenneth – Child Welfare, 1977
This paper summarizes the major findings of a demonstration child welfare project involving interagency training conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. (MS)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Welfare, Demonstration Programs, Program Descriptions
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Wu, P. C. – Journal of Staff Development, 1987
The question of whether teachers should train other teachers is discussed from the perspective of the literature and the opinions of classroom teachers. Several cautions for using teachers as staff developers are given. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Coaching, Staff Development, Teacher Attitudes
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Leggett, Diana; Hoyle, Sharon – Journal of Staff Development, 1987
This article describes the experience of the Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas, with peer coaching, using teachers as their own staff developers, to improve performance in the classroom. Problems associated with traditional inservice education are discussed. Implications of the peer coaching program are presented. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Coaching, Peer Relationship, Program Evaluation
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Joyce, Bruce; Showers, Beverly – Journal of Staff Development, 1987
The concept of peer coaching of teaching is discussed and specific, low-cost strategies are recommended to support peer coaching. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Coaching, Peer Relationship, Program Implementation
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Munro, Petra; Elliott, Jack – Journal of Staff Development, 1987
A peer coaching program at Forest View High School, Illinois, is described and evaluated. Recommendations are provided for other districts to consider when implementing a similar program. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Coaching, Peer Relationship, Program Effectiveness
Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Suggests ways to improve administration leadership skills such as writing a letter of appreciation to the person "who gave one a break"; what to do if one is a "workaholic"; getting the most out of seminars; effective telephone communications; living a healthy lifestyle; effective time management; and preventing…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Leadership Qualities
Dean, Gary J. – Lifelong Learning, 1988
Counseling services of many adult education programs are inadequate due to several factors: (1) incomplete state of development of adult career development and transition theory; (2) lack of preparation in the existing theory by adult career counselors; and (3) limitations placed on adult career counselors because of the institutions in which they…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Career Counseling, Career Development
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Innes, Sheila – Education + Training, 1988
The United Kingdom's Open College uses the "Quality Code of Practice" as a framework for developing procedures and standards. This is an account of current developments that indicate the nature of their strategies. (JOW)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Rossing, Boyd E. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1988
The author elaborates on informal learning in discussing staff development for volunteers. He suggests that ways be found to integrate classroom and on-the-job learning; that staff developers help people learn more effectively; and that learning be supported through job selection, organizational support, and a system of learning relationships and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Informal Education, Staff Development
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Wolfe, Patricia – Educational Leadership, 1987
Hunter's "seven-step lesson plan" has been misinterpreted and misunderstood. The plan was developed to be used flexibly, through misinterpretation it has been used too rigidly. The seven steps would be better understood if conceived as "generic" instructional processes to be "considered" in every teaching situation.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Staff Development, Teacher Education
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Berman, Barbara; Friederwitzer, Fredda J. – Journal of Staff Development, 1985
The multiplier strategy involves training selected teachers or supervisors, who subsequently act as turnkey trainers in their own schools or districts. Project SITE, which uses the turnkey strategy to train trainers in elementary mathematics and has been adopted by more than 250 schools, is described and evaluated. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Improvement Programs, Program Evaluation
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Wenz, Adele – Journal of Staff Development, 1985
When New York State's standardized tests for third graders were scheduled to include questions on probability and statistics, the White Plains school system developed a model to improve mathematics instruction. A staff developer, a teacher with special training who works with other teachers, is vital to the implementation of the math curriculum.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Improvement, Master Teachers
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Stringfield, Sam; And Others – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1986
This study examined the generalizability of the Stallings Effective Use of Time Program (EUTP). Four series of the EUTP were analyzed for levels of teachers' classroom behavioral change. Observational data gathered before and after the four workshop series provided significant support for the generalizability of change from such programs. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Interaction Process Analysis, Program Effectiveness, Staff Development
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Futrell, Mary – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1986
The president of the National Education Association discusses the danger of rushing into career ladders as a panacea for educational reform, stressing the need for collaboration rather than competition among educators. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
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Dunwell, Robert R. – Teacher Education and Practice, 1986
Myths about merit pay for teachers (teachers are in favor of merit pay, money is a motivator, merit pay will persuade qualified people to enter and remain in teaching, merit pay promotes competition which produces excellence, and motivating teachers is a simple matter of offering extrinsic rewards) are negated in a review of relevant literature.…
Descriptors: Incentives, Merit Pay, Staff Development, Teacher Attitudes
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