Designed for use either as a self-study tool or as the basis for a five-day workshop, this curriculum package provides public sector trainers with an opportunity to develop and improve their skills in the areas of assessing training needs, designing and conducting training programs, and evaluating training programs. It contains four leader's…

THE DELHI PILOT PROJECT IN URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DESIGNED TO STIMULATE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP, AND SELF- HELP ACTIVITIES TO ALLEVIATE SLUM CONDITIONS, WAS INITIATED BY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT (AIDED BY FORD FOUNDATION GRANTS) IN 1958. SLUM DWELLERS WERE ORGANIZED INTO--(1) VIKAS SUBHAS (ZONE COUNCILS) OF 15-100…

This set of training materials was developed for a nationwide prevention education program designed to develop new citizen awareness of the importance of making sound, personal decisions leading to the reduction of drinking problems and alcoholism. There are three packages of prevention education materials presented: Reflections in a Glass, for…

This manual is designed to help meet the present and future educational needs of community groups, membership organizations, and voluntary associations in preparing volunteers in health, welfare, education, or cultural or civic affairs. Elements of program planning, selection and recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation are covered, with…

This annotated bibliography dealing with cooperative extension contains 109 indexed and abstracted entries arranged under the following headings: (1) administrative organization and management; (2) training and staff development for extension workers; (3) organization of people to participate in extension; (4) volunteer local leaders; (5) program…

This report covers Program IMPACT, Community Service and Continuing Education, from July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1973 (a period of 62 percent increased funding for Tennessee), and provides information on project activity, completed projects, program administration, and program evaluation. Varied efforts by colleges and universities utilized their…

This volume contains 20 case study profiles of educational RDD&E projects and, as such, constitutes the data base for the Oregon Studies. This part (Part 2) of Volume IV contains profiles of seven development projects along with information that describes the development of the profiles, explains how to read the profiles, and includes a glossary…

The Leadership Education Adventure Partnership (LEAP) is a program of For Love of Children in Washington, D.C., that aims to turn the lives of at-risk adolescents toward healthy development and a productive future. Beginning at age 10, LEAP involves youth in wilderness adventure activities that help them discover their strengths and develop…

This report presents a synopsis of grants awarded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs from FY 1990 through 1999 to encourage the further development of skilled doctoral and postdoctoral level special educators and related services personnel. Doctoral level training grants typically propose programming for the preparation of a truly…

Instructional leadership is studied as practiced by 44 school site principals, all graduates of the California School Leadership Academy (CSLA), a 3-year program emphasizing leadership in the context of a state-initiated school reform strategy. The CSLA offers hope that effective training for instructional leadership can be broadly implemented.…

Evaluates the effectiveness of a field-based doctoral program in educational administration on linking theory and research to the improvement of practice. Evaluation of the theory-practice emphasis at the University of Utah's program suggests that the program is successfully meeting its objective of promoting change in schools. (SLD)

Purpose: The notion of effective strategic alliances provides the basis on which this paper proposes a framework to manage the application and outcomes of management learning. The management of key partner collaboration emerges in this paper as a major success factor in determining effective management learning. A proactive structured approach to…

This article presents the theoretical basis and methods for the process and outcome evaluations of the Rhode Island Early Childhood Summer Institutes held in 2000 and 2001. The article also discusses the evaluation results that demonstrated the institutes were received as high-quality inservice professional development programs in which…

A survey was conducted of 687 teachers and 768 administrators on the implementation and perceptions of Colorado's mandated certificated personnel performance evaluation system, which requires that all school districts adopt performance standards for certificated personnel and that all administrators receive training in personnel evaluation skills.…

This report is an evaluation of New York City's 1987-88 Parent Involvement Program (PIP). PIP included the following: (1) a Parent Orientation Program focusing on parents of children in grades K-3 in six community school districts; (2) a Citywide Parent Involvement Program; and (3) community school district, borough-wide, and local school Parent…