This article reports on an internship project developed by the Department for Education and Skills (UK) to prepare headteachers (principals) for schools facing challenging circumstances. The project placed experienced deputies (assistant principals) in secondary schools to work alongside mentor headteachers who had demonstrated leadership…

A 6-year study of outdoor-based management training (OMT) programs used traditional evaluation methods and new methods designed specifically for these unique programs. A survey of 1,000 training directors indicated that this type of training was very controversial. The next step was to use traditional training and organizational behavior…

The operation of the U.S. Army's Reserve Components (RC) school system was assessed. Three areas were identified that were fundamental to the system where organizational changes could make a difference. First, the project assessed training requirements and school delivery of courses. In serving a sizable training requirement for reclassification…

This document contains four papers from a symposium on evaluation in human resource development (HRD). The first paper, "HRD Evaluation as the Catalyst for Organizational Learning" (Hallie Preskill), argues that HRD practitioners must stop considering evaluation a periodic event focused on a narrow set of variables and begin viewing it…

This report describes and evaluates the Colorado Rural Revitalization Project (CRRP). CRRP was established in 1988 as an experimental approach to institutional collaboration to provide community development services among selected rural communities of less than 5,000 people. CRRP consisted of a partnership among rural Colorado communities,…

The Special Education Leadership Program began at the Brooklyn Center of Long Island University in 1991. The project was designed to identify, train, and mentor 19 skilled teachers and clinicians in special education who aspired to supervisory and administrative careers. About 70 percent of the target population consisted of persons from…

Leadership may be defined as both a process and a property. Research shows that some attributes common to successful leaders (characteristics, knowledge, and skills) can be significantly influenced by planned education or training. In the process of developing a leadership assessment instrument, a study specified four broad tasks that leaders are…

The Meadows Principal Improvement Program has two functional components and a research component. The functional components are designed to help improve the role of school principals in Texas. There is a preservice component to prepare new principals in instructional leadership and an inservice component to assist practicing principals in…

A comprehensive guide on learning to become a resident hall assistant (RA) is presented; it is directed purposefully toward the trainee, and is to be used in conjunction with a training session. Chapters include: (1) "Roles and Responsibilities of a Resident Assistant"--what the scope of the RA job involves, how to use this manual, and what RAs…

New York University's Leadership Program in the Care of Infants and Toddlers, an interdisciplinary training model, is described in this final report covering the program's three-year grant period from the National Institute of Mental Health. Focusing primarily on training individuals for leadership positions in the area of infant and toddler care,…

EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT MOST PROBLEMS RELATING TO CIVIC LEADERSHIP STEM FROM INADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AMONG LESS AFFLUENT CITIZENS AND FROM THE LACK OF MEANS TO PROJECT CIVIC PRIDE AND LEADERSHIP. IN A PROGRAM FUNDED BY A FEDERAL GRANT, BELLARMINE COLLEGE BROUGHT ITS RESOURCES TO BEAR ON THIS PROBLEM BY ESTABLISHING IN…

DURING JUNE 1966 OVER 100 RETURNED PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS (RPCV'S) PARTICIPATED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE SPEECH COMMUNICATION CENTER RPCV DISCUSSION LEADERS' ORIENTATION PROJECT. THE PROJECT CONSISTED OF SEMINARS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE RPCV'S ACCEPT AND ADAPT TO THEIR NEW ROLES AS TRAINING PROJECT STAFF MEMBERS. IN THIS REPORT ARE…

QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 1,201 OF THE 1,540 GRADUATES FROM A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF 52 OF THE 89 HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA WHO HAD COMPLETED 1 OR MORE YEARS IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND WHO GRADUATED IN 1953, 1954, AND 1955 TO DETERMINE (1) THEIR CURRENT OCCUPATION, (2) FACTORS RELATED TO THEIR OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE, (3) WHETHER THEY HAD…

A nation-wide program in adult basic education requires an organizational structure which will provide a practical and theoretical, centralized and decentralized outlook. This system should include a national commission, state-wide committees, and community councils which would facilitate communication. Leaders must be selected and prepared and…

A case study in career advancement in the community action agency in Suffolk County, New York, presents information on demography, economics, institutional resources, minority groups, political structure, funded programs, and the agency's background, as well as on the problems, objectives, benefits, activities, and strengths and weaknesses of the…