Based on two premises for successful inservice training (collegiality and peer training capabilities), this article describes four steps for organizing an effective program: awareness, understanding, guided practice, and implementation. The fourth step is more effective when accompanied initially by peer coaching, mentoring, or team teaching. (MLH)

Reviews various classroom management and discipline models. An effective in-service program should provide schoolwide uniformity without sacrificing flexibility and include three steps: knowledge of basic, research-based principles; a background in available management and discipline models; and a cooperatively developed total school discipline…

This article describes how all teachers can serve as advisers in a plan that encourages each student to develop a close relationship with at least one adult at school. Problems as well as progress are reported here. (Editor)

To generate support and improve efficiency of school support staff, weekly workshops in one Florida school district addressed previously assessed needs among the staff. (JW)

This concluding article explores administrative programs submitted as exemplary approaches to effective school leadership. (Editor)

Naturalistic evaluation aims to portray a program holistically, summarizing and interpreting concerns and issues, and presenting consideration beyond the data from respondent and evaluation input. This article shows how this approach was used to evaluate certain Getty Institute Discipline-Based Art Education training programs. (MLH)

Describes a teacher induction program with four goals (1) to establish a support team; (2) to help new teachers develop skills and judgment; (3) to explore numerous teaching strategies; and (4) to provide inservice experiences for mentors. The program involves a personal development plan and special topic seminars. Includes 13 references. (MLH)

Describes an interactive television educational delivery system connecting three small schools in rural Iowa. (MD)

What schools are doing by way of using their staffs more effectively in the instruction of youth is explored here as the author reports his findings in NASSP's exemplary program files. (Editor)

Analyzes problems faced by substitute teachers and suggests some possible remedies. (WD)

When used to achieve definite instructional goals, computers can benefit all secondary students, whether or not they are artistically talented and experienced. Laser disk applications and increased computer storage and visual imagery capabilities are available. The problem is timely and appropriate inservice training for teachers to realize…

Good inservices result from effective communication among administrators, educators, and presenters. Common problems (beyond speakers' control) include ill-defined topics, unexpected audience members, audience size and deportment, unavailable equipment, overly ambitious goals, and lack of continuity. Effective inservices often use conference-style…

Provides a twofold plan for staff development and peer evaluation linking evaluation and training of teachers. This process enables teachers to have their professional needs met while treating them as individuals and improving classroom skills. Includes a classroom observation checklist and a teacher evaluation system form. (MD)

Presents a one-day workshop format for initiating a solid community relations program. During the workshop, teachers and administrators work together to prioritize new and existing community-relations options and select adhoc committees to develop implementation plans. Typical options include school-business partnerships, teacher home visitation,…

To increase collegiality at a rural upstate New York high school, the principal scheduled informal sessions on various subjects (daily plans, objectives, clarity, and learning principles), based on Saphier and Gower's "The Skillful Teacher" (1993). He then discovered that teacher-led presentations worked even better. (MLH)