Based on two premises for successful inservice training (collegiality and peer training capabilities), this article describes four steps for organizing an effective program: awareness, understanding, guided practice, and implementation. The fourth step is more effective when accompanied initially by peer coaching, mentoring, or team teaching. (MLH)

The article presents a model of problem solving in supervisory interactions in public school speech-language-hearing programs. Specific principles of supervision and related recommendations for collaborative problem solving are discussed, as are continued professional growth of both supervisees and supervisors, interdisciplinary team functioning,…

An upstate New York elementary school adopted a new math series conforming to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards. The books focus on real-world problem solving, deemphasize rote computation and drills, and include sections on probability, statistics, estimation, mental math, and geometry. Inservice training helped teachers adopt…

Reviews development of the Leader Attributes Inventory and its use in evaluating 10 leadership development programs for vocational graduate students and 7 for inservice personnel. Participant satisfaction and the development and use of leadership attributes are discussed. (SK)

Advises teachers desiring to be more creative to ask "what else?" and "what if?" to trigger their students' imaginations. Two other useful techniques are "showing it" to introduce new concepts and "faking it" to invite participation and encourage involvement. Having fun won't hurt! (MLH)

A national sample of administrators and teachers was surveyed concerning their knowledge of classroom assessment. Results indicated that administrators, on average, were more knowledgeable than teachers, and that both groups demonstrated considerable knowledge in certain areas. In other areas, both groups were deficient. Inservice and preservice…

Reviews various classroom management and discipline models. An effective in-service program should provide schoolwide uniformity without sacrificing flexibility and include three steps: knowledge of basic, research-based principles; a background in available management and discipline models; and a cooperatively developed total school discipline…

Examines the importance of diversity training for employees in all work environments and presents a case study of one training program delivered to facility management personnel at Ohio University. The diversity program components are described as are its positive results and potential pitfalls when presented at an institution. Concluding comments…

Describes how the staff in one in-service program attempted to integrate assessment with another in-service program through the development and utilization of an implementation rubric. The rubric provided participants with opportunities to reflect upon their practice, revealed the changes that occurred in participants' classrooms and their…

Interviews with 124 social-services workers in inservice training showed there was more resistance when learning was supplantive (replacing or threatening existing knowledge or skills) than additive. To overcome resistance, trainers can find guidance in crisis-intervention techniques. (SK)

Uses social cognitive career theory as conceptual framework for examining self-efficacy. Participants completed a version of the Career Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale to determine generalizability of original findings to practicing school counselors. Suggests that in-service training to help change counselors' attitudes towards the importance of…

Internet inservice training was offered to 150 county Extension agents representing six southeastern states, who used Web-based materials, an online pretest/posttest, and listserv discussions. Questionnaire responses indicated that most agents were very receptive to this method. Pretest/posttest scores show that the training resulted in a…

Past research on factors encouraging teacher use of technology upholds the importance of training and administrator support. A study of 67 Georgia teachers attempted to confirm these findings and determine the most effective types of administrative support. There was a positive relationship between computer inservice education and the amount of…

Surveys the state of science education in Ireland from primary to third level and describes new initiatives in this area aimed at correcting the swing away from science at a time when the economy is becoming more science based. Focuses on the crucial role of science teachers in their preservice and inservice education in improving science…

The Model Science Lab, an innovative approach to sustained inservice teacher development and educating underserved youth, has transformed a Houston-area school. Introducing the lab brought an integrationist plot line that has interrupted the school's segregationist and separationist legacy. Layered forms of collaboration aided reform efforts.…