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ERIC Number: ED286681
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1978-Oct
Pages: 29
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Facilitator's Guide to Staff Training for the Rural America Series. Module IX: Staff Development. Research and Development Series No. 149J.
Altschuld, James W.; And Others
This module of the staff training series deals with the practical problems that arise when setting a framework for effective staff development, by concentrating on a number of experiential activities for accomplishing the staff development mission. Presented among the strategies for accomplishing total staff development are field trips to work sites, memos, house organs, newsletters, cooperative peer observation to develop positive attitudes, workshops, seminars, professional meetings, interaction with community members, and continuing education. Workshops are emphasized as an inservice strategy. Brainstorming, case studies, demonstrations, group discussions, and "in-basket" techniques are suggested as appropriate workshop session learning activities. Key ideas presented include the concepts that staff development is a support function, that staff development cuts across all phases of the program (planning, implementing, and evaluating), and that it should occur frequently (five to six times a year or more) if it is to be effective. (NEC)
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette. School of Education.; Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A