This report describes the second phase of a teacher learning cooperative project designed to coordinate the economic, physical, and human resources of a number of small elementary school districts in California and the Marin County Superintendent of Schools Office. Whereas the first phase dealt with the formation and implementation of the…

Five model projects for providing continuing education opportunities to teacher educators in special education are presented. Background for the development of Project RETOOL includes a 10 step outline of the process. Implementation was designed in three phases: needs assessment of current special education teacher educators, development of…

The extension educator in public policy education and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has many roles from which to choose. These include information provider, technical advisor, convener, facilitator and program developer. The increased importance of issues programming and the increased priority given to measurement of results are creating…

Based on planning, training, and technical assistance experiences of services providers involved in the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's (SEDL) Rural, Small Schools Initiative, this guide provides rural school administrators with a resource in identifying, selecting, and negotiating with staff development providers. The resource book…

This paper elaborates a program of cooperative involvement of the state mental health centers directors association, university residential instruction and university extension in strengthening family life education resources. It suggests a model for integrating interests of agency personnel, advanced students on campus and state extension staff.…

The final report summarizes activities, accomplishments, and staff and third-party evaluations of project CORE (Cooperative Operations for Restructuring Education), a program to provide educational services to incarcerated youth. Chapters 1-3 review the history of the project and describe accomplishments of specific programs, including the…

The school psychology simulator, (PSYCHSIM), a multi-media simulation package which may aid school psychologists in sharpening skills, is discussed with a rationale for design construction. (Author)

As the most significant change agents in the school setting, principals must reestablish their educational leadership in order to effect significant program improvements. The Principals Inservice Program is designed to provide a continuous process of professional development. This approach is in contrast to the typical inservice program which…

The purpose of this document is to provide information identifying the location of and approaches followed by several educational agencies implementing career education program services and activities in Iowa. These programs, services, and activities represent the efforts of various educational agencies to incorporate the concepts of career…

This document reviews the Senior Medical Consultant Program; a program designed to utilize recently or near-retired medical school faculty members in a continuing medical education program. Evaluation of the program by physician teachers, physicians attending the sessions, both attending staff and house staff, and by physicians scheduling the…

This paper shows school districts how to establish and operate an individualized continuing education program for their administrators. The focus is on ICE programs designed and operated by schoolmen throughout the nation. The report includes the rationale for the ICE program, several program descriptions, a list of characteristics that…

The field-oriented, competency utilization system (FOCUS) training program attempts to specify a theoretical framework to practice utilizing a verified pool of competency statements and the assessment component of the Georgia Principal Assessment System. This paper depicts the developmental process that went into building the FOCUS instructional…

This program, developed by the Nalco Chemical Company, helps with energy conservation in industrial plants. The program takes four to six weeks to complete. The training sessions last for about two hours. (BB)

Project Leadership was designed six years ago to provide school districts with resources necessary for a really first-class in-service program. Its uniqueness was evaluated. (Author/RK)