A project was conducted to identify software suitable for use in home economics classes and to train home economics teachers to use that software with an Apple II Plus microcomputer. During the project, home economics software was identified, evaluated, and catalogued. Teaching strategies were adapted to include using the computer in the…

The Computer Writing Skills for Limited English Proficient Students Project (COMPUGRAFIA.LEP) was partially implemented in 1987-88, during the first year of a 3-year cycle. It is a staff development program serving 35 bilingual special education classes with 414 limited-English-proficient Hispanic students in 10 elementary schools in the Bronx.…

This paper reports on an innovative five-day training program for foreign language teaching assistants (TAs) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW). The program developed out of a perceived need to train graduate students better for the teaching profession and to develop colleague support. In the UW program, the French and Italian, German,…

The primary goal of New York City's Bilingual Pupil Services project was to improve the academic performance and linguistic proficiency of Spanish-speaking limited English proficient students in grades 1-6. The project was designed to achieve this goal through a program which trained and supervised bilingual paraprofessionals who provided direct…

This report presents a synthesis of studies on the present situation and emerging policies of the Inservice Education and Training of Teachers (INSET) Project, developed collaboratively by members of the Organisations for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The project achieved a broad dissemination of national practices and experience,…

The El Paso Independent School District, in an effort to reduce the dropout rate and promote academic success among Hispanics, developed a high-intensity language training (HILT) curriculum in English as a second language (ESL) for limited-English-speaking students, to prepare them for full participation in regular subject-area courses. The…

The paper assesses the degree of understanding about the free enterprise system gained by participants in a one-month summer inservice teacher training institute. Developed in response to a 1973 Texas House Bill which mandated the inclusion of free enterprise education in the secondary curriculum, the institute suggests major topics, concepts, and…

A project was designed to help beginning and experienced teachers of vocational agriculture learn and/or become current in the practice of present paravetical competencies that are needed to teach adult students. Specific objectives of the project included providing teachers with the skills necessary to teach students via laboratory demonstrations…

The effects of a graduate multicultural education course on 27 elementary and secondary teachers were studied. The subjects represented Chicano and Anglo ethnic groups. Teaching experience ranged from student teaching to eight years' experience. To help the subjects identify their own attitudes, questionnaires on ethnic and sex role identification…

Self-paced, individualized student and teacher workbooks were designed to improve the self-concept and motivation levels of vocational students. The program was based on the correlation between self-concept and school achievement. The program was field tested with 41 Job Corps students from the Gary Job Corps Center in San Marcos, Texas, and their…

A project was designed to promote innovation in instructional procedures, curriculum development, collaborative community involvement, and staff development for incremental improvements in a comprehensive K-12 career education program. The fifteen project components focused on (1) applications of basic skills (reading, writing, and math) in…

Two projects (Preparation of Vocational Personnel for Assessing Needs and Improving Employability of Selected Homemakers, November 1978 through June 1979, and Developing and Providing Multipurpose Employability Services and a Supportive Environment for Displaced Homemakers and Related Groups, February 1979 through June 1980) were conducted to…

This application for a continuation grant describes the project of the Board of Education of Hoboken, New Jersey, for improving the assimilation of Puerto Rican and foreign born students. This Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, project has included, and hopes to continue, inservice teacher education, community programs, curriculum…

Vocational, academic, and special education teachers who had received inservice education in the individualization of instruction were observed to determine the effect of the education on their teaching. Data collection and conversion instruments were developed. Six trained observers performed 364 classroom observations in 10 Texas districts with…

"A Focus on Professional Development" is the fourth in the Research-Based Practices in Early Reading Series published by the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL). Because reading proficiency is fundamental to student achievement across all subjects and grades, the preparation of the teachers…