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Tauber, Robert T. – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
Since little is new in discipline theory, principals should take advantage of the information lull to educate or reeducate their staff concerning available classroom management information and skills. Evidence suggests that teachers badly need such training. Includes eight references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Kenway, Mike; Harvey, Jon – Adults Learning (England), 1995
Adult education is best provided in a service relationship based on partnership, in which both parties experience mutual benefits and feedback is seen as opportunity for growth. The quality of adult education service necessarily depends on the personal development of all staff. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Quality, Individual Development, Risk
Leicester, Mal – Adults Learning (England), 1996
Seeks to clarify the rhetoric about learning organizations; suggests that the term has two senses: an organization that learns and an organization that promotes learning. Asserts that an educational institution's priority is the learning needs of students, who are not analogous to other organization's human resources. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Institutional Role, Metaphors, Organizations (Groups)

Fleischman, John; Kilbert, Gerald H. – Adult Learning, 1993
Educational technology applications in California include (1) OTAN's Online Communication System--electronic mail and an information database; (2) Educard, a computer chip card for storing and retrieving student information; and (3) staff development via satellite in Los Angeles County Schools' Educational Telecommunications Network. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail, Staff Development

Gay, James E.; Williams, Robert B. – Adolescence, 1993
Describes first of two years of training in case study activities, adapted from program originally developed in 1940s. Excerpts from case study of 16-year-old female provide examples of activities, such as identifying recurring patterns of behavior, selecting pattern of behavior for analysis by multiple hypotheses method, and summarizing case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, School Personnel, Staff Development

Sanacore, Joseph – Journal of Reading, 1993
Advocates the use of study groups focusing on the local school context as a complement and an alternative to traditional staff development. Discusses ingredients of successful study groups and gives examples of how they can be applied. Notes benefits and cautions of study groups. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Higher Education, Professional Development, Staff Development

Camp, Damon D. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1991
Conducted qualitative interviews and comprehensive job-task analysis to identify activities and training needs of correctional officers working in "shock incarceration" or "Boot Camp" corrections. Found that for correctional officers working in two major shock programs, most highly rated tasks were related to physical security.…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Individual Needs, Institutional Personnel, Staff Development

Varney, Sheldon S.; Cushner, Kenneth – NASSP Bulletin, 1990
A study of U.S. demographics reveals a trend toward rapidly increasing cultural diversity. This trend can potentially cause serious misunderstandings among students, teachers, parents, and administrators in culturally diverse schools. Principals and staff members should be able to recognize and resolve culturally based school and community…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Cultural Differences, Demography, Intercultural Programs

Holden, Martha J.; Powers, Jane Levine – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1993
Describes Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) program as providing staff with skills, knowledge, and confidence to manage child in crisis to bring about a "maximum amount of lasting response." Contends that, by applying principles of TCI training, direct care worker can attain therapeutic control and maintain dignity of both adult and child…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Crisis Intervention, Models

Rauner, Felix; Attwell, Graham – International Journal of Training and Development, 1999
Describes the state of the art of training and development in Germany: infrastructure, public policy and strategy, corporate policies, academic work, and information sources and networks. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Public Policy, Staff Development

Murphy, Daragh; Campbell, Clifton; Garavan, Thomas N. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1999
The Pygmalion effect--or self-fulfilling prophecies--has not been supported in educational research but it has in training and workplace-learning studies. Implications for workplace-learning design, trainee self-esteem, and trainer behaviors can be derived from these research findings. (SK)
Descriptors: Expectation, Job Performance, Self Fulfilling Prophecies, Staff Development

Karakowsky, Leonard; McBey, Kenneth – Journal of Workplace Learning: Employee Counselling Today, 1999
Individual characteristics influencing workplace learning and development include psychological presence, social cognition and schema, and habitual methods of conduct. Organizational factors include routinization of work, organizational roles, resolution of role conflict, and institutional structures. Both individuals and organizations need the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Individual Characteristics, Influences, Organizational Climate

Harrod, William L.; Townsend, Laurel A. – Career Development International, 1998
Lucent Technologies' Learning and Performance Center links organizational learning and development to learner needs, delivers learning via technology when and where needed, and assesses the impact of learning programs on business results. The company believes the core of its competitive advantage is employees with up-to-date skills, knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Distance Education, Program Evaluation, Staff Development
Training, 2001
Identifies the top 50 companies in terms of the amount spent on training and development, the number of hours of training per employee, and percentage of payroll spent on training. Profiles the top five plus four additional companies selected by the magazine's editors. (SK)
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Corporations, Employment Practices, Staff Development
Lindroth, Linda K. – Teaching PreK-8, 1996
Introduces "Videotapes for the 21st Century Classroom" for the use of inservice training. Provides useful Internet Web site addresses and brief descriptions of each site for several feature articles in this issue: PS 524 939-940, PS 524 942-945. (MOK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Internet, Staff Development, Teacher Education