In-service programs can help teachers learn to deal more effectively with classroom discipline problems. (Author/MLF)

Discusses four decision-making models and applies them to the evaluation of staff development programs. (SR)

A newsletter addresses the issues school administrators should consider in planning and implementing the use of microcomputers in their schools. Described are ways in which microcomputers will change management, the variety of ways computers can be used in educational administration, classroom activities using computer-based instruction, criteria…

Describes an interactive television educational delivery system connecting three small schools in rural Iowa. (MD)

This manual presents strategies that are intended for use by vocational administrators to retain nontraditional male and female students in secondary vocational education programs. They may also be applicable to postsecondary and adult vocational students. Strategies are divided into five major categories: policy, inservice (workshops and training…

Outlines a delivery system which improves teachers' classroom performance by (1) introducing them to content-area reading strategies and (2) drawing upon the research on effective inservice education, in an attempt to create a format which will allow and encourage participants to experience behavioral change. (RAE)

This manual presents strategies that are intended for use by vocational instructors to retain nontraditional male and female students in secondary vocational education programs. They may also be applicable to postsecondary and adult vocational students. Strategies are divided into five major categories: policy, inservice (workshops and training…

This manual overviews New Frontiers, a sex equity support program, and describes some of its most successful educational equity programs. Descriptions of four programs follow this format: purpose, program overview, and process. The programs are Student and Community Role Model Interaction (workshops to bring students and teachers into contact with…

This document is a monograph in a personnel development series addressing issues that are pertinent for policy-making personnel concerned with vocational assessment by teachers and administrators of vocational and special education. Section 1 addresses the state of the art in personnel preparation and vocational assessment and includes five…

This manual presents strategies that are intended for use by support staff to retain nontraditional male and female students in secondary vocational education programs. They may also be applicable to postsecondary and adult vocational students. Strategies are divided into five major categories: policy, inservice (workshops and training activities…

Describes a 60-hour university-public school-business career guidance institute for Richmond, Virginia, middle and high school teachers and other school personnel. The institute was designed to provide urban educators with the business and work information they needed to work with their students. Includes the institute's schedule, content, and…

This notebook is designed to help educators who are currently learning to design and present inservice programs, educators who are already inservice providers but who might benefit from an overview of inservice theory, and educators who are hiring, supervising, or evaluating inservice providers. It is divided into three parts: (1) Introduction and…

This planning guide is designed to assist vocational education administrators in preparing for a 1-week tour in industry/business. Its intent is to help the administrators maximize the tour experience that will (1) expose them to private business and industry, thereby increasing their understanding of how managers in the private sector manage…

Although considerable effort is being expended on school-based HIV prevention education, few data are available to suggest whether these programs are successful. Developed to help educators evaluate the quality of their HIV prevention programs, this handbook includes information on evaluation designs and measurement tools for collecting data on…

The inservice package for assessment team members is designed to provide skill training regarding the vocational assessment process used with special needs students. Activities within the inservice training package sensitize individuals to the purposes of infusing vocational assessment into the educational curriculum, and provide instruction on…