This article offers some strategies for closing the linkage between initial needs assessment and the implementation of change. Examined are: prioritizing needs through criteria analysis, developing a cyclical implementation/staff inservice plan, and utilizing an analytical problem solving approach to curriculum and decision making. (Author/RAO)

The author outlines steps for organizing a successful workshop. A planning checklist and flow chart are included. (SJL)

A survey on primary education was conducted 18 months ago. The author discusses some of the findings and implications of the survey. (KC)

This article offers a framework for training child welfare workers and supervisors to stop and prevent foster care drift and to achieve permanency goals. (Author/DB)

Recognizing that trained managers and supervisors are sorely needed, particularly in today's economy, the author discusses the historical pattern of training and calls for improved methods by those responsible for management training. (JOW)

Preliminary results of a career planning project for Adult Basic Education participants in Connecticut show that less advantaged adults do not recognize the importance of career planning to get a job, although they may face occupational change in mid life. (SK)

John Ryor of the National Education Association, Albert Shanker of the American Federation of Teachers, and J. T. Sandefur of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education each presents his group's position on in-service education, its goals, and how to achieve them. (JMF)

Several in-service models are presented including a provision of services model, job maintenance model, personal development model, and three problem-solving models. (JMF)

Provides a list of suggestions to aid student yearbook staff members in creating attractive yet inexpensive graphics by getting help from people on their campuses and by developing their own knowledge about graphics. (GT)

A description is given of the success of a teacher center managed by the teachers and involving the local community. (JD)

This article conjectures that adults bring values, attitudes, rules, and behaviors learned in their families, though often confused with school-related problems, to their work settings. A staff development model for planned change emphasizing group processing has been developed and used successfully to rectify this situation and is described…

An advisor can help teachers improve the quality of their work, select and adapt curriculum materials, and release and develop their potentials. (Author/JM)

Some suggestions for training office clerical employees to help them become more productive are outlined; suggestions are based on observing problem areas that can be improved by training and treating clerical workers as important members of the team. (MF)

Offers ten suggestions to aid student newspaper and yearbook staff members in developing new ideas to improve their publications and get them out of the ruts they may be in. (GT)

The implementation of a duty-card system in which 12 mental health technicians carried out sequentially described individualized tasks with 14 severely and profoundly mentally retarded acting out adults resulted in consistent and immediate improvement in staff performance. (CL)