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Mullin, David D.; Musella, Donald F. – 1984
This study undertook to discover why educational consultancy has not been more successful in implementing new educational programs and practices. It sought to identify differences in perceptions of superintendents, principals, consultants, and teachers with regard to teachers' need for consultant services and the factors, organizational and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Consultants, Consultation Programs, Educational Innovation
Download full textStorey, Vernon J. – 1987
Inservice training for school administrators is often characterized as sporadic rather than sustained, as topical rather then developmental, and as externally planned rather than internally developed and controlled. There is little evidence to suggest that much of current inservice activity contributes to significant improvement in administrators'…
Descriptors: Administrators, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Murphy, Peter James – Education Canada, 1985
Describes an interprovincial visitation program for school trustees and administrators from British Columbia and Ontario designed to help them deal more effectively with educational issues produced by multicultural societies. Discusses visitation programs as cost-effective means to broaden the knowledge and thereby increase the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
Review and Evaluation Bulletins, 1983
This report is intended to provide advice to Ontario school staffs, school boards, and the Ministry of Education on (1) the effects of using computers in schools, (2) criteria for selecting courseware and hardware, (3) subjects most effectively approached with computers, and (4) priorities for future courseware development. Pilot projects for the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Courseware, Curriculum Development
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
This publication includes documents from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in the United States and Canada related to professional development activities that emphasize personal and professional growth of individuals rather than job skills. A concise summary of issues related to professional development in ARL libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inservice Education
Wilcox, Susan – 1997
This paper examines the evolution over three decades of the educational development (ED) movement in Canada. An informal history of ED was constructed, using published documents about ED and personal interviews with 8 educational developers who played key roles in programs and ED centers; e-mail responses were received from ten other developers.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Improvement
Morin, Lloyd; And Others – 1988
In 1988, a survey of British Columbia's community colleges and institutes was conducted to assess the need for human resource development programs and services. Human resource development was defined as experiences that help college/institute personnel effectively perform their functions. The study consisted of visits to 22 campuses, during which…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development
Montgomerie, Craig; And Others – 1991
This document reports on a study on educational leadership training opportunities and needs in Alberta, Canada. After an overview of study objectives and methodology, a detailed review of the literature on leadership is presented, including various leadership and educational leadership definitions and information on preservice preparation and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Programs, Courses, Educational Opportunities
Townsend, David – 1987
This monograph focuses on the implementation process that has been a concern of school jurisdictions since the teacher evaluation policy became mandatory in Alberta, Canada, in 1985. Research has shown that school systems are adept at developing written policy but much less successful at putting that policy into effective operation. This overview…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Larkin, Ronald F. – 1984
The research on effective schools has identified the superintendent's role as critical in the success of school improvement efforts. The New Brunswick school improvement program is featured as an example of a successful program. In 1980 the New Brunswick school system selected a new superintendent who faced a district with myriad problems…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Change
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. – 1984
Written for college entry-level travel agent training courses, this course outline can also be used for inservice training programs offered by travel agencies. The outline provides information on the work of a travel agent and gives clear statements on what learners must be able to do by the end of their training. Material is divided into eight…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Levin, Benjamin – Education Canada, 1986
Outlines criteria for system of professional teacher development/retraining: provides for system/individual needs; includes retraining and ongoing development; is cooperative, integrated, accessible; uses principles of adult education; incorporates teacher involvement; and addresses real classroom needs. Considers obstacles of money, skills,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Professional Continuing Education
Leithwood, Kenneth Arthur – 1986
This survey project of 129 randomly selected school systems in Ontario, Canada, investigates: (1) dominant patterns among secondary principals' practices and their effectiveness in the improvement of school processes and outcomes; (2) differences in practices between elementary and secondary school principals; (3) factors determining secondary…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role
Audet, Danielle; And Others – 1993
A 2-day training session on interventions for use with secondary students who have behavior problems is presented. The first section is a participant's workbook, which contains 23 training activities. For each activity, the workbook indicates the relevant section of a companion guide "Ecole et Comportement: Un Guide d'Intervention au…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Pusch, Linda; And Others – Education Canada, 1985
Describes one-to-one peer coaching of teachers in the classroom for implementing the cooperative learning teaching method. (LFL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
