Staff development activities should achieve both indirect outcomes (behavior changes of staff members) and direct outcomes (improvement in student achievement). This article describes how one junior high staff development program was initiated and carried out. (DS)

Criticizes Madeline Hunter's teaching model emphasizing a perceived mechanistic and simplistic approach. Also stresses the ways the author feels the model negates the teaching of thinking skills. Attacks the scientific approach of Hunter's model, its philosophic perspective, and the training process. (MD)

Describes the program developed by one California school district to meet the requirements of legislation concerning the training and evaluation of probationary staff. (FL)

Suggests that effective staff development involves a process that asks basic questions about the learner; about aims, goals, and objectives; about content; and about learning activities. (HOD)

When business management begins to be concerned with its employees, productivity improves. A variety of human resource development programs used in business can be adapted to educational settings. The school staff developer's role is to improve job satisfaction, health, and motivation of staff members. (DF)

This UNESCO-sponsored conference dealt with the teaching problems of the large bureaucratic university. Specific recommendations are reviewed and pre-conference survey questions are reported. (LBH)

Seven educators from around the country discuss the report of the President's National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development and make observations on the status and future needs of staff development in community junior colleges. (RN)

Suggests ways of capitalizing on developmental tasks and issues for teachers of different ages in order to motivate and excite the experienced staff. (FL)

A survey of universities and polytechnics in the United Kingdom describes the people who provide training and development for teachers in institutions of higher education: their departmental attachment, their timetabled involvement, and the facilities they offer. Implications of disparate resources for staff development are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Most educators agree that professional development should promote better teaching, greater understanding of children and youth, and improved curricula. A framework for effective inservice involves the five essential categories of attitude, climate, content, organization, and time. (JN)

Discusses the staff development strategies included in the technology plans of 27 school districts. Highlights include teachers' concerns about technology implementation; measures of teacher and student performance; and recommendations for strengthening technology staff development initiatives to increase the likelihood that they will result in…

Describes a project to determine how teachers can best implement new ideas and strategies learned at staff development programs by using peer coaching as a follow-up to training. The project, based on an understanding of the usefulness of mathematics manipulatives, increased teachers' use of a new teaching strategy. (SM)

Elementary, middle, and high school teachers from several school districts in California and Georgia share their experiences with designing and using study groups. Teachers report that the study groups identified educational and school needs, promoted teacher empowerment, increased collegiality, and kept teachers up on current issues and research…

Reports a study that examined the discourse of a constructivist staff development process which helped teachers examine their beliefs and introduced them to research-based ideas. Research-based alternatives were offered to teachers based on a review of videotapes of teachers' classroom instruction. The process created a constructivist, sharing…

Describes an Italian project designed to prepare elementary teachers to teach science by helping them understand basic physics concepts and realize the importance of considering students' conceptions in the teaching process. A practicum-based strategy, requiring that teachers carry out experimental activities designed for students is recommended.…