For productive follow-up of meetings and seminars, an executive summary can be invaluable. Such a post-meeting synopsis enables leaders to reinforce important meeting content which can lead to greater productivity for the participants. Strategies for creating and using an executive summary include: (1) selecting a summarizer to write down and…

This document is a series of three workshops for principals and school leaders using a Pacific region cultural context. Its goal is to promote diverse thinking and opinions that will lead to discussions that, in turn, will have a positive impact on student achievement. Workshop settings are based on the bai, a traditional house where people gather…

Guidelines are presented to aid workshop leaders when planning and facilitating workshops. Listed are: (1) five types of activities for workshop participants; (2) six kinds of workshop formats; (3) three questions to ask when planning workshops; (4) preplanning steps to follow when organizing a workshop; (5) suggestions for workshop leaders; (6) a…

An organizational development specialist tells how he prepared a management workshop on conducting effective meetings by first interviewing the managers and finding out what they wanted. Includes his "front-end analysis" questionnaire and the workshop format. (MF)

This guide discusses recognition of common conference faults, their causes and how to correct them; proper planning for the conference; the use of good conference techniques; better understanding of how to handle conferees. Section titles are: Why Have a Conference; Planning and Organizing a Conference; Conducting the Conference; Class Exercises…

This guide to inservice education is designed to help people in school systems (teachers, administrators, counselors, evaluators, and paraprofessionals) with the selection and use of the skills and knowledge of those university faculty committed to inservice education. Consultants are listed who are willing to serve as leaders of workshops,…

This guide aids Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Center staff in conducting a brief (70-minute) workshop on parent participation in compensatory education programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidaton Improvement Act. The goal is to clarify the attitudes and perceptions that are needed to expand or improve an existing Chapter 1…

This Workshop Leader's Guide is designed to assist Technical Assistance Center staff members and other inservice providers in conducting successful workshops on reading comprehension for teachers, administrators, and others associated with Chapter 1 programs. The guide contains step-by-step procedures for preparing, organizing, and presenting a…

Intended for novice trainers, this primer contains basic information about workshops and the tasks and skills necessary for effective leadership of workshops. Likening the tasks of a workshop leader to those of the classroom teacher, the first chapter deals with the workshop as an educational event and the management of the workshop. The following…

The facilitator's guide introduces and explains an inservice program for administrators in career education. Consisting of eight additional modules, the program presents the administrator with an opportunity to examine career education, its implications for educational programs, and the various administrative functions affecting its…

This complete resource provides staff developers with the necessary tools for training leaders at all levels of the educational system to become the catalysts for large scale, sustainable reform. Hear from practicing principals, superintendents, and educational experts; observe actual training sessions; and visit classrooms to see how the model to…

This Coordinator's Guide accompanies the module Developing and Conducting In-Service Programs. It defines the coordinator's role from four aspects: setting the tone, setting the pace, facilitating the discussion, and evaluating. Suggestions for preparing and presenting the workshop are offered. The actual text is given in the accompanying module,…

Recent advances in neuroscience have engaged the interest of early childhood educators who believe that the more we know about the brain, the better able we will be to influence learning. This workshop facilitator's guide and set of two videotapes are designed to assist educators, students, caregivers, parents, and those providing services to…

Primary purpose of the program, "Aztlan en Kansas: Asistencia Tecnologica", is to provide technical assistance to Mexican Americans in Kansas in developing leadership skills which could then be applied for the improvement of the whole community. The program utilized a Laubach model in that as a workshop was conducted, community leaders…

This leader's guide is designed to assist those individuals responsible for conducting workshops for building self-confidence. The manual includes a brief discussion of theoretical background, a bibliography of references and related resource books, and a justification and description of the pre-group interview. Goals, exercises, hand-outs, and…