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Mentoring and Individual Learning Plans: Issues of Practice in a Period of Transition
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Lawy, Robert; Tedder, Michael – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
This article draws upon research undertaken with 28 teacher education mentors, managers and trainee teachers within the SW Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (CETT) in 2008, following the introduction of the new revised Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) standards. The first part of the article locates and contextualises the policy context in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Mentors, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning
The Impact of Teachers Unions on State-Level Productivity
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Pantuosco, Louis J.; Ullrich, Laura D. – Journal of Education Finance, 2010
Using a reduced form version of a theoretical expansion of Hoxby's (1996) education production model, we investigate whether bargaining teachers unions are a boon or a bust to the economy of the state. We anticipate teachers, being in the public sector veiled from competition, are less likely to be efficient. Yet, their product, education,…
Descriptors: Productivity, Unions, Public Sector, Collective Bargaining
An Exploration of the Impact of an Open Governance Approach on Strategic Decision Making, Collaboration, Organizational Change, and Sustainability
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Hensley, Kendra – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Total quality management based governance models tend to focus on incremental improvements within the boundaries of a single organization. This may limit the benefits of information technology because they are not complex enough to address business or performance problems that extend beyond the boundaries of a single organization. The research…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Cooperation, Interviews, Program Effectiveness
Cross-Sectoral Partnerships: A Case Study of the Best Practices Used by CVS/Pharmacy in Developing Partnerships with the Public Workforce Development System in Minnesota
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Jacobsen, Nancy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation explores the private-public sector partnership between CVS/pharmacy and the federal/state workforce development system in Minnesota. The study describes how CVS creates partnerships with the federal/state system of one-stop career centers and other partners in the workforce development arena such as community or faith-based…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Pharmacy, Industry, Labor Force Development
Training Management System
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McCowan, Richard J. – Online Submission, 1998
This paper describes a training management system developed by the Center for Development of Social Services. It is a set of practical, systematic procedures designed to manage and evaluate training programs. It is a complete model that meets the necessary criteria for competency-based training system. The system integrates the complex procedures…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Private Sector, Competence, Social Services
Building Blocks for Building Skills: An Inventory of Adult Learning Models and Innovations
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Klein-Collins, Rebecca – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (NJ1), 2006
The skills of the workforce are an important contributor to the economic vitality of any region, leading economic developers to consider how to connect their efforts to workforce development and help to build the skills of adults generally. This report, produced for the U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Labor Market, Experiential Learning, Adult Learning