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Walsh, Ronald J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this case study was to evaluate the perceptions of participants regarding their effectiveness in responding to defiant student violence as a crisis response team, following crisis response team training. The participants were a group of 10 volunteer PK-6 public school educators from western Wisconsin. The study took place during the…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Team Training, Crisis Management, Program Effectiveness
Haman, Lynne – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2010
Too often the professional development provided for teachers of mathematics is a short-term, one-shot effort. Today's shrinking budgets, increasing class sizes, and growing demands on teachers' time present further challenges. For the past six years, staff development efforts in the author's district have focused on language arts with little…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Learning Processes
Tiernan, Julie – International Journal of Community Music, 2010
Proactive instruction and alternative education have progressively become the schooling of choice for many non-traditional learners in Ireland. Community training, probation and Traveller support centers endeavour to take an existing curriculum and tailor it to such learners' needs. One community based education and training centre funded by the…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Crime, Musicians, Foreign Countries
Bell, Lee Anne; Roberts, Rosemarie A. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: Research in Europe and the United States shows that racial position shapes and gives voice to the stories people tell about race and racism, and filters how such stories are perceived and understood by listeners. Although not uniformly the case, people from the majority White racial group tend to emphasize forward progress and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Racial Bias, Teaching Methods, Race
Reed, Derek D.; Fienup, Daniel M.; Luiselli, James K.; Pace, Gary M. – Behavior Modification, 2010
With rising interest in the role of treatment integrity on student outcomes, research has primarily focused on isolating the techniques and procedures necessary to improve staff's acquisition and maintenance of adequate levels of integrity. Despite increasing numbers of publications on this topic, there has been little discussion of the variables…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Integrity, Teaching Methods, Data Collection
Kotey, Bernice; Saini, Bandana; While, Lesley – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
The study investigated employee learning strategies in community pharmacies in Australia and the factors that explain differences among pharmacies in the strategies employed. A qualitative methodology was applied, involving semi-structured interviews with owners, managers, or senior employees of 12 pharmacies. The findings revealed learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Staff Meetings, Employee Attitudes
Gilroy, Maryellen – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2009
This article presents how the division of student affairs at Siena College developed a framework for communicating its Franciscan and Catholic identity to job candidates and current staff. The recruitment for mission process described in this article has a dual purpose. The first is to educate and provide development opportunities for existing…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Student Personnel Services, Recruitment
Berkeley, Viv – Adults Learning, 2009
The Foundation Learning Tier (FLT) Progression Pathways will be implemented in 2009/10 and fully rolled out in 2010. The FLT has come a long way, and whilst it's acknowledged that it is still a work in hand, there are a number of unresolved and pressing issues which are especially relevant to learners with learning difficulties and/or…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Seminars, Continuing Education, Learning Disabilities
Azzi-Lessing, Lenette – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2009
Support for early care and education among policy makers and the public is at an unprecedented high. As investments in early care and education programs in the United States continue to rise, the issue of quality becomes increasingly critical. This article addresses the need for adequate infrastructure to support high-quality early care and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Accountability
Kemeny, M. Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Using the conceptual model of social structure and personality framework (House, 1981) as a theoretical guide, this cross sectional mixed-method design examined how organizational structure and culture relate to practices for training direct care workers in 328 aging and disability network service provider organizations in Pennsylvania. To…
Descriptors: Social Structure, Staff Development, Personality, Organizational Culture
Cosner, Shelby – Journal of School Leadership, 2010
Research has revealed the importance of trust to schools and pointed to the central role that principals play in cultivating within-school trust, yet less is known about the ways that principals cultivate such trust. Moreover, divergent perspectives and varied contexts for examining trust have limited the transfer of trust scholarship to practice…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Qualities, Employer Employee Relationship, Trust (Psychology)
Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2010
From costly lawsuits on behalf of victims to negative media coverage, districts can face potentially devastating consequences as a result of sexual abuse of their students by district employees. This article offers a few tips on how to battle sexual abuse particularly in school districts. The author stresses that by adopting strong policies that…
Descriptors: Employees, Sexual Abuse, School Districts, Legal Responsibility
Appleton, Leo – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
This paper looks at how the provision of information literacy training is supported in the further education sector. Using a case study, the results demonstrate how an online information literacy programme can be used as a staff development tool, in order that Learning Resources staff are better equipped to support students in their information…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Information Literacy, Staff Development, Case Studies
Gould, Holly C.; Brimijoin, Kay; Alouf, James L.; Mayhew, Mary Ann – Issues in Teacher Education, 2010
Given the challenges of time and economics in education today, what are practical models for creating adult learning communities that improve teaching and learning in today's diverse classrooms? How do Americans foster and nurture adult learning communities once they are established? The authors have found that carefully crafted partnerships…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Teachers, Mentors, Adult Learning
Miller, Melinda G.; Knowles, Meg; Grieshaber, Susan – Australian Educational Researcher, 2011
In Australia, eligible long day care services may apply for support at the state level to assist with the transition of children from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds into childcare settings. For staff in childcare services, this support comes in the form of a cultural support worker (CSW). The primary role of a CSW is to build…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Student Diversity, Staff Development