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Clarke, John H.; Sanborn, Stephen D.; Aiken, Judith A.; Cornell, Nancy A.; Goodman, Jane Briody; Hess, Karin K. – 1998
This book examines how a relationship between the University of Vermont and school districts throughout the state enables teachers to earn graduate credits through year-long Problem-Based School Development Institutes. The institutes take participants through a cycle that includes identifying a problem, conducting background and action research,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development

Desfosses, Louis R. – CUPA Journal, 1996
Planning and management strategies used in the private sector have practical applications for higher education in a period of systemic and organizational stress. Promising strategies include organizational delayering; employee empowerment; boundless thinking, problem-solving teams; accelerated processes; quality management and improvement; and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Educational Trends, Goal Orientation
Massachusetts Career Development Inst., Springfield. – 1998
This booklet is one of six texts from a workplace literacy curriculum designed to assist learners in facing the increased demands of the workplace. The booklet contains seven sections that cover the following topics: (1) meaning of total quality management (TQM); (2) the customer; (3) the organization's culture; (4) comparison of management…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship, Management Teams
Smeaton, Barry; Hughes, Maria – 2003
The question of whether the term "intermediate skills" has a distinctive meaning across business and industry in the United Kingdom and in its major competitors was examined. The study focused on the following sectors: housing construction; broadcasting; the care sector; the exercise, health, and fitness sector; and engineering (high…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Communication Skills, Definitions, Education Work Relationship

Korinek, Lori; McLaughlin, Virginia – Contemporary Education, 1996
Describes how the Intervention Assistance Teaming Model, a highly structured form of collaboration, was implemented with preservice graduate students from various disciplines typically involved in collaborative school service delivery. Teams received training and used case study requests for assistance. Surveys indicated great satisfaction with…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Elementary School Teachers, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Walker, Arianne Abell – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2003
This study investigated the effects of learning communities on the educational development of first-year college students at a large, urban, highly selective, research university. These communities, known as "clusters," comprised a year long sequence of theme-oriented courses that were team taught and that included interdisciplinary lectures and…
Descriptors: Educational Development, College Freshmen, Research Universities, Writing Skills
Tanniru, Mohan – 1998
The Applied Technology in Business program at Oakland University (Michigan) is a business minor that focuses on training business students in the proactive use of information technologies to solve business problems. The program is sponsored by corporations that provide real business problems for students to solve. Students learn problem solving,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Hoskins, Barbara – 1995
This workbook provides practical information for developing and implementing inclusive school programs through understanding the educator role, using effective problem-solving strategies, and developing a support network to meet the challenges of inclusion. Ten chapters cover the following topics: (1) effective inclusion (an analysis of the trend…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
Northeastern Illinois Univ., Chicago. Chicago Teachers' Center. – 1994
The content and design of a workplace communication workshop jointly sponsored by a university teachers' center and a local union are described. The workshop objective is to provide workers for whom English is a second language with upgraded writing skills needed to fill out report forms, improved document reading skills for reading charts and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM. – 1996
This learning module, which is part of a management and supervisor training program for managers and supervisors employed at the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Division, is designed to teach trainees to apply conduct of operations principles to their area(s) of responsibility. The following topics are covered in the module's individual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Case Studies
Ludden, LaVerne; Ludden, Marsha – 1992
Designed for a working person or one who soon plans to enter the world of work, this handbook and its companion instructor's guide are about keeping a job and getting ahead. Based on research into what employers actually look for in the people who succeed or fail, this handbook is designed to develop critical job survival skills, increase…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Employee Absenteeism, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Crytzer, Betty – 1993
The challenge of building assessment into the curriculum has led the author to closely examine the expected outcomes of her teaching. Her experiences with students participating in projects that involved helping needy people in the community demonstrate the difficulty and advantages of implementing authentic assessment. The middle school students…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Loess Hills Area Education Agency 13, Council Bluffs, IA. – 1991
This manual assists teachers in providing adaptations for disabled and disadvantaged students to ensure their success in the regular vocational classroom and to meet requirements of the new vocational education standards in Iowa, which call for a competency-based curriculum. Introductory pages include strategies for teaching special needs…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Patterns
Kerka, Sandra – 1990
Seven job-related basic skills identified as skills employers want are as follows: (1) learning to learn; (2) reading, writing, and computation; (3) oral communication and listening; (4) creative thinking and problem solving; (5) personal management, including self-esteem, goal setting, motivation, and personal and career development; (6) group…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Creative Thinking
McMahon, Dennis O. – 1987
This report describes a problem-solving approach to grievance settling and negotiations developed in the Brighton, Michigan, school district and inspired by the book, "Getting To Yes," by Roger Fisher and William Ury. In this approach teachers and administrators come to the table not with fixed positions but with problems both sides want…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education