Looks at training practices in the business community to see how adult learning theories--individual differences in adult learners, positive environment for adult learning, personalization of adult learning needs, using adult learner's experience, and formalizing the use of practice in training--are being applied. (MBR)

Explores the writing needs of probation officers and how this kind of writing can best be taught to college students specializing in criminal justice. Discusses how to gather information and prepare presentence reports and how to remain objective in corrections writing. Compares corrections reporting with traditional technical writing. (HTH)

Recommendations useful to individuals considering or planning the development of a computer based instruction project in higher education are given. Covers a variety of planning aspects, ranging from types of staff needed, on-the-job training, and the need for a funded planning and recruitment phase. (RAO)

Proposes a way in which industrial arts can make a substantial contribution to meeting the needs of adults. Elements of this model include providing cluster laboratories, occupational and technical preparation, basic education, and recreation and leisure activities. (CT)

Presents 16 ideas on in-service training contributed by child care directors across the nation. The ideas include weekly staff meetings, workshops, and training programs for new staff. (RJC)

Describes how the DeVry Institute of Technology (Illinois), a for-profit educational institution, outperforms the federal government's plan in providing job training by offering quality technical education to working-class students. The author compares total degree costs, explains the school's curriculum and educational practices, and explores the…

The directors of seven child care centers share their ideas on ways to orient, train, and nurture new staff from their first day on the job through the end of their first year, discussing goals for the first day, first week, first month, and first year. (MDM)

Suggests recruits to the rural press face particular challenges that might inhibit their capacity to work to the professional standards of their metropolitan counterparts. Considers four ways to lift the standards of the rural press through education and training in universities to prepare students for the rural workplace. (RS)

Most camps use specialists to run activities and cabin leaders to manage campers. However, a generalist model offers greater leadership development opportunities. To implement a more generalist paradigm, have camp leaders express their areas of skill and interest, pair up experienced and inexperienced staff, allow specialists to cover activities…

The Urban Corps Expansion Project (UCEP) enrolls youth aged 18 to 23 who have been unsuccessful in the labor market. They are paid a combination of wages, stipends, and incentives that is at least equal to the minimum wage for at least 25 hours of work and 9 hours of basic education and life skills instruction each week. The program incorporates…

Counseling mothers of small children in effective growth monitoring and promotion is both an art and a science. Virtually all primary health care programs contain a Growth Monitoring and Promotion component (GMP). It is vital that supervisors and community health workers of GMP programs have a clear understanding of why communication skills are…

Coaching entails helping executives one on one to learn and to make the most of that learning. Because these encounters involve executives in different stages of their careers and in varied settings, coaching represents a continuum of roles. Consultants typically play four roles in working with chief executives, boards, and senior managers of…

There are some things that can be standardized about internship programs in communication programs, and some things that cannot (for example, criteria for entering a program and credit hours permitted). However, the following 11 internship standards can and should be adopted by the Experiential Learning Commission of the Speech Communication…

This book leads the reader through a step-by-step process for creating and presenting a workshop. At each step, the book notes the important decisions workshop planners need to make, guides them in making those decisions, suggests resources that may help, provides real-world examples, and includes forms, checklists, and worksheets to make the…

TPLANSYS (Training PLAN SYStem) is a software program that provides classroom teachers with a convenient way to record, print, and maintain cooperative training plan information for students in their classes. It allows them to identify their classes, the training plans that can be used, and the students who are using these training plans. This…