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Peer reviewedBentley, Ernest L. – Theory Into Practice, 1972
The Cooperative Education Service Agency, Atlanta, Georgia, discussed in this article, focuses on making staff development activities not only available, but meaningful and relevant. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Education Service Centers, Inservice Education, Models
Peer reviewedSwanson, Richard A. – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1980
Describes a project conducted to improve training in industry. It produced and validated a training technology system and developed a program to prepare corporate personnel in the use of the system. This system and a related training technology course are reviewed. (CT)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Industrial Training, Inservice Education, Job Training
Peer reviewedSims, Leon; And Others – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1997
In 1989, Florida educational leaders responded to information-age challenges by initiating a four-year project to identify the requirements for measurably improving vocational education. The project eventually identified 38 field-validated pedagogical/instructional goals and 161 related learner competencies in four topical areas: planning and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Peer reviewedHarbstreit, Steven R.; And Others – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1989
A study assessed the perceptions of 65 (of 72 surveyed) urban agribusiness managers/supervisors regarding the need for education or training for employees they supervise. Results showed that those who plan and conduct adult agriculture programs should work cooperatively with agribusinesses to develop programs that meet the needs of each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Educational Needs
Direct linkPotter, C.; Naidoo, G. – Africa Education Review, 2012
This article provides a summative evaluation of the development and implementation of the Open Learning Systems Education Trust's (OLSET's) "English in Action" programme from 1992 to the end of 2009. It describes the programme's development from a uni-modal distance education model focused on enhancing learner involvement and learner…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Radio, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textCline, Beverly V.; And Others – 1993
This chapter on designing and implementing effective staff development programs is taken from a guide to instruction and services for students with disabilities. The chapter focuses on assessment of staff development needs and identification of priorities for training. Staff development options are discussed in terms of formats (such as workshops,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Check Lists, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Banion, Terry – 1978
Guidelines in organizing a staff development program in a community college are outlined. Initially, some kind of assessment must be made to determine program needs. Four areas to assess include: (1) administrative views and support; (2) present level of staff development activities; (3) institutional and personal/professional needs; and (4)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Financial Needs, Financial Support
WESTBY-GIBSON, DOROTHY – 1967
THIS REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE ON INSERVICE EDUCATION COVERS 184 ITEMS RANGING FROM NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THROUGH JOURNALS TO BOOKS AND FUGITIVE MATERIALS DURING THE 1950 - 1967 PERIOD. RESEARCH IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL SETTING IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS PLACED AND THE SETTING THE SCHOOL PRODUCES. THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TEACHER AND SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Course Objectives, Educational Innovation
Buxton, Amity P. – 1979
Teachers' centers are places and programs for staff development that are designed and used by inservice teachers of their own volition to fill their self-identified training and curriculum needs. Centers operate on two basic premises. First is the assumption that teachers, rather than educational researchers, can most accurately assess their own…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Problems, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Haskew, Laurence D. – 1974
The central issue discussed in this paper is the pressing need for specialized inservice and preservice graduate training for community college instructors. It is proposed that the large majority of successful inservice and preservice staff development programs now in existence in comprehensive universities are not due to the foresight or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate School Faculty, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Lee, Mimi Miyoung; Chauvot, Jennifer; Plankis, Brian; Vowell, Julie; Culpepper, Shea – Internet and Higher Education, 2011
iSMART (Integration of Science, Mathematics, and Reflective Teaching) Program is an online science and mathematics integrated graduate program for middle school teachers across the state of Texas. As part of a large design-based research project, this paper describes the initial stages of the design process of the iSMART program for its first…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Masters Programs, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Waggaman, John S. – Administrator's Update, 1984
Factors reported to be important in the design, implementation, and evaluation of professional development programs for department chairs are described. Attention is also directed to results from a goal-focused evaluation of the 6-year-old program to train new department heads in the nine state universities of Florida, a program that is being…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Higher Education, Inservice Education, Management Development
Peer reviewedDorgan, Marsha P. – Child Welfare, 1974
Special skills are required for foster parenting adequate to the needs of today's foster children. This paper describes how one agency planned and implemented the first components of a comprehensive, long-range program of foster parent education. (SDH)
Descriptors: Foster Family, Inservice Education, Objectives, Parent Education
Robb, Gary M.; And Others – 1981
The training manual for use with personnel concerned with outdoor education for the handicapped provides a guide to program development in the areas of background knowledge, skills and methods of outdoor education, individualized planning, and program evaluation. The five units are titled: "Defining,""Introducing,""Individualizing,""Implementing,"…
Descriptors: Camping, Case Studies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Brookfield, Jeffri – 1981
The manual is intended to aid programs funded by the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) in designing and implementing staff development programs. Section I presents a working definition of staff development and outlines the preliminary steps necessary before a program is designed and administered. The section delineates the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Education
