Outlines a 4-step procedure for inservice training of child care workers. The described supervisory procedure is designed to serve as a guide for the training supervisor to use in the selection, assessment, modification, and maintenance of trainee behavior. (SB)

Shortcomings of inservice programs are discussed in terms of teachers' needs. Described is an extensive inservice program which attempts to assess and meet teachers' needs by involving the teachers in the planning and development of courses. (JP)

Describes a system that allows an administrator to spell out what sort of inservice training he would find personally valuable, then sets up the machinery to help provide it for him. (Author/DN)

Article describes a new upper division Bachelor's degree program conducted only in the evening at College of Notre Dame in California. (MM)

In-service training is the gateway of opportunity for realizing potential. (Editor)

Clarifies the resource role of the reading consultant in providing inservice programs which are functional, timely, and interesting and in assisting teachers in everyday class settings through demonstration lessons, visits, and informal encounters. (MD)

Examines the history of administrator inservice education, the current environmental forces affecting it, the traditional methods of administrator self-renewal, and some directions that such programs should take in the future. (IRT)

Provides step-by-step directions for planning and conducting an inhouse course in business and technical writing at an engineering or technical firm. (RL)

Briefly analyzes the current state of federal aid to administrator in-service education. Encourages those who feel that Congress has a responsibility to help principals improve their abilities to write to their legislators encouraging them to support the restoration of administrative leadership training opportunities. (Author/IRT)

Reports on a survey of environmental education in Washington schools in grades K-12. Determines how environmental education could be useful in advancing educational reform and where in-service programs in environmental education might be best directed. (Author/MM)

Two pilot studies tested a postgraduate internship model to prepare entry-level nurses with the support of clinical preceptors. Elements included preceptor training and a core competence assessment tool. The second pilot resulted in improvements in transition to practice and satisfaction with preceptors. (Contains 15 references.) (SK)

An educational program on geriatric foot care was completed by 59 nurse practitioners, 12 physicians' assistants, and 1 physician. The 3 1/2 day program included interactive sessions, observation, and hands-on patient care. Posttest results and 6-month follow-up showed significant knowledge increases and incorporation of learning into practice.…

Describes a program, begun by an elementary school principal, called In the Principal's Shadow, a yearlong program for teachers, who aspire to be principals, to become acquainted with duties and responsibilities of the principalship. (PKP)