A directory of land-grant college personnel having major responsibility for extension training is provided. Listings are in State order. Persons fulfilling one or more of the following responsibilities are listed: coordinator of staff development, orientation education responsibility, inservice education responsibility, and graduate education…

To determine if a relatively short training program focusing on interpersonal relationships, communication and observation skills, and knowledge and understanding of behavior would increase the empathic ability of psychiatric aides, 20 black aides of low socioeconomic background were randomly divided into an experimental and control group. The…

This annual report provides an overview of the major activities of the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1971. Three major areas of concentration are a) systems for training education personnel, b) in-service staff training, and c) inquiry oriented instructional systems. Systems for…

This report deals with discrimination against women employed as librarians and library assistants at the University of California, Berkeley Library. The report demonstrates that (1) library professional, technical and clerical personnel--both women and men--work in "women's occupations," and, therefore, are underpaid when compared to…

This report provides an initial overview of the Model Teacher Training System, the development of which is a major goal of the Program on Teaching Effectiveness of the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching. Detailed explication of its development will be presented in subsequent reports. Separate presentations will be prepared…

Describes 25 articles dealing with how to increase the knowledge of content reading teachers, how to design and implement in-service reading programs, and how to administer and supervise the reading program. (DD)

A program was developed at Purdue University to provide inservice education for professionals involved with handicapped adolescents. The presentations, which are distributed via the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System, use a teleresponse system to remote studios; a model of the network is included. (RAO)

Evaluation of microcounseling training as an in-service training model with residence hall staff. Three measures used: Orientation Inventory, before and after videotapes made of staff members in the counseling role, and Microcounseling Skill Discrimination Index. Statistical significance found with pre- and posttaped interviews and with the MSDI.…

Describes the sequence of planning activities for the Buffalo, New York, Writing Place Project workshop and inservices, concentrating on the steps necessary to make a writing laboratory a reality. (DD)

Project Impact, a project to train teachers in values education and to build support systems for teachers and administrators, is described. Information is provided on funding, teacher workshops, model school district activities, course content and scheduling, a film, and information dissemination. (SW)

Describes the development of the RASI, a self-report instrument for the measurement of resident assistant anxiety. Designed to identify the type and level of stress perceived by the RA. Covers a description of the instrument, reliability, validity and uses. (Author/DOW)

Describes a training program which operationalized the assertion that when identifiable, necessary, and specific training is not available for rehabilitation personnel, their employers have an obligation to provide it for them. This training was provided specifically for rehabilitation secretaries. (Author)

Home study (correspondence study) is being used in industry and business to improve employee retention and increase job proficiency. (ABM)

In order to maximize the quality of educational services offered by community colleges, faculty and administrative staff development appears crucial. The needs of the institution, students, community, and graduate courses, as well as various staff development programs around the country are discussed. (LH)

The organization of an inservice education program for teaching the metric system and how it might be taught in the classroom is described. (JT)