Staff development in higher education is discussed in these papers in terms of its definitions, scope, and future activities. Most of the papers were originally prepared for the working party on staff development at the Fourth International Conference on Higher Education, University of Lancaster (August 29-September 1, 1978). The first three…

THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF OHIO'S TITLE I COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS ARE EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS WERE CHARACTERIZED BY LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, WITHDRAWAL AND FEELINGS OF REJECTION, ABSENTEEISM, AND IRRESPONSIBILITY. ONLY 50 PERCENT OF THEM HAD PLANS FOR CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION WHILE 70 PERCENT OF NONTITLE I PUPILS…

The New Jersey plan for staff development seeks to increase competencies, skills, and abilities of educational personnel through preservice and inservice education. The New Jersey Department of Education staff participates in coordinating local education agencies and institutions of higher education. This proposal projects eight major premises…

The manual is designed for use by trainers of special education teacher aides to provide a competency based course which will enable teacher aides to assist in the implementation of the requirements of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). The first section provides background information to give trainers the grasp of…

This document reports a study of the aims, scope, and character of employee education and training activities among corporations with 500 or more employees, a segment of industry that accounts for about one-half of total private employment in the United States. Most data are projected from responses by 610 companies to a lengthy Conference Board…

This paper develops an instructional design process for teaching a time management course to head nurses and supervisors. (The course was conducted at the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, and was based on "A New Instructional Design Development Process for Instructors of Adults," by Mary Jane Even.) The paper…

Lessons learned about the development of teaching improvement programs are presented in this sourcebook. Drawn from workshops, conferences, social consultations, audiovisual presentations, and brochures, this collection is intended as a resource tool and is directed at improving the educational process of colleges and universities. Chapters…

A small residential center for boys with learning disabilities and/or emotional problems was the setting for an intensive six-week inservice program designed to provide the staff with a combination of tutorial and direct training. The training was subsequently integrated into a more formalized, comprehensive, and on-going program through a local…

Based on data obtained by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, the report provides the most recent information on the progress and issues of implementing P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. An introduction gives a general sense of the progress being made nationwide in implementing the Act. Sections entitled…

This handbook was designed to assist vocational personnel in assessing professional development needs and developing an individual growth plan. It contains five sections: (1) An Overview of Staff Development, (2) What is a Need?, (3) Assessing Needs: Alternative Methods, (4) Planning and Evaluation Activities, and (5) Facilitation Suggestions.…

This report documents the process, findings, and support data of the Neutral Site Planning Project (NSPP) regarding a proposed magnet school program in Providence, Rhode Island. The need for a neutral site school that is accessible to a substantial number of students from different racial/ethnic backgrounds in Providence is discussed and an…

If education is to keep up with social and technological change, teachers must be learning and developing at a rate similar to that of students, requiring the educational staff to render highly diverse and wide-ranging services. The basic strategy essential to such services is the development of differentiated staffing patterns which will allow…

The findings of a day care training needs assessment survey conducted in the State of Kansas by the Day Care Training Systems Project comprise the body of this report. Questionnaires were distributed to child care providers and agency personnel with child care responsibilities. Child care providers included both family and center providers, while…

The Summer School beginning the second year of the three-district, cooperative project was administered by the Saginaw, Michigan, Intermediate School District. The program had two objectives: to field test three curriculum packages dealing with Woodland Indian Social Studies-Language Arts, and to "provide for the special needs of Indian…

This article summarizes the language planning situation in Denmark, specifically dealing with: (1) sociolinguistic characteristics of the modern Danish speech community; (2) types of language problems prevailing in this community; (3) organizations involved in language planning in Denmark; (4) the organization and operation of the Danish Language…